WR3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Worcester, Barbourne and Fernhill Heath, in Worcester and Wychavon.
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 WR3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WR3, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WR3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WR3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR3 at a rate of 61.4 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 143 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (442), other crime (235) and shoplifting (200).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR3 was 49.9 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 WR3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR3 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WR3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester 001A | 1,558 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| Worcester 001B | 1,604 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.9% |
| Worcester 001C | 1,852 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 001D | 1,553 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.1% |
| Worcester 001E | 1,648 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Worcester 004A | 1,280 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Worcester 004B | 1,433 | 230.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |
| Worcester 004C | 2,126 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| Worcester 004D | 1,463 | 88.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Worcester 004E | 1,998 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wychavon 006A | 2,383 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.9% |
| Wychavon 006B | 2,536 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.1% |
MPs for WR3
- Tom CollinsLabourMP for Worcester71% of WR3’s postcodes
- Nigel HuddlestonConservativeMP for Droitwich and Evesham29% of WR3’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 WR33
Postcode sectors in WR32
Councils WR3 covers2
Towns in WR31
Postcode districts next to WR34
Nearest rail stations2
More in the WR postcode area2
WR3 in brief
WR3 is a postcode district covering Worcester, Barbourne and Fernhill Heath, in Worcester and Wychavon.
About 22,260 people lived in WR3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 367 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR3 was £285,000 in 2025.
WR3 had 21,921 usual residents at the census.
In WR3, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WR3, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.