NR9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hethersett and Hingham, in South Norfolk, Broadland and Breckland.
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 NR9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR9, 69.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR9 at a rate of 42.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (410), other crime (173) and criminal damage and arson (122).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR9 was 40.4 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 NR9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR9 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckland 001A | 2,468 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 36.7% |
| Broadland 002C | 1,462 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 59.7% |
| Broadland 002D | 1,259 | 23.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.0% |
| South Norfolk 002C | 2,194 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.3% |
| South Norfolk 002D | 1,436 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.0% |
| South Norfolk 002E | 1,154 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 27.5% |
| South Norfolk 003A | 1,021 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.2% |
| South Norfolk 003B | 1,772 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| South Norfolk 003C | 1,906 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.2% |
| South Norfolk 003D | 2,502 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| South Norfolk 004A | 1,464 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 12.6% |
| South Norfolk 004B | 1,619 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 26.1% |
| South Norfolk 004C | 1,424 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.4% |
MPs for NR9
- Ben GoldsboroughLabourMP for South Norfolk49% of NR9’s postcodes
- George FreemanConservativeMP for Mid Norfolk34% of NR9’s postcodes
- Jerome MayhewConservativeMP for Broadland and Fakenham17% of NR9’s postcodes
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North0.1% of NR9’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 NR92
Postcode sectors in NR93
Councils NR9 covers3
Postcode districts next to NR99
More in the NR postcode area2
NR9 in brief
NR9 is a postcode district covering Hethersett and Hingham, in South Norfolk, Broadland and Breckland.
About 21,563 people lived in NR9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 397 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR9 was £315,000 in 2025.
NR9 had 19,603 usual residents at the census.
In NR9, 69.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR9, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.