NR4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Norwich, Cringleford and Eaton, in Norwich 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 NR4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in NR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NR4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR4 at a rate of 67.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across the NR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 137 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (752), other crime (358) and anti-social behaviour (210).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR4 was 64.5 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 NR4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR4 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich 010A | 1,644 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Norwich 010C | 4,487 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.1% |
| Norwich 012A | 1,621 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.8% |
| Norwich 012B | 1,573 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.2% |
| Norwich 012C | 1,615 | 13.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Norwich 012D | 1,418 | 13.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.6% |
| Norwich 012E | 1,651 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Norwich 012F | 1,500 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| Norwich 013E | 1,883 | 112.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Norwich 013F | 1,632 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| South Norfolk 002A | 1,840 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 57.2% |
| South Norfolk 002F | 1,886 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.8% |
| South Norfolk 002G | 1,446 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 26.2% |
MPs for NR4
- Clive LewisLabourMP for Norwich South63% of NR4’s postcodes
- Ben GoldsboroughLabourMP for South Norfolk37% of NR4’s postcodes
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North0.2% of NR4’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 NR42
Postcode sectors in NR42
Councils NR4 covers2
Towns in NR41
Postcode districts next to NR46
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NR postcode area2
NR4 in brief
NR4 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Cringleford and Eaton, in Norwich and South Norfolk.
About 25,900 people lived in NR4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £341,996 in 2025 across 355 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR4 was £341,996 in 2025.
NR4 had 24,748 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in NR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NR4, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.