Dereham
Dereham is covered by postcode districts NR19 and NR20. It is in the Breckland council area, Norfolk.
Every postcode in Dereham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 18
- In use before 2020: 576
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 594 postcodes in Dereham that ONS places, 18 are new since 2020 and 576 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.6760, longitude 0.9437. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NR19 9FQ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Dereham?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 413 of the 529 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 594 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wymondham, 17.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Dereham?
Homes in Dereham sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 293 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £324,000 105 sales
- Semi-detached £232,000 82 sales
- Terraced £189,975 90 sales
- Flat or maisonette £123,500 16 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NR19 district, Dereham's main postcode district: a typical £236,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dereham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Dereham?
18 of the 594 postcodes now in use in Dereham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 11 of the 357 homes sold in Dereham were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR19 district, 3%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Dereham | Across the NR19 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 293 (1%) | 2 of 280 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 11 of 357 (3%) | 10 of 333 (3%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Dereham?
Ofcom reports on 529 of the 594 postcodes in Dereham. At 413 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dereham at risk of flooding?
6 of the 594 postcodes in Dereham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 30 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Dereham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Dereham. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Dereham Church of England Junior Academy400 m 365 pupils, 480 places
- Grove House Infant and Nursery School400 m 83 pupils, 90 places
- Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy600 m 180 pupils, 180 places
- King's Park Infant School, Dereham800 m 37 pupils, 90 places
- Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School1.1 km 321 pupils, 360 places
- Toftwood Infant School1.5 km 205 pupils, 270 places
- Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.7 km 415 pupils, 436 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Dereham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dereham is Wymondham Rail Station, 17.0 km away in a straight line.
- Wymondham Rail Station Railway station 17.0 kmDrive
- Spooner Row Rail Station Railway station 18.4 kmDrive
- Attleborough Rail Station Railway station 18.7 kmDrive
- Dereham (Mid Norfolk Railway) Underground, metro or tram 400 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Dereham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Dereham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Orchard Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01362 693029 250 mWalk
- Theatre Royal Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01362 852800 850 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dereham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,645 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dereham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 128 September 2025
- 155 October 2025
- 131 November 2025
- 127 December 2025
- 127 January 2026
- 102 February 2026
- 130 March 2026
- 149 April 2026
- 172 May 2026
- 149 June 2026
- 154 July 2026
- 121 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: possession of weapons 27, burglary 25, vehicle crime 21, robbery 11, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Dereham?
- District, borough or city council
- Breckland
- County council
- Norfolk
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Police force area
- Norfolk
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- MP
- George Freeman (Conservative)
All 594 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Dereham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Breckland about council tax Council tax, on angliarevenues.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Dereham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Dereham postcodes
594 postcodes in use in Dereham, by district:
Those districts are all in the NR postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Dereham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dereham's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Dereham
- What is it like to live in Dereham?
- Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 413 of the 529 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 594 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wymondham, 17.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Dereham?
- Dereham is covered by postcode districts NR19 and NR20, across 594 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Dereham in?
- Dereham is in the Breckland council area, and Norfolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Dereham?
- Dereham is in the Mid Norfolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is George Freeman (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Dereham?
- Homes in Dereham sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 293 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Dereham?
- In Dereham, primary schools at its postcodes include Dereham Church of England Junior Academy, Grove House Infant and Nursery School and Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Dereham Neatherd High School and Northgate High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Dereham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dereham is Wymondham, 17.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Dereham?
- Ofcom reports on 529 of the 594 postcodes in Dereham. At 413 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Dereham at risk of flooding?
- 6 of the 594 postcodes in Dereham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 30 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Dereham?
- 18 of the 594 postcodes now in use in Dereham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 11 of the 357 homes sold in Dereham were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR19 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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