NR12 postcode area guide — Broadland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NR12 postcode district in Broadland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in NR12
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
86.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
18.7%
Gigabit-capable
18.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
2.1%
Broadband availability in the NR12 postcode district (Broadland) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 907 postcodes Ofcom measures in NR12, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 86.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 18.7%.
Around 2.1% of premises in NR12 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in NR12
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NR12 0AA | 100% | 0% |
| NR12 0AB | 95.5% | 59.1% |
| NR12 0AD | 100% | 0% |
| NR12 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| NR12 0AG | 0% | 0% |
| NR12 0AH | 100% | 0% |
| NR12 0AJ | 90% | 0% |
| NR12 0AL | 100% | 0% |
| NR12 0AN | 100% | 0% |
| NR12 0AP | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Broadland
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Broadland district (65,364 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
71%
4G outdoors — all networks
98%
5G outdoors — all networks
26.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
72.3%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in NR12
Police recorded 1 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NR12 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal damage & arson | 1 | 100.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in NR12
Based on 255 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NR12 is £320,000, up 14.3% on the previous year (£280,000).
Detached
£392,000
133 sales
Semi-detached
£240,000
54 sales
Terraced
£205,000
30 sales
Flat / maisonette
£172,500
18 sales
Latest recorded sales in NR12
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £110,000 | Detached | Tulsa Way | NR12 0JB |
| 15 May 2026 | £308,500 | Detached | Walcott Road | NR12 0HB |
| 11 May 2026 | £159,000 | Flat | North Walsham Road | NR12 0LN |
| 6 May 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached | Rectory Close | NR12 7HJ |
| 5 May 2026 | £344,000 | Detached | Kings Road | NR12 7DX |
| 1 May 2026 | £405,000 | Detached | Mayton Avenue | NR12 7LH |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £245,000 | Semi-detached | Norwich Road | NR12 8SA |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £575,000 | Detached | Summer Drive | NR12 8DY |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £425,000 | Detached | The Street | NR12 8BB |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £406,000 | Detached | Marsh Road | NR12 8UH |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Broadland demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Broadland district (131,722 residents, 57,760 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.1% |
| 15–29 | 18.4% |
| 30–44 | 17.9% |
| 45–64 | 21.7% |
| 65+ | 25.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 77.1% |
| Private rented | 12.3% |
| Social rented | 8.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around NR12
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadland High Ormiston Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 725 | NR12 8QN |
| Stalham High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 492 | NR12 9DG |
| St John's Community Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 4–11 | 221 | NR12 8NX |
| Stalham Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 217 | NR12 9PS |
| Coltishall Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 213 | NR12 7HA |
| Stalham Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 2–7 | 118 | NR12 9PS |
| All Saints School | Not applicable | 6–16 | 79 | NR12 0DJ |
| Bacton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 77 | NR12 0EY |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in NR12
216 rated food businesses operate in NR12. 166 hold the top rating of 5, 18 are rated 4, and 6 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A Piece Of Cake (Coltishall) Ltd, All Saints School, Apple Tree Restaurant & Takeaway, Ashmanhaugh & Beeston Preston Rooms, Bacton Fish Shop.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NR12
From a sample of 238 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 NR12 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 25% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
1%
Band C
24%
Band D
53%
Band E
19%
Band F
3%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Broadland
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.