WR1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Worcester, Britannia Square and Diglis, in Worcester.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WR1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WR1, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WR1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WR1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR1 at a rate of 389.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 400 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,453), other crime (723) and shoplifting (659).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR1 was 393.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in WR1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR1 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WR1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester 007A | 1,677 | 93.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.0% |
| Worcester 007B | 1,377 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Worcester 007C | 1,782 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.5% |
| Worcester 007E | 1,263 | 230.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.3% |
| Worcester 007F | 1,238 | 1,109.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 66.0% |
| Worcester 011E | 1,225 | 1,168.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.9% |
| Worcester 011F | 1,357 | 225.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.3% |
Your MP
- Tom CollinsLabourMP for Worcester
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in WR11
Postcode sectors in WR14
Council1
Towns in WR11
Postcode districts next to WR14
Nearest rail stations2
More in the WR postcode area2
WR1 in brief
WR1 is a postcode district covering Worcester, Britannia Square and Diglis, in Worcester.
About 10,554 people lived in WR1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 200 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 389.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR1 was £215,000 in 2025.
WR1 had 10,107 usual residents at the census.
In WR1, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WR1, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.