NR32 postcode area guide — East Suffolk
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NR32 postcode district in East Suffolk — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in NR32
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
93.1%
Gigabit-capable
93.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.5%
Broadband availability in the NR32 postcode district (East Suffolk) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,091 postcodes Ofcom measures in NR32, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 93.1%.
Around 0.5% of premises in NR32 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 NR32
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NR32 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1AL | 100% | 0% |
| NR32 1BA | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1BH | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1BJ | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1BL | 100% | 100% |
| NR32 1BN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around East Suffolk
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider East Suffolk district (130,429 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
78.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
30.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
82.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in NR32
Police recorded 189 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NR32 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 90 | 47.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 30 | 15.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 19 | 10.1% |
| Other theft | 9 | 4.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 9 | 4.8% |
| Weapons possession | 7 | 3.7% |
| Shoplifting | 7 | 3.7% |
| Drugs | 5 | 2.6% |
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 NR32
Based on 433 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NR32 is £206,500, down 1.7% on the previous year (£210,000).
Detached
£307,500
129 sales
Semi-detached
£235,000
88 sales
Terraced
£150,000
175 sales
Flat / maisonette
£100,000
18 sales
Latest recorded sales in NR32
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | £281,000 | Detached | Windermere Park | NR32 4UD |
| 14 May 2026 | £200,000 | Detached | Clover Way | NR32 4JT |
| 11 May 2026 | £263,000 | Detached | Chiltern Crescent | NR32 3HQ |
| 8 May 2026 | £195,000 | Terraced | Bramble Green | NR32 2SJ |
| 8 May 2026 | £165,000 | Terraced | Sussex Road | NR32 4HF |
| 8 May 2026 | £125,000 | Terraced | Queens Road | NR32 1TD |
| 1 May 2026 | £190,000 | Terraced | Lupton Close | NR32 3QS |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £134,500 | Flat | Gainsborough Drive | NR32 4LX |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached | Chestnut Avenue | NR32 3JA |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £300,000 | Detached | Jenkins Green | NR32 4WX |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? East Suffolk demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider East Suffolk district (246,058 residents, 110,749 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% |
| 15–29 | 18.2% |
| 30–44 | 16.1% |
| 45–64 | 21.9% |
| 65+ | 27.8% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.9% |
| Private rented | 17.7% |
| Social rented | 8.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around NR32
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,263 | NR32 4PZ |
| Ormiston Denes Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 711 | NR32 4AH |
| Woods Loke Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 483 | NR32 3EB |
| Oulton Broad Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 378 | NR32 3JX |
| Roman Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 375 | NR32 2NX |
| St Margaret's Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 364 | NR32 4JF |
| The Limes Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 354 | NR32 3BQ |
| Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 311 | NR32 4HN |
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 NR32
303 rated food businesses operate in NR32. 225 hold the top rating of 5, 42 are rated 4, and 9 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A Piece Of Cake, Aldi Stores, Allsorts, Argos, Atlantic Fish Bar.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NR32
From a sample of 194 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 NR32 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 33% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
5%
Band C
28%
Band D
43%
Band E
16%
Band F
5%
Band G
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 East Suffolk
Landlines around NR32 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.
