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PE31 8BZ

Brancaster · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Brancaster
Local authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE31 8TX 3 m
PE31 8BX 66 m
PE31 8BU 91 m
PE31 8BJ 222 m
PE31 8BY 307 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 8BZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 November 2025
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 8
Latitude
52.965700
Longitude
0.675172
British National Grid easting
579,758
British National Grid northing
344,272

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
King's Lynn and West Norfolk · E07000146
Electoral ward
Brancaster · E05012323
Parish or community
E04006290
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135398
Lower layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002A · E01026645
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

Explore PE31

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Burnham Market Primary and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 4
  • Other theft 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Shoplifting 2
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PE31 8 residents
4,274

Age bands in PE31 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%

494 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.2%

324 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.7%

705 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,323 residents

Age 65 and over
36.6%

1,645 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

  • BURNHAM SURGERY

    1 CREAKE ROAD, BURNHAM MARKET, KING'S LYNN, PE31 8EN

    ODS code D82072

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

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

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

    8.0 miles

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

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    8.0 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    9.5 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    9.5 miles

  • Ocean Avenue

    BCT · Skegness

    18.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002A, 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

10,997 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Burnham Market Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 2.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 4 events.

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