WR15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tenbury Wells and Burford, in Malvern Hills and Shropshire.
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 WR15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WR15, 45.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WR15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WR15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR15 at a rate of 41.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (150), other crime (54) and anti-social behaviour (32).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR15 was 48.2 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 WR15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR15 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WR15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Hills 001A | 2,294 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 43.8% |
| Malvern Hills 001C | 1,743 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 45.6% |
| Malvern Hills 001D | 2,181 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 27.9% |
| Shropshire 039A | 1,444 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.3% |
MPs for WR15
- Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeMP for West Worcestershire74% of WR15’s postcodes
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire23% of WR15’s postcodes
- Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyMP for North Herefordshire3.5% of WR15’s postcodes
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 WR151
Postcode sectors in WR151
Councils WR15 covers2
Postcode districts next to WR155
More in the WR postcode area2
WR15 in brief
WR15 is a postcode district covering Tenbury Wells and Burford, in Malvern Hills and Shropshire.
About 7,573 people lived in WR15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 98 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 41.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR15 was £340,000 in 2025.
WR15 had 7,243 usual residents at the census.
In WR15, 45.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WR15, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.