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PE31 8GU

Bircham with Rudhams · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bircham with Rudhams
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 8TA 935 m
PE31 8SU 992 m
PE31 8SZ 1.0 km
PE31 8SX 1.1 km
PE31 8GN 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 8GU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 8
Latitude
52.809248
Longitude
0.715121
British National Grid easting
583,098
British National Grid northing
326,974

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
King's Lynn and West Norfolk · E07000146
Electoral ward
Bircham with Rudhams · E05012322
Parish or community
E04006306
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135675
Lower layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002D · E01026695
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Rudham CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  2. Harpley CofE VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.5 km

  3. Ortus Education Ltd - West Raynham School

    Other independent special school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 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

  • GREAT MASSINGHAM SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, GREAT MASSINGHAM, KING'S LYNN, PE32 2JQ

    ODS code D82070

    4.9 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

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    8.9 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    8.9 miles

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

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

    11.5 miles

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

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    11.5 miles

  • Dereham (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Dereham

    13.3 miles

Relative deprivation

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

11,084 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Rudham CofE Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

21 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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