Worcester
Worcester is covered by postcode districts WR1, WR2, WR3, WR4, WR5, WR6 and 3 more. It is mostly in the Worcester council area: 2,534 of its 2,608 postcodes. The others are in Wychavon and Malvern Hills.
Every postcode in Worcester, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 121
- In use before 2020: 2,487
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,608 postcodes in Worcester that ONS places, 121 are new since 2020 and 2,487 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 52.1956, longitude -2.2141. 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
- 32 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WR1 9EU, is the newest of them.
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WR2 5UU, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WR5 1AR, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WR5 1TN, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WR5 2JZ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Worcester?
Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 2,095 of the 2,455 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 902 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 157 of its 2,608 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Worcester Shrub Hill, 350 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 Worcester?
Homes in Worcester sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,166 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £375,000 253 sales
- Semi-detached £260,000 376 sales
- Terraced £230,000 360 sales
- Flat or maisonette £145,000 177 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WR4 district, Worcester's main postcode district: a typical £238,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Worcester: 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 Worcester?
121 of the 2,608 postcodes now in use in Worcester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 1,654 homes sold in Worcester were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WR4 district, 0%.
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 Worcester | Across the WR4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 1,166 (Under 1%) | 0 of 259 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 13 of 1,654 (Under 1%) | 0 of 356 (0%) |
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 Worcester?
Ofcom reports on 2,455 of the 2,608 postcodes in Worcester. At 2,095 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 Worcester at risk of flooding?
157 of the 2,608 postcodes in Worcester 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 902 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 Worcester?
The open schools at the postcodes in Worcester (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
- Stanley Road Primary School600 m 308 pupils, 472 places
- Fort Royal900 m 208 pupils, 200 places
- Royal Grammar School Worcester900 m 1,397 pupils, 1,932 places
- The King's School1.0 km 1,272 pupils, 1,525 places
- Hollymount School1.0 km 377 pupils, 393 places
- St Barnabas CofE Primary School1.1 km 380 pupils, 420 places
- St George's Catholic Primary School1.2 km 193 pupils, 210 places
- St George's CofE Primary School Worcester1.3 km 163 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 Worcester?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Worcester is Worcester Shrub Hill Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.
- Worcester Shrub Hill Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
- Worcester Foregate Street Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
- Worcestershire Parkway Rail Station Railway station 5.7 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 Worcester?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Worcester, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Spring Gardens Group Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2026 · Phone 01905 744400 450 mWalk
- St Martin's Gate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2025 · Phone 01905 363351 700 mWalk
- Haresfield House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01905 368503 750 mWalk
- Albany House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01905 26086 1.0 kmWalk
- Thorneloe Lodge Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01905 726444 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Worcester safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 6,797 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Worcester 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
- 534 September 2025
- 571 October 2025
- 497 November 2025
- 578 December 2025
- 557 January 2026
- 546 February 2026
- 583 March 2026
- 493 April 2026
- 514 May 2026
- 545 June 2026
- 691 July 2026
- 688 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 184, bicycle theft 133, robbery 114, other crime 112, possession of weapons 84, theft from the person 37.
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 Worcester?
- Councils
- Worcester (2,534), Wychavon (51) and Malvern Hills (23)
- County council
- Worcestershire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Worcester (2,534), Droitwich and Evesham (51) and West Worcestershire (23)
- 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 Worcester
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Worcester is in Worcester; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Worcester about council tax Council tax, on worcester.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Worcester
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Worcester postcodes
2,608 postcodes in use in Worcester, by district:
Those districts are all in the WR postcode area.
Check a Worcester postcode
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 Worcester
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Worcester's £255,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Worcester
- What is it like to live in Worcester?
- Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 2,095 of the 2,455 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 902 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 157 of its 2,608 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Worcester Shrub Hill, 350 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 Worcester?
- Worcester is covered by postcode districts WR1, WR2, WR3, WR4, WR5, WR6 and 3 more, across 2,608 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Worcester?
- Homes in Worcester sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,166 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Worcester?
- In Worcester, primary schools at its postcodes include Stanley Road Primary School, Fort Royal and Royal Grammar School Worcester; secondary schools at its postcodes include Newbridge School, Royal Grammar School Worcester and The King's School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Worcester have a railway station?
- Yes: Worcester Shrub Hill is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Worcester, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Worcester?
- Ofcom reports on 2,455 of the 2,608 postcodes in Worcester. At 2,095 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Worcester at risk of flooding?
- 157 of the 2,608 postcodes in Worcester 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 902 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 Worcester?
- 121 of the 2,608 postcodes now in use in Worcester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 1,654 homes sold in Worcester were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WR4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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