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WR2 5LS

St John's · Worcester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Worcester
Ward
St John's
Local authority
Worcester
Constituency
Worcester
Postcode district
WR2
Postcode sector
WR2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR2 5LU 51 m
WR2 5LY 108 m
WR2 5LP 117 m
WR2 5LW 143 m
WR2 5LB 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR2 5LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR2
Postcode sector
WR2 5
Latitude
52.192572
Longitude
-2.241168
British National Grid easting
383,611
British National Grid northing
254,952

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

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Property

At this postcode

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55 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
84, Laugherne Road, Worcester, WR2 5LS 13 May 2025 £470,000
20, Laugherne Road, Worcester, WR2 5LS 29 July 2024 £427,000
34, Laugherne Road, Worcester, WR2 5LS 19 June 2023 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
28
Secondary
5

  1. St Clement's CofE Primary

    Academy converter

    432 m

  2. Oldbury Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    489 m

  3. Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit

    Pupil referral unit

    535 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,516
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,814
  • Shoplifting 563
  • Anti social behaviour 499
  • Public order 335
  • Criminal damage and arson 290

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
87

48 female, 39 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WR2 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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
51.4%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

NHS ODS

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

    482 m

  • ST JOHNS HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81063

    898 m

  • ALBANY HOUSE SURGERY

    ALBANY TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DU

    ODS code M81072

    1.3 km

  • THORNELOE LODGE SURGERY

    29 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 1RU

    ODS code M81037

    1.5 km

  • SPRING GARDENS GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PROVIDENCE STREET, SPRING GARDENS, WORCESTER, WR1 2BS

    ODS code M81008

    1.7 km

  • BARBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code M81049

    2.1 km

  • ST MARTIN'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81035

    2.6 km

  • HARESFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HG

    ODS code M81022

    2.6 km

  • ELBURY MOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    FAIRFIELD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR4 9TX

    ODS code M81017

    3.6 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • Buck Street

    BCT · St Johns

    0.0 miles

  • Buck Street

    BCT · St Johns

    0.1 miles

  • Comer Avenue

    BCT · St Johns

    0.1 miles

  • Comer Avenue

    BCT · St Johns

    0.1 miles

  • Hampton 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
1
Low risk addresses
3
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £375,000 from 7 recorded sales in WR2 5LS. 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

Published establishments

45 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Clement's CofE Primary is the nearest published school at 432 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

4,516 published events cover 12 months, averaging 376.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,814 events.

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