# WR9

Postcode district covering Droitwich Spa, Primsland and Witton, in Wychavon.

WR9 is a postcode district covering Droitwich Spa, Primsland and Witton, in Wychavon. Median sale price £304,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 67.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WR9. 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 WR9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £304,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WR9 was £304,000 in 2025. 1,056th 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/wr9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 33,818** (2021). WR9 had 33,818 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 713th most 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/wr9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in WR9 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/wr9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 82.4%** (January 2026). In WR9, 82.4% 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/wr9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WR9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 7% of people in WR9 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=WR9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 482 homes were sold in WR9 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WR9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WR9.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WR9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WR9 had 33,818 usual residents at the census.

## How WR9 compares

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

| Measure | WR9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £304,000 | 8th most expensive | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2025 |
| Population | 33,818 | 4th most populated | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 7% | 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 15 postcode districts, WR · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 82.4% | 7th highest | 15 postcode districts, WR · Jan 2026 |

## Is WR9 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR9 at a rate of 67.8 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 218 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (885), shoplifting (386) and other crime (360).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR9 was 67.8 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 WR9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR9 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in WR9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wychavon 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032401) | 2,725 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.3% |
| [Wychavon 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01034325) | 1,606 | 69.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.0% |
| [Wychavon 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01034326) | 1,379 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| [Wychavon 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032368) | 1,283 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| [Wychavon 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032369) | 1,569 | 160.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| [Wychavon 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032370) | 1,242 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Wychavon 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032371) | 1,315 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.2% |
| [Wychavon 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032359) | 1,823 | 220.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 59.3% |
| [Wychavon 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032360) | 1,926 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Wychavon 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032361) | 1,679 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| [Wychavon 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032357) | 1,110 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| [Wychavon 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032358) | 1,387 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.2% |
| [Wychavon 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032365) | 1,825 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| [Wychavon 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032367) | 1,545 | 116.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.9% |
| [Wychavon 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032363) | 1,539 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Wychavon 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032364) | 1,676 | 10.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wychavon 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032366) | 1,578 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| [Wychavon 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01034327) | 1,723 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Wychavon 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01034328) | 1,816 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| [Wychavon 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032404) | 2,466 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 22.5% |
| [Wychavon 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032345) | 1,504 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 42.9% |

## Your MP

- [Droitwich and Evesham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/droitwich-and-evesham): Nigel Huddleston (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 91% of the people here.
- [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/redditch): Chris Bloore (Labour), MP since July 2024. 8.1% of the people here.
- [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wyre-forest): Mark Garnier (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 WR9

[Droitwich Spa Central](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/droitwich-spa-central), [Droitwich Spa East](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/droitwich-spa-east), [Droitwich Spa South](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/droitwich-spa-south), [Droitwich Spa West & North](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/droitwich-spa-west-and-north), [Hartlebury & Wychbold](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/hartlebury-and-wychbold)

## Postcode sectors in WR9

[WR9 0 (213 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9-0), [WR9 1 (9 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9-1), [WR9 7 (307 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9-7), [WR9 8 (261 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9-8), [WR9 9 (102 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9-9)

## Council

[Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon)

## Towns in WR9

[Droitwich Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/town/droitwich-spa)

## Postcode districts next to WR9

[B60](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b60), [B61](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b61), [B96](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b96), [DY10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy10), [DY11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11), [DY13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy13), [WR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr2), [WR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr3), [WR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr4), [WR5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr5), [WR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr6), [WR7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr7)

## Nearest rail stations

[Droitwich Spa (1.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1584,52.2682)

## 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)

## WR9 in brief

WR9 is a postcode district covering Droitwich Spa, Primsland and Witton, in Wychavon.
About 35,291 people lived in WR9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £304,000 in 2025 across 482 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR9 was £304,000 in 2025.
WR9 had 33,818 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in WR9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WR9, 82.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WR9
- Postcode area: [WR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr)
- Constituency: [Droitwich and Evesham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/droitwich-and-evesham)
- Council: [Wychavon †](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon)
- Area: 109 km²
- People, mid-2024: 35,291*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 109

* 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

[DY13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy13), [WR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr3), [B60](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b60), [WR7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr7), [B61](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b61), [B96](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b96)

## Latest updates for WR9

- 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/WR9

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9