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NR34

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Beccles and Worlingham, in East Suffolk 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 NR34 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 NR34 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£285,000
Joint 1,027th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
22,136
1,332nd most 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
76.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How NR34 compares

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

NR34Middle
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. NR34 is £285,000.
£285,00017th cheapest
Population35 postcode districts, NR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NR35 areas from 785 to 50,800. The middle area is 21,342. NR34 is 22,136.
22,13616th most 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%. NR34 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%. NR34 is 76.4%.
76.4%17th lowest

Is NR34 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR34 at a rate of 46.9 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR34.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (463), other crime (177) and anti-social behaviour (104).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR34 was 49.7 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 NR34, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR34 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in NR34

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
East Suffolk 010A1,79868.7 per 1,000495.8%
East Suffolk 010B1,63864.6 per 1,000687.5%
East Suffolk 010C1,597136.8 per 1,000491.3%
East Suffolk 010D1,48544.9 per 1,000297.1%
East Suffolk 010E1,69528.4 per 1,000798.1%
East Suffolk 011A1,85335.2 per 1,000599.4%
East Suffolk 011B2,10831.5 per 1,000543.9%
East Suffolk 011C1,43616.9 per 1,000999.7%
East Suffolk 011D1,66425.3 per 1,000960.4%
East Suffolk 011E1,42426.7 per 1,000788.0%
East Suffolk 014B2,34641.5 per 1,000458.6%
South Norfolk 010A1,46434.7 per 1,000544.2%
South Norfolk 010C1,51138.6 per 1,000523.7%

MPs for NR34

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 NR342

Postcode sectors in NR345

Councils NR34 covers2

Towns in NR341

Postcode districts next to NR345

Nearest rail stations2

More in the NR postcode area2

NR34 in brief

NR34 is a postcode district covering Beccles and Worlingham, in East Suffolk and South Norfolk.

About 22,410 people lived in NR34 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 375 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NR34 was £285,000 in 2025.

NR34 had 22,136 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in NR34 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In NR34, 76.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.