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NR29

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Martham and Hemsby, in Great Yarmouth and North 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 NR29 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in NR29 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£272,000
Joint 928th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
20,999
Joint 1,357th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
64.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How NR29 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NR29Middle
Median sale price35 postcode districts, NR · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NR35 areas from £192,000 to £441,500. The middle area is £287,000. NR29 is £272,000.
£272,00011th cheapest
Population35 postcode districts, NR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NR35 areas from 785 to 50,800. The middle area is 21,342. NR29 is 20,999.
20,99917th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares35 postcode districts, NR · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in NR35 areas from 0.0% to 32.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. NR29 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage35 postcode districts, NR · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NR35 areas from 10.7% to 98.5%. The middle area is 77.1%. NR29 is 64.1%.
64.1%11th lowest

Is NR29 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR29 at a rate of 39.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across the NR postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR29.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (437), other crime (168) and anti-social behaviour (98).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR29 was 41.4 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 NR29, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR29 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in NR29

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Great Yarmouth 001A1,79529.9 per 1,000693.2%
Great Yarmouth 001B1,41225.8 per 1,000348.7%
Great Yarmouth 001C1,769104.8 per 1,000359.3%
Great Yarmouth 001D1,34142.4 per 1,000589.3%
Great Yarmouth 001E1,87339.6 per 1,000493.5%
Great Yarmouth 001F1,49131.0 per 1,000477.7%
Great Yarmouth 002A1,49533.6 per 1,000664.6%
Great Yarmouth 002B1,20136.1 per 1,000464.3%
Great Yarmouth 002C1,55331.0 per 1,000429.4%
Great Yarmouth 002D2,10333.0 per 1,000681.9%
Great Yarmouth 002E1,66331.3 per 1,000471.0%
North Norfolk 014C1,81432.4 per 1,00045.3%
North Norfolk 014D1,07543.8 per 1,000362.5%

MPs for NR29

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 NR292

Postcode sectors in NR293

Councils NR29 covers2

Postcode districts next to NR293

More in the NR postcode area2

NR29 in brief

NR29 is a postcode district covering Martham and Hemsby, in Great Yarmouth and North Norfolk.

About 21,078 people lived in NR29 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £272,000 in 2025 across 359 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 39.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NR29 was £272,000 in 2025.

NR29 had 20,999 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in NR29 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In NR29, 64.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.