# WR12

Postcode district covering Broadway, Childswickham and Willersey, in Wychavon and Cotswold.

WR12 is a postcode district covering Broadway, Childswickham and Willersey, in Wychavon and Cotswold. Median sale price £500,000 in 2025. About 6,049 people.

Postcode district. Code WR12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr)

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 WR12 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £500,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WR12 was £500,000 in 2025. Joint 275th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 6,025** (2021). WR12 had 6,025 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 517th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 43%** (2022). About 43% of people in WR12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 77.7%** (January 2026). In WR12, 77.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WR12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 43% of people in WR12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WR12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 109 homes were sold in WR12 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WR12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WR12 had 6,025 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=WR12) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Wychavon, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is WR12.

## How WR12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WR12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £500,000 | 2nd most expensive | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2025 |
| Population | 6,025 | 2nd least populated | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 43% | 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 77.7% | 6th lowest | 15 postcode districts, WR · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of WR12?

WR12 had 6,025 usual residents at the census.
WR12 is the 517th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in WR12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR12 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WR12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cotswold 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022182) | 1,689 | – | 7 | 94.4% |
| [Wychavon 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032351) | 1,878 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.8% |
| [Wychavon 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032352) | 1,477 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.9% |
| [Wychavon 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032353) | 1,604 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.6% |

## Your MP

- [Droitwich and Evesham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/droitwich-and-evesham): Nigel Huddleston (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 69% of the people here.
- [North Cotswolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cotswolds): Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 18% of the people here.
- [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tewkesbury): Cameron Thomas (Independent), MP since July 2024. 9.7% of the people here.
- [West Worcestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-worcestershire): Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 3.9% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in WR12

[Broadway, Wickhamford & Sedgeberrow](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/broadway-wickhamford-and-sedgeberrow)

## Postcode sectors in WR12

[WR12 7 (207 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12-7)

## Councils WR12 covers

[Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon), [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold)

## Postcode districts next to WR12

[GL54](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl54), [GL55](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl55), [GL56](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56), [WR11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr11)

## More in the WR postcode area

[All WR postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## WR12 in brief

WR12 is a postcode district covering Broadway, Childswickham and Willersey, in Wychavon and Cotswold.
About 6,049 people lived in WR12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £500,000 in 2025 across 109 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in WR12 was £500,000 in 2025.
WR12 had 6,025 usual residents at the census.
About 43% of people in WR12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WR12, 77.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WR12
- Postcode area: [WR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr)
- Constituency: [Droitwich and Evesham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/droitwich-and-evesham)
- Council: [Wychavon †](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon)
- Area: 59.90 km²
- People, mid-2024: 6,049*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 23

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[WR11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr11), [GL55](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl55), [GL54](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl54), [GL56](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56)

## Latest updates for WR12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WR12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12