NR21 8BJ

Lancaster South · North Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Norfolk
Postcode district
NR21
Postcode sector
NR21 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR21 8FD 10 m
NR21 8BE 40 m
NR21 8HQ 65 m
NR21 8FB 68 m
NR21 8HG 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR21 8BJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2016
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR21
Postcode sector
NR21 8
Latitude
52.829685
Longitude
0.855793
British National Grid easting
592,487
British National Grid northing
329,614

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Norfolk · E07000147
Parish or community
E04006412
Westminster constituency
Broadland and Fakenham · E14001136
Output area
E00135998
Lower layer super output area
North Norfolk 011E · E01026749
Middle layer super output area
North Norfolk 011 · E02005580

Postcode source versions

Explore NR21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Fakenham Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    218 m
  2. Fakenham Junior School

    Academy converter

    404 m
  3. Duke of Lancaster School

    Free schools special

    944 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
668
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 295
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Shoplifting 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Public order 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NR21 8 residents
5,468

Age bands in NR21 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

842 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

468 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

1,165 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.3%

1,336 residents

Age 65 and over
30.8%

1,695 residents

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • FAKENHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MEDITRINA HOUSE, TRINITY ROAD, FAKENHAM, NR21 8SY

    ODS code D82054

    1.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    4.6 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    4.6 miles
  • Wells-next-the-Sea (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

    8.3 miles
  • Wells-next-the-Sea (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    8.3 miles
  • Dereham (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    PLT · Dereham

    11.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Norfolk 011E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,096 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Fakenham Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 218 m.

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

Recorded crime

668 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 295 events.

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