NR8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thorpe Marriott, Taverham and Drayton, in Broadland and South Norfolk.
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 NR8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR8, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR8 at a rate of 33.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (342), anti-social behaviour (147) and other crime (144).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR8 was 27.4 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 NR8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR8 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadland 006A | 1,198 | 15.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Broadland 006B | 1,375 | 15.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Broadland 006C | 1,622 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| Broadland 006D | 1,088 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Broadland 006E | 1,447 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.2% |
| Broadland 006F | 1,582 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Broadland 006G | 1,525 | 7.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Broadland 007A | 1,335 | 11.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Broadland 007B | 1,650 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Broadland 007C | 1,097 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.0% |
| Broadland 007D | 1,308 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.9% |
| South Norfolk 016A | 1,171 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.1% |
| South Norfolk 016B | 1,421 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.8% |
| South Norfolk 016C | 1,517 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.4% |
| South Norfolk 016D | 1,628 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.2% |
| South Norfolk 016E | 1,519 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.8% |
MPs for NR8
- Jerome MayhewConservativeMP for Broadland and Fakenham45% of NR8’s postcodes
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North29% of NR8’s postcodes
- Ben GoldsboroughLabourMP for South Norfolk26% of NR8’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NR83
Postcode sectors in NR83
Councils NR8 covers2
Towns in NR81
Postcode districts next to NR84
More in the NR postcode area2
NR8 in brief
NR8 is a postcode district covering Thorpe Marriott, Taverham and Drayton, in Broadland and South Norfolk.
About 23,263 people lived in NR8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 430 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 33.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR8 was £310,000 in 2025.
NR8 had 22,654 usual residents at the census.
In NR8, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR8, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.