Property market
The five-year median is £287,500 from 2,981 recorded sales in WR2. 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.
WR2
UK postcode district
Part of Worcester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 995
- Current units
- 815
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 180
Postcode sectors in WR2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,686 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 87, Laugherne Road, Worcester, WR2 5LY | 30 July 2026 | £367,000 |
| 3a, Lambert Road, Worcester, WR2 5DD | 24 July 2026 | £275,500 |
| 18, Rea Way, Worcester, WR2 5HA | 20 July 2026 | £230,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,933
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 815
- Anti social behaviour 215
- Criminal damage and arson 157
- Other theft 141
- Burglary 138
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WR2 usual residents
- 32,192
- Age-profile population
- 32,278
Age bands in WR2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.6%
- 4,699 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 16.4%
- 5,282 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.6%
- 6,981 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.9%
- 8,050 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
- 7,266 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 783 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
- 0%
In this district, 739 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 523 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit 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
2
in this district
SEVERN VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
HENWICK HALT MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 INGLES DRIVE, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER, WR2 5HL
ODS code M81006
ST JOHNS HOUSE SURGERY
ST JOHN'S HOUSE MED CTR, 299 BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5ER
ODS code M81063
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,933 published events cover 12 months, averaging 161 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 815 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.