WR2 5JD

St John's · Worcester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Worcester
Local authority
Worcester
Constituency
Worcester
Postcode district
WR2
Postcode sector
WR2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR2 5JB 58 m
WR2 5JA 122 m
WR2 5JE 124 m
WR2 5HZ 145 m
WR2 6AA 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR2 5JD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR2
Postcode sector
WR2 5
Latitude
52.193898
Longitude
-2.239346
British National Grid easting
383,736
British National Grid northing
255,099

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Worcester · E07000237
Electoral ward
St John's · E05015860
Parish or community
E43000153
Westminster constituency
Worcester · E14001597
Output area
E00164841
Lower layer super output area
Worcester 009C · E01032320
Middle layer super output area
Worcester 009 · E02006742

Postcode source versions

Explore WR2

65 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
142, Comer Road, Worcester, WR2 5JD 3 July 2026 £260,000
130, Comer Road, Worcester, WR2 5JD 18 December 2025 £280,500
156a, Comer Road, Worcester, WR2 5JD 13 October 2025 £310,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
28
Secondary
5
  1. Oldbury Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    322 m
  2. St Clement's CofE Primary

    Academy converter

    387 m
  3. University of Worcester

    Higher education institutions

    465 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,935
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,893
  • Shoplifting 702
  • Anti social behaviour 536
  • Public order 382
  • Criminal damage and arson 327

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
121

68 female, 53 male

Postcode households
45
Residents per household
2.7
WR2 5 residents
12,989

Age bands in WR2 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

2,173 residents

Age 15 to 24
18%

2,369 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

3,287 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.6%

2,981 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

2,374 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WR2 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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
10.9%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • SEVERN VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HENWICK HALT MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 INGLES DRIVE, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER, WR2 5HL

    ODS code M81006

    486 m

  • ST JOHNS HOUSE SURGERY

    ST JOHN'S HOUSE MED CTR, 299 BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5ER

    ODS code M81063

    1.1 km

  • ALBANY HOUSE SURGERY

    ALBANY TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DU

    ODS code M81072

    1.1 km

  • THORNELOE LODGE SURGERY

    29 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 1RU

    ODS code M81037

    1.3 km

  • SPRING GARDENS GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PROVIDENCE STREET, SPRING GARDENS, WORCESTER, WR1 2BS

    ODS code M81008

    1.6 km

  • BARBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE

    BARBOURNE HOUSE, 44 DROITWICH ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 7LH

    ODS code M81049

    1.9 km

  • ST MARTIN'S GATE SURGERY

    TURNPIKE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1EZ

    ODS code M81035

    2.4 km

  • HARESFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HG

    ODS code M81022

    2.5 km

  • ELBURY MOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    FAIRFIELD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR4 9TX

    ODS code M81017

    3.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Comer Avenue

    BCT · St Johns

    0.1 miles
  • Comer Avenue

    BCT · St Johns

    0.1 miles
  • Buck Street

    BCT · St Johns

    0.1 miles
  • Hampton Close

    BCT · St Johns

    0.2 miles
  • Westbourne Close

    BCT · St Johns

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worcester 009C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,657 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
6
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £290,250 from 10 recorded sales in WR2 5JD. 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.

Schools

45 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Oldbury Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 322 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,935 published events cover 12 months, averaging 411.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,893 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.