WR6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Malvern Hills, in Malvern Hills and Herefordshire.
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 WR6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WR6, 51.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WR6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WR6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR6 at a rate of 40.4 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 52 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (249), other crime (106) and burglary (73).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR6 was 34.4 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 WR6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR6 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WR6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire 005B | 1,616 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.1% |
| Herefordshire 005G | 1,626 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 66.5% |
| Malvern Hills 001B | 2,202 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 47.2% |
| Malvern Hills 002A | 2,208 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 54.3% |
| Malvern Hills 002C | 1,992 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 30.4% |
| Malvern Hills 002D | 2,257 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 39.7% |
| Malvern Hills 003A | 1,600 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.1% |
MPs for WR6
- Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeMP for West Worcestershire75% of WR6’s postcodes
- Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyMP for North Herefordshire23% of WR6’s postcodes
- Mark GarnierConservativeMP for Wyre Forest0.8% of WR6’s postcodes
- Tom CollinsLabourMP for Worcester0.6% of WR6’s postcodes
- Nigel HuddlestonConservativeMP for Droitwich and Evesham0.6% of WR6’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 WR61
Postcode sectors in WR62
Councils WR6 covers2
Postcode districts next to WR610
More in the WR postcode area2
WR6 in brief
WR6 is a postcode district covering Malvern Hills, in Malvern Hills and Herefordshire.
About 13,453 people lived in WR6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,000 in 2025 across 202 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR6 was £440,000 in 2025.
WR6 had 12,968 usual residents at the census.
In WR6, 51.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WR6, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.