NR17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Attleborough, Haverscroft Street and Besthorpe, in 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 NR17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in NR17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NR17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR17 at a rate of 44.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across the NR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (437), other crime (134) and anti-social behaviour (99).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR17 was 38.8 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 NR17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR17 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckland 010A | 1,297 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.7% |
| Breckland 010B | 1,267 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.7% |
| Breckland 011B | 1,887 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.8% |
| Breckland 011C | 1,715 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.0% |
| Breckland 011D | 1,925 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| Breckland 011E | 1,869 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
| Breckland 011F | 1,188 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| Breckland 011G | 2,006 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.8% |
| Breckland 013A | 1,791 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 75.7% |
| Breckland 013C | 2,480 | 23.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.0% |
Your MP
- George FreemanConservativeMP for Mid Norfolk
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 NR172
Postcode sectors in NR172
Council1
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Postcode districts next to NR176
Nearest rail stations1
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NR17 in brief
NR17 is a postcode district covering Attleborough, Haverscroft Street and Besthorpe, in Breckland.
About 18,973 people lived in NR17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £292,500 in 2025 across 363 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR17 was £292,500 in 2025.
NR17 had 17,951 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in NR17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NR17, 84.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.