# NR7

Postcode district covering Norwich, Heartsease and Thorpe St Andrew, in Broadland and Norwich.

NR7 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Heartsease and Thorpe St Andrew, in Broadland and Norwich. Median sale price £275,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code NR7. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [NR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NR7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £275,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NR7 was £275,000 in 2025. Joint 940th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 33,936** (2021). NR7 had 33,936 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 707th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 3%** (2022). About 3% of people in NR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.8%** (January 2026). In NR7, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=NR7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 3% of people in NR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=NR7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 590 homes were sold in NR7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=NR7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NR7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=NR7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NR7 had 33,936 usual residents at the census.

## How NR7 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | NR7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £275,000 | joint 12th cheapest | 35 postcode districts, NR · 2025 |
| Population | 33,936 | 5th most populated | 35 postcode districts, NR · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 3% | 9th most people in radon Affected Areas | 35 postcode districts, NR · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.8% | 5th highest | 35 postcode districts, NR · Jan 2026 |

## Is NR7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR7 at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across the NR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 154 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (752), other crime (279) and anti-social behaviour (270).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR7 was 51.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in NR7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR7 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in NR7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Broadland 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026553) | 1,324 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.5% |
| [Broadland 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026554) | 1,106 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| [Broadland 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026555) | 1,501 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| [Broadland 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026556) | 1,415 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| [Broadland 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026557) | 1,324 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| [Broadland 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026558) | 2,259 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Broadland 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026559) | 1,448 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| [Broadland 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026560) | 1,314 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| [Broadland 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01034765) | 1,698 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.0% |
| [Broadland 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01034766) | 1,486 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Broadland 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026569) | 1,448 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.8% |
| [Broadland 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026570) | 1,647 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| [Broadland 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026571) | 1,491 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| [Broadland 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026572) | 1,391 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| [Broadland 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026573) | 1,389 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Broadland 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026574) | 1,697 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Broadland 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026575) | 1,818 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| [Broadland 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026576) | 2,004 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| [Broadland 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/neighbourhood/e01026577) | 1,644 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.8% |
| [Norwich 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich/neighbourhood/e01026803) | 1,557 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| [Norwich 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich/neighbourhood/e01026804) | 1,530 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| [Norwich 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich/neighbourhood/e01026805) | 1,533 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Norwich 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich/neighbourhood/e01026809) | 1,509 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.0% |

## Your MP

- [Norwich North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/norwich-north): Alice Macdonald (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 98% of the people here.
- [Broadland and Fakenham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/broadland-and-fakenham): Jerome Mayhew (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 1.1% of the people here.
- [Norwich South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/norwich-south): Clive Lewis (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.7% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in NR7

[Heartsease & Pilling Park](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich/heartsease-and-pilling-park), [Sprowston Central](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/sprowston-central), [Sprowston East](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/sprowston-east), [Thorpe St Andrew North](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/thorpe-st-andrew-north), [Thorpe St Andrew South & Dussindale](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland/thorpe-st-andrew-south-and-dussindale)

## Postcode sectors in NR7

[NR7 0 (313 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7-0), [NR7 7 (156 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7-7), [NR7 8 (316 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7-8), [NR7 9 (174 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7-9)

## Councils NR7 covers

[Broadland](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland), [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich)

## Towns in NR7

[Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/norwich)

## Postcode districts next to NR7

[NR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr1), [NR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr3), [NR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr6), [NR13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr13)

## Nearest rail stations

[Norwich (3.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=1.3068,52.6272), [Brundall Gardens (4.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=1.4184,52.6234), [Salhouse (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=1.3914,52.6756)

## More in the NR postcode area

[All NR postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## NR7 in brief

NR7 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Heartsease and Thorpe St Andrew, in Broadland and Norwich.
About 35,146 people lived in NR7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 590 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR7 was £275,000 in 2025.
NR7 had 33,936 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in NR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NR7, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NR7
- Postcode area: [NR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr)
- Constituency: [Norwich North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/norwich-north)
- Council: [Broadland †](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland)
- Area: 13.97 km²
- People, mid-2024: 35,146*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 121

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[NR13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr13), [NR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr1), [NR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr6), [NR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr3)

## Latest updates for NR7

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/NR7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr7