NR5 0UH

Old Costessey · South Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Norwich
Local authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk
Postcode district
NR5
Postcode sector
NR5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR5 0UG 50 m
NR5 0UP 65 m
NR5 0UF 90 m
NR5 0UD 140 m
NR5 0UR 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR5 0UH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR5
Postcode sector
NR5 0
Latitude
52.645925
Longitude
1.199594
British National Grid easting
616,551
British National Grid northing
310,157

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Norfolk · E07000149
Parish or community
E04012772
Westminster constituency
South Norfolk · E14001489
Output area
E00174633
Lower layer super output area
South Norfolk 017D · E01026925
Middle layer super output area
South Norfolk 017 · E02007055

Postcode source versions

Explore NR5

64 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
66, Vanguard Chase, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0UH 17 April 2026 £410,000
106, Vanguard Chase, Norwich, NR5 0UH 15 December 2022 £285,000
60, Vanguard Chase, Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0UH 30 September 2021 £233,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
27
Secondary
4
  1. Ormiston Victory Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    930 m
  2. Chapel Break Infant School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  3. St Michael's VA Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
828
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 327
  • Shoplifting 137
  • Criminal damage and arson 81
  • Anti social behaviour 79
  • Other theft 60

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
138

62 female, 76 male

Postcode households
54
Residents per household
2.6
NR5 0 residents
9,877

Age bands in NR5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,729 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

978 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.4%

2,721 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,659 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

2,239 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR5 0 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+
98.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.6%
Gigabit-capable
98.2%
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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • ROUNDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    25 DOCTOR TORRENS WAY, COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0GB

    ODS code D82023

    435 m

  • BEECHCROFT AND OLD PALACE

    23 BEECHCROFT, NEW COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0RS

    ODS code Y03595

    1.2 km

  • TRINITY & BOWTHORPE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BOWTHORPE MAIN CENTRE, WENDENE, NORWICH, NR5 9HA

    ODS code D82017

    1.5 km

  • WENSUM VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WEST EARLHAM HEALTH CENTRE, WEST EARLHAM, NORWICH, NR5 8AD

    ODS code D82040

    3.2 km

  • UEA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EARLHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ

    ODS code D82088

    3.9 km

  • MARRIOTT'S MEDICAL PRACTICES

    THE TAVERHAM P'SHIP/SURG, SANDY LANE, TAVERHAM, NORWICH, NR8 6JR

    ODS code D82024

    4.0 km

  • DRAYTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 MANOR FARM CLOSE, DRAYTON, NORWICH, NR8 6EE

    ODS code D82029

    4.1 km

  • HELLESDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    343 REEPHAM ROAD, HELLESDON, NORWICH, NR6 5QJ

    ODS code D82018

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Norwich International Airport

    GAT · Norwich International Airport

    3.7 miles
  • Norwich Rail Station

    RLY · Norwich

    4.7 miles
  • Wymondham Rail Station

    RLY · Wymondham

    6.5 miles
  • Wymondham Abbey (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    PLT · Wymondham

    6.6 miles
  • Wymondham Abbey (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Wymondham

    6.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Norfolk 017D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,228 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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 £322,500 from 4 recorded sales in NR5 0UH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Norfolk is £312,124 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ormiston Victory Academy is the nearest published school at 930 m.

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

Recorded crime

828 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 327 events.

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