# WR6

Postcode district covering Malvern Hills, in Malvern Hills and Herefordshire.

WR6 is a postcode district covering Malvern Hills, in Malvern Hills and Herefordshire. Median sale price £440,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 40.4 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WR6. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £440,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WR6 was £440,000 in 2025. Joint 462nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 12,968** (2021). WR6 had 12,968 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 899th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 51%** (2022). About 51% of people in WR6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 51.3%** (January 2026). In WR6, 51.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WR6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 51% of people in WR6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WR6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 202 homes were sold in WR6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WR6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WR6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WR6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WR6 had 12,968 usual residents at the census.

## How WR6 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WR6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £440,000 | 4th most expensive | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2025 |
| Population | 12,968 | 7th least populated | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 51% | 5th most people in radon Affected Areas | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 51.3% | 3rd lowest | 15 postcode districts, WR · Jan 2026 |

## 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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WR6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Herefordshire 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014001) | 1,616 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.1% |
| [Herefordshire 005G](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire/neighbourhood/e01014015) | 1,626 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 66.5% |
| [Malvern Hills 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills/neighbourhood/e01032212) | 2,202 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 47.2% |
| [Malvern Hills 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills/neighbourhood/e01032181) | 2,208 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 54.3% |
| [Malvern Hills 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills/neighbourhood/e01032199) | 1,992 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 30.4% |
| [Malvern Hills 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills/neighbourhood/e01032223) | 2,257 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 39.7% |
| [Malvern Hills 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills/neighbourhood/e01032179) | 1,600 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.1% |

## Your MP

- [West Worcestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-worcestershire): Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 75% of the people here.
- [North Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-herefordshire): Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party), MP since July 2024. 23% of the people here.
- [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wyre-forest): Mark Garnier (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.8% of the people here.
- [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/worcester): Tom Collins (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.6% of the people here.
- [Droitwich and Evesham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/droitwich-and-evesham): Nigel Huddleston (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.6% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in WR6

[Abberley, Holt Heath & Hallow](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills/abberley-holt-heath-and-hallow)

## Postcode sectors in WR6

[WR6 5 (230 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6-5), [WR6 6 (292 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6-6)

## Councils WR6 covers

[Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills), [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire)

## Postcode districts next to WR6

[DY12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy12), [DY13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy13), [DY14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy14), [HR7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hr7), [HR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hr8), [WR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr2), [WR9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9), [WR13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr13), [WR14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr14), [WR15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr15)

## More in the WR postcode area

[All WR postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 51% of people in WR6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WR6, 51.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WR6
- Postcode area: [WR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr)
- Constituency: [West Worcestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-worcestershire)
- Council: [Malvern Hills †](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills)
- Area: 246 km²
- People, mid-2024: 13,453*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 40

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[HR7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hr7), [WR13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr13), [WR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr2), [WR15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr15), [DY13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy13), [HR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hr8)

## Latest updates for WR6

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WR6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6