LAKENHAM ROAD, NR4 6BA House Prices & Local Information

NR4 6BA is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Lakenham Road, 0.6km from Tuckswood in Norwich. Administratively it sits within Lakenham ward and the Norwich South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, NR4 6BA is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. During the day, large schools, colleges, and universities, nationally widespread. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 46) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 47% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 40 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £168k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for NR4 6BA are sourced from Output Area E00136389 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.