Lowestoft
Lowestoft is covered by postcode districts NR32 and NR33. It is in the East Suffolk council area, Suffolk.
Every postcode in Lowestoft, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 38
- In use before 2020: 1,716
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,754 postcodes in Lowestoft that ONS places, 38 are new since 2020 and 1,716 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 52.4741, longitude 1.7275. 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
What is it like to live in Lowestoft?
Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 1,611 of the 1,728 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,432 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 224 of its 1,754 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Oulton Broad North, 900 metres 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 Lowestoft?
Homes in Lowestoft sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 819 sales, up 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £291,000 302 sales
- Semi-detached £230,000 191 sales
- Terraced £170,000 297 sales
- Flat or maisonette £124,000 29 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NR32 district, Lowestoft's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lowestoft: 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 Lowestoft?
38 of the 1,754 postcodes now in use in Lowestoft came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 1,050 homes sold in Lowestoft were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR32 district, 2%.
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 Lowestoft | Across the NR32 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 819 (0%) | 4 of 450 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 6 of 1,050 (Under 1%) | 13 of 564 (2%) |
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 Lowestoft?
Ofcom reports on 1,728 of the 1,754 postcodes in Lowestoft. At 1,611 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Lowestoft at risk of flooding?
224 of the 1,754 postcodes in Lowestoft 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 1,432 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 Lowestoft?
The open schools at the postcodes in Lowestoft (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Red Oak Primary School1.0 km 420 pupils, 470 places
- Phoenix St Peter Academy1.0 km 109 pupils, 300 places
- Dell Primary School1.2 km 290 pupils, 442 places
- Roman Hill Primary School1.2 km 375 pupils, 500 places
- Elm Tree Primary School1.5 km 266 pupils, 420 places
- Westwood Primary School1.6 km 184 pupils, 210 places
- Woods Loke Primary School1.6 km 483 pupils, 420 places
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School1.7 km 155 pupils, 210 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 Lowestoft?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lowestoft is Oulton Broad North Rail Station, 900 m away in a straight line.
- Oulton Broad North Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
- Oulton Broad South Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
- Lowestoft Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
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 Lowestoft?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lowestoft, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Victoria Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01502 572369 800 mWalk
- Bridge Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2026 · Phone 01502 565936 950 mWalk
- Kirkley Mill Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01502 532599 1.3 kmCycle
- Alexandra & Crestview Surgeries Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2024 · Phone 01502 526062 1.8 kmCycle
- Andaman Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01502 517346 2.1 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lowestoft safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,058 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lowestoft 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
- 255 September 2025
- 235 October 2025
- 232 November 2025
- 245 December 2025
- 217 January 2026
- 215 February 2026
- 272 March 2026
- 224 April 2026
- 313 May 2026
- 296 June 2026
- 304 July 2026
- 250 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 78, drugs 68, possession of weapons 53, bicycle theft 46, theft from the person 24, robbery 24.
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 Lowestoft?
- District, borough or city council
- East Suffolk
- County council
- Suffolk
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lowestoft
- Police force area
- Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- MP
- Jess Asato (Labour)
All 1,754 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 Lowestoft
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell East Suffolk about council tax Council tax, on eastsuffolk.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Lowestoft
- 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
Lowestoft postcodes
1,754 postcodes in use in Lowestoft, by district:
Those districts are all in the NR postcode area.
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Places near Lowestoft
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lowestoft's £225,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lowestoft
- What is it like to live in Lowestoft?
- Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 1,611 of the 1,728 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,432 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 224 of its 1,754 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Oulton Broad North, 900 metres 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 Lowestoft?
- Lowestoft is covered by postcode districts NR32 and NR33, across 1,754 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Lowestoft in?
- Lowestoft is in the East Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Lowestoft?
- Lowestoft is in the Lowestoft parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jess Asato (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lowestoft?
- Homes in Lowestoft sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 819 sales, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lowestoft?
- In Lowestoft, primary schools at its postcodes include Red Oak Primary School, Phoenix St Peter Academy and Dell Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include East Point Academy, Ness Point School and The Ashley School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Lowestoft have a railway station?
- Yes: Oulton Broad North is 900 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Lowestoft, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lowestoft?
- Ofcom reports on 1,728 of the 1,754 postcodes in Lowestoft. At 1,611 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lowestoft at risk of flooding?
- 224 of the 1,754 postcodes in Lowestoft 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 1,432 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 Lowestoft?
- 38 of the 1,754 postcodes now in use in Lowestoft came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 1,050 homes sold in Lowestoft were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR32 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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