NR16 2HW

The Buckenhams & Banham · Breckland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Norwich
Local authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk
Postcode district
NR16
Postcode sector
NR16 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR16 2ST 52 m
NR16 2SU 104 m
NR16 2HY 110 m
NR16 2SX 111 m
NR16 2HT 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR16 2HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR16
Postcode sector
NR16 2
Latitude
52.452694
Longitude
1.038491
British National Grid easting
606,560
British National Grid northing
288,199

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Breckland · E07000143
Parish or community
E04006086
Westminster constituency
Mid Norfolk · E14001365
Output area
E00134318
Lower layer super output area
Breckland 013B · E01026435
Middle layer super output area
Breckland 013 · E02005515

Postcode source versions

Explore NR16

25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
55, Crown Street, Banham, Norwich, NR16 2HW 3 February 2025 £290,000
The Folly, 54, Crown Street, Banham, Norwich, NR16 2HW 16 October 2024 £307,000
Caprice, Crown Street, Banham, Norwich, NR16 2HW 28 October 2022 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Banham Primary School

    Academy converter

    212 m
  2. Acorn Park School

    Other independent special school

    508 m
  3. Old Buckenham High School

    Academy converter

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
56
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 28
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Other theft 6
  • Other crime 4
  • Public order 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

14 female, 15 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.1
NR16 2 residents
6,973

Age bands in NR16 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

1,048 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

609 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

1,446 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

2,014 residents

Age 65 and over
25.7%

1,773 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR16 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Eccles Road Rail Station

    RLY · Eccles Road

    3.2 miles
  • Attleborough Rail Station

    RLY · Attleborough

    4.3 miles
  • Old Dick Junction

    BCT · Wortham Ling

    5.8 miles
  • Old Dick Junction

    BCT · Wortham Ling

    5.8 miles
  • The Green

    BCT · Magpie Green

    6.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Breckland 013B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,840 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
4
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £307,000 from 3 recorded sales in NR16 2HW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Breckland is £273,851 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Banham Primary School is the nearest published school at 212 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

56 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 28 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.