PE37 7RH

Swaffham · Breckland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swaffham
Local authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Postcode district
PE37
Postcode sector
PE37 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE37 7RQ 103 m
PE37 7RJ 127 m
PE37 7JN 138 m
PE37 7JJ 172 m
PE37 8FS 173 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE37 7RH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE37
Postcode sector
PE37 7
Latitude
52.650680
Longitude
0.696031
British National Grid easting
582,472
British National Grid northing
309,292

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Breckland · E07000143
Electoral ward
Swaffham · E05010256
Parish or community
E04006180
Westminster constituency
South West Norfolk · E14001497
Output area
E00134450
Lower layer super output area
Breckland 007B · E01026456
Middle layer super output area
Breckland 007 · E02005509

Postcode source versions

Explore PE37

83 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
33, Longfields, Swaffham, PE37 7RH 31 January 2025 £215,000
1, Longfields, Swaffham, PE37 7RH 22 July 2024 £325,000
7, Longfields, Swaffham, PE37 7RH 7 June 2024 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham

    Academy sponsor led

    381 m
  2. Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School

    Voluntary controlled school

    763 m
  3. OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus

    Other independent school

    986 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
584
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 226
  • Anti social behaviour 84
  • Shoplifting 77
  • Criminal damage and arson 54
  • Other theft 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
75

41 female, 34 male

Postcode households
48
Residents per household
1.6
PE37 7 residents
6,719

Age bands in PE37 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

843 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

491 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

1,129 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

1,577 residents

Age 65 and over
36.5%

2,326 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE37 7 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • MANOR FARM MEDICAL CENTRE

    MANGATE STREET, SWAFFHAM, PE37 7QN

    ODS code D82065

    440 m

  • CAMPINGLAND SURGERY

    CAMPINGLAND, SWAFFHAM, PE37 7RD

    ODS code D82057

    620 m

  • PLOWRIGHT MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 JACK BODDY WAY, SWAFFHAM, PE37 7HJ

    ODS code D82621

    794 m

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

  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Santon Downham

    13.5 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Santon Downham

    13.5 miles
  • Hall Drive

    BCT · Santon Downham

    13.5 miles
  • Hall Drive

    BCT · Santon Downham

    13.5 miles
  • Brandon Rail Station

    RLY · Brandon

    13.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Breckland 007B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,125 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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
3
Medium risk addresses
23
Low risk addresses
11
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 £260,000 from 6 recorded sales in PE37 7RH. 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham is the nearest published school at 381 m.

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

Recorded crime

584 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 226 events.

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