Droitwich Spa
Droitwich Spa is covered by postcode district WR9. It is in the Wychavon council area, Worcestershire.
Every postcode in Droitwich Spa, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 17
- At medium risk at worst: 2
- At low risk at worst: 18
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 566
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 603 postcodes in Droitwich Spa that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 18 are at low risk at worst and 566 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 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 52.2626, longitude -2.1548. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
17 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WR9 8ES, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Droitwich Spa?
Homes sold for a typical £287,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.7% on the 12 months before. At 488 of the 588 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 234 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 603 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Droitwich Spa, 650 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 Droitwich Spa?
Homes in Droitwich Spa sold for a typical £287,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 275 sales, up 2.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £416,000 102 sales
- Semi-detached £290,000 65 sales
- Terraced £222,500 64 sales
- Flat or maisonette £151,000 44 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WR9 district, Droitwich Spa's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Droitwich Spa: 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 Droitwich Spa?
28 of the 603 postcodes now in use in Droitwich Spa came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 391 homes sold in Droitwich Spa were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WR9 district, Under 1%.
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 Droitwich Spa | Across the WR9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 275 (0%) | 0 of 348 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 391 (0%) | 1 of 487 (Under 1%) |
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 Droitwich Spa?
Ofcom reports on 588 of the 603 postcodes in Droitwich Spa. At 488 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 Droitwich Spa at risk of flooding?
37 of the 603 postcodes in Droitwich Spa 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 234 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 Droitwich Spa?
The open schools at the postcodes in Droitwich Spa. 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
- Witton Middle School300 m 390 pupils, 450 places
- Chawson First School450 m 347 pupils, 375 places
- Westacre Middle School700 m 444 pupils, 450 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School800 m 197 pupils, 210 places
- St Peter's Droitwich CofE Academy800 m 436 pupils, 450 places
- Westlands First School1.6 km 209 pupils, 300 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 Droitwich Spa?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Droitwich Spa is Droitwich Spa Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- Droitwich Spa Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- Worcester Shrub Hill Rail Station Railway station 8.4 kmDrive
- Worcester Foregate Street Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
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 Droitwich Spa?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Droitwich Spa. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Corbett Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01905 795566 400 mWalk
- Salters Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2025 · Phone 01905 773535 500 mWalk
- Spa Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2024 · Phone 01905 772389 500 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Droitwich Spa safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,787 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Droitwich Spa 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
- 170 September 2025
- 132 October 2025
- 107 November 2025
- 96 December 2025
- 132 January 2026
- 196 February 2026
- 152 March 2026
- 171 April 2026
- 166 May 2026
- 142 June 2026
- 161 July 2026
- 162 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 38, drugs 29, robbery 22, possession of weapons 14, bicycle theft 10, theft from the person 5.
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 Droitwich Spa?
- District, borough or city council
- Wychavon
- County council
- Worcestershire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Droitwich and Evesham (601) and Redditch (2)
- Police force area
- West Mercia
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Droitwich Spa
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Wychavon about council tax Council tax, on wychavon.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Droitwich Spa
- 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
Droitwich Spa postcodes
603 postcodes in use in Droitwich Spa, by district:
That district is in the WR postcode area.
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Places near Droitwich Spa
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Droitwich Spa's £287,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Droitwich Spa
- What is it like to live in Droitwich Spa?
- Homes sold for a typical £287,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.7% on the 12 months before. At 488 of the 588 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 234 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 603 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Droitwich Spa, 650 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 Droitwich Spa?
- Droitwich Spa is covered by postcode district WR9, across 603 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Droitwich Spa in?
- Droitwich Spa is in the Wychavon council area, and Worcestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Droitwich Spa?
- Homes in Droitwich Spa sold for a typical £287,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 275 sales, up 2.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Droitwich Spa?
- In Droitwich Spa, primary schools at its postcodes include Witton Middle School, Chawson First School and Westacre Middle School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Droitwich Spa have a railway station?
- Yes: Droitwich Spa is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Droitwich Spa, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Droitwich Spa?
- Ofcom reports on 588 of the 603 postcodes in Droitwich Spa. At 488 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Droitwich Spa at risk of flooding?
- 37 of the 603 postcodes in Droitwich Spa 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 234 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 Droitwich Spa?
- 28 of the 603 postcodes now in use in Droitwich Spa came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 391 homes sold in Droitwich Spa were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WR9 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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