PE37 8DU

Ashill · Breckland · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ashill
Local authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Postcode district
PE37
Postcode sector
PE37 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE37 8DS 411 m
PE37 8EA 579 m
PE37 8DZ 669 m
PE37 8DY 750 m
PE37 8LJ 981 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE37 8DU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE37
Postcode sector
PE37 8
Latitude
52.603229
Longitude
0.733570
British National Grid easting
585,211
British National Grid northing
304,111

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Breckland · E07000143
Electoral ward
Ashill · E05010238
Parish or community
E04006173
Westminster constituency
South West Norfolk · E14001497
Output area
E00169906
Lower layer super output area
Breckland 012B · E01026444
Middle layer super output area
Breckland 012 · E02005514

Postcode source versions

Explore PE37

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.6 km
  2. Swaffham CofE Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
7.0
PE37 8 residents
5,115

Age bands in PE37 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

786 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

480 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

1,149 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

1,482 residents

Age 65 and over
28.7%

1,572 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE37 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
25%
Next Generation Access
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Santon Downham

    10.5 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Santon Downham

    10.5 miles
  • Hall Drive

    BCT · Santon Downham

    10.6 miles
  • Hall Drive

    BCT · Santon Downham

    10.6 miles
  • Thetford Lodge

    BCT · Santon Downham

    11.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Breckland 012B, 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

10,061 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 1 events.

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