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St John's

Ward

South west Worcester. About 6,033 people in 1.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 6% of people in St John's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,665
3,303rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
6%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St John's compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St John'sMiddle
Population16 wards, Worcester · 2021
Population: every ward in Worcester16 areas from 4,731 to 10,872. The middle area is 6,059. St John's is 5,665.
5,6656th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Worcester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Worcester16 areas from 0.0% to 93.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. St John's is 6.0%.
6%4th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Worcester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Worcester16 areas from 80.9% to 99.7%. The middle area is 95.9%. St John's is 85.2%.
85.2%3rd lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Worcester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Worcester16 areas from 1.2% to 6.5%. The middle area is 2.9%. St John's is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 7th highest

Is St John's safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St John's at a rate of 87.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.2 per 1,000 people across Worcester.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St John's.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (105), other crime (65) and anti-social behaviour (42).

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.

Figures for the whole of Worcester

These figures are published for the whole of Worcester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Worcester and not St John's alone. See Worcester

Average house price
£251,221
Up 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,880
164th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.1
Joint 143rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St John's in brief

St John's had 5,665 usual residents at the census.

About 6% of people in St John's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St John's, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St John's, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.