Property market
The five-year median is £204,000 from 1,261 recorded sales in WR1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Worcester is £253,787 in June 2026, up 1.7% year on year.
WR1
UK postcode district
Part of Worcester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 857
- Current units
- 432
- Coordinate coverage
- 98%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 425
Postcode sectors in WR1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
8,388 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Court, 2, Apartment 49, Mill Street, Worcester, WR1 2BX | 27 July 2026 | £220,000 |
| 12, King Edmunds Square, Worcester, WR1 3NL | 7 July 2026 | £170,000 |
| 20, Wolverton Road, Worcester, WR1 1PE | 17 June 2026 | £257,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,456
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 979
- Anti social behaviour 326
- Public order 232
- Shoplifting 200
- Criminal damage and arson 166
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WR1 usual residents
- 10,401
- Age-profile population
- 10,348
Age bands in WR1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 9.8%
- 1,017 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 16.8%
- 1,734 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.3%
- 3,549 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.2%
- 2,400 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15.9%
- 1,648 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 394 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 5.4%
In this district, 383 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 268 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
ALBANY HOUSE SURGERY
ALBANY TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DU
ODS code M81072
SPRING GARDENS GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE
PROVIDENCE STREET, SPRING GARDENS, WORCESTER, WR1 2BS
ODS code M81008
THORNELOE LODGE SURGERY
29 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 1RU
ODS code M81037
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,456 published events cover 12 months, averaging 205 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 979 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.