NR22 postcode area guide — King's Lynn and West Norfolk
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NR22 postcode district in King's Lynn and West Norfolk — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in NR22
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
73%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
13.8%
Gigabit-capable
13.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
11.7%
Broadband availability in the NR22 postcode district (King's Lynn and West Norfolk) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 67 postcodes Ofcom measures in NR22, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 73% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 13.8%.
Around 11.7% of premises in NR22 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 NR22
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NR22 6AA | 100% | 0% |
| NR22 6AB | 100% | 32.4% |
| NR22 6AD | 0% | 0% |
| NR22 6AE | 100% | 0% |
| NR22 6AG | 0% | 0% |
| NR22 6AH | 0% | 0% |
| NR22 6AJ | 0% | 0% |
| NR22 6AL | 0% | 0% |
| NR22 6AN | 50% | 50% |
| NR22 6AP | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider King's Lynn And West Norfolk district (81,159 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
70.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
30.9%
Voice indoors — all networks
77.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in NR22
Police recorded 3 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NR22 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 2 | 66.7% |
| Weapons possession | 1 | 33.3% |
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 NR22
Based on 8 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NR22 is £248,500, down 50.2% on the previous year (£499,000).
Terraced
£280,000
5 sales
Latest recorded sales in NR22
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2026 | £375,000 | Detached | Wells Road | NR22 6DN |
| 25 Feb 2026 | £326,000 | Terraced | Station Road | NR22 6EB |
| 12 Dec 2025 | £280,000 | Terraced | High Street | NR22 6BZ |
| 28 Nov 2025 | £220,000 | Terraced | Wells Road | NR22 6DN |
| 24 Oct 2025 | £370,000 | Terraced | Knight Street | NR22 6DA |
| 22 Oct 2025 | £230,000 | Semi-detached | St Peters Road | NR22 6DW |
| 20 Oct 2025 | £248,500 | Terraced | High Street | NR22 6BY |
| 12 Sep 2025 | £143,500 | Semi-detached | Mount Pleasant | NR22 6DE |
| 5 Mar 2025 | £550,000 | Detached | Wells Road | NR22 6DL |
| 21 Feb 2025 | £475,000 | Semi-detached | Guild Street | NR22 6BU |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? King's Lynn and West Norfolk demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider King's Lynn and West Norfolk district (154,325 residents, 67,464 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.5% |
| 15–29 | 19.8% |
| 30–44 | 16.7% |
| 45–64 | 21.2% |
| 65+ | 25.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 67% |
| Private rented | 18.9% |
| Social rented | 10.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around NR22
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsingham CE VA Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 30 | NR22 6DU |
| Little Snoring Community Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 65 | NR21 0JN |
| Hindringham Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 35 | NR21 0PL |
| Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 61 | NR21 9NQ |
| Fakenham Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 723 | NR21 9QT |
| Alderman Peel High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 606 | NR23 1RB |
| Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 197 | NR23 1JG |
| Duke of Lancaster School | Not applicable | 5–16 | 107 | NR21 9DQ |
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 NR22
15 rated food businesses operate in NR22. 12 hold the top rating of 5, 1 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Black Lion Hotel, Elmham House, Epiphany, Walsingham, Obrennans, Reef Make & Do Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NR22
From a sample of 114 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 NR22 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band E). 11% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
11%
Band D
36%
Band E
30%
Band F
19%
Band G
4%
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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Landlines around NR22 typically use:
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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.