NR33
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lowestoft, Carlton Colville and Kirkley, in East Suffolk.
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 NR33 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in NR33 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NR33 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR33 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR33 at a rate of 67.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across the NR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 227 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR33.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,143), other crime (423) and criminal damage and arson (324).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR33 was 65.3 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 NR33, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR33 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR33
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Suffolk 005A | 1,276 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 005D | 1,505 | 118.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| East Suffolk 005E | 1,455 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| East Suffolk 006B | 1,408 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 006C | 1,514 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 006D | 1,598 | 307.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| East Suffolk 006E | 1,218 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 007A | 1,462 | 15.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| East Suffolk 007B | 1,496 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| East Suffolk 007E | 1,416 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 008A | 1,552 | 87.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| East Suffolk 008B | 1,861 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| East Suffolk 008C | 2,912 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| East Suffolk 008D | 1,753 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| East Suffolk 009A | 1,538 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| East Suffolk 009B | 1,201 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.3% |
| East Suffolk 009C | 1,152 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| East Suffolk 009D | 1,377 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| East Suffolk 009E | 1,473 | 102.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 012A | 1,912 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 012B | 1,489 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% |
| East Suffolk 012C | 1,704 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 012D | 1,823 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| East Suffolk 012E | 1,547 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| East Suffolk 012F | 1,456 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
MPs for NR33
- Jess AsatoLabourMP for Lowestoft99% of NR33’s postcodes
- Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourMP for Suffolk Coastal0.9% of NR33’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 NR336
Postcode sectors in NR334
Council1
Towns in NR331
Postcode districts next to NR332
Nearest rail stations3
More in the NR postcode area2
NR33 in brief
NR33 is a postcode district covering Lowestoft, Carlton Colville and Kirkley, in East Suffolk.
About 38,944 people lived in NR33 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 600 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR33 was £225,000 in 2025.
NR33 had 39,096 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in NR33 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NR33, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.