WR5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Worcester, Red Hill and St Peter the Great, in Worcester, Malvern Hills 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 WR5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WR5, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WR5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WR5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR5 at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 260 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,155), other crime (436) and anti-social behaviour (417).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR5 was 70.5 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 WR5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR5 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WR5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Hills 008A | 2,896 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.1% |
| Malvern Hills 008B | 2,147 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.9% |
| Worcester 010B | 1,539 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Worcester 010C | 1,948 | 160.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Worcester 010D | 1,734 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Worcester 011A | 1,704 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Worcester 011B | 1,647 | 184.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Worcester 011D | 1,526 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.2% |
| Worcester 013A | 1,746 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
| Worcester 013B | 1,984 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.3% |
| Worcester 013D | 2,016 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Worcester 013E | 1,712 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Worcester 013F | 1,529 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.0% |
| Worcester 014A | 1,511 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Worcester 014B | 1,307 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Worcester 014C | 1,482 | 15.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| Worcester 014D | 1,348 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Wychavon 009C | 1,592 | 23.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.3% |
| Wychavon 009D | 2,367 | 88.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 69.1% |
MPs for WR5
- Tom CollinsLabourMP for Worcester70% of WR5’s postcodes
- Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeMP for West Worcestershire15% of WR5’s postcodes
- Nigel HuddlestonConservativeMP for Droitwich and Evesham14% of WR5’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 WR55
Postcode sectors in WR53
Councils WR5 covers3
Towns in WR51
Postcode districts next to WR56
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WR postcode area2
WR5 in brief
WR5 is a postcode district covering Worcester, Red Hill and St Peter the Great, in Worcester, Malvern Hills and Wychavon.
About 36,468 people lived in WR5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £277,750 in 2025 across 574 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR5 was £277,750 in 2025.
WR5 had 34,629 usual residents at the census.
In WR5, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WR5, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.