WR4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Worcester, Warndon and Brickfields, 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 WR4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WR4, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WR4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WR4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR4 at a rate of 105.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 297 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,120), other crime (468) and anti-social behaviour (421).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR4 was 122.5 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 WR4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR4 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WR4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester 002A | 1,312 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 002B | 1,518 | 156.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 002C | 1,386 | 136.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 002D | 1,314 | 188.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Worcester 003A | 1,183 | 224.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Worcester 003B | 2,307 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 003C | 1,527 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Worcester 003D | 1,481 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Worcester 005A | 1,411 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 005B | 1,410 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Worcester 005C | 1,551 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 005D | 1,532 | 122.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Worcester 005E | 1,325 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.8% |
| Worcester 005F | 1,988 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Worcester 008A | 2,571 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 008B | 1,976 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Worcester 008C | 1,734 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Worcester 010A | 1,716 | 108.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
MPs for WR4
- Tom CollinsLabourMP for Worcester99% of WR4’s postcodes
- Nigel HuddlestonConservativeMP for Droitwich and Evesham0.8% of WR4’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 WR44
Postcode sectors in WR43
Council1
Towns in WR41
Postcode districts next to WR44
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WR postcode area2
WR4 in brief
WR4 is a postcode district covering Worcester, Warndon and Brickfields, in Worcester.
About 27,393 people lived in WR4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 366 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 105.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR4 was £235,000 in 2025.
WR4 had 27,101 usual residents at the census.
In WR4, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WR4, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.