WR2 5SZ

Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick · Malvern Hills · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Worcester
Local authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire
Postcode district
WR2
Postcode sector
WR2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR2 5SU 245 m
WR2 5SW 437 m
WR2 5SS 449 m
WR2 5SY 468 m
WR2 5SR 486 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR2 5SZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR2
Postcode sector
WR2 5
Latitude
52.176189
Longitude
-2.259432
British National Grid easting
382,356
British National Grid northing
253,134

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Malvern Hills · E07000235
Parish or community
E04010336
Westminster constituency
West Worcestershire · E14001579
Output area
E00164152
Lower layer super output area
Malvern Hills 003C · E01032182
Middle layer super output area
Malvern Hills 003 · E02006712

Postcode source versions

Explore WR2

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Meander Forth Cottage, Tan House Lane, Rushwick, Worcester, WR2 5SZ 28 February 2020 £615,000
Tanwick Cottage, Tan House Lane, Rushwick, Worcester, WR2 5SZ 20 June 2019 £282,000
Gold Acre, Tan House Lane, Rushwick, Worcester, WR2 5SZ 31 May 2019 £545,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
21
Secondary
4
  1. Rushwick CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    458 m
  2. Honeywell Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km
  3. Pitmaston Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
419
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 201
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Criminal damage and arson 41
  • Burglary 28
  • Other theft 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

13 female, 6 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.1% 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+
72.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST JOHNS HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81063

    1.3 km

  • SEVERN VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M81006

    2.3 km

  • SPRING GARDENS GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PROVIDENCE STREET, SPRING GARDENS, WORCESTER, WR1 2BS

    ODS code M81008

    3.4 km

  • ALBANY HOUSE SURGERY

    ALBANY TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DU

    ODS code M81072

    3.5 km

  • THORNELOE LODGE SURGERY

    29 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 1RU

    ODS code M81037

    3.7 km

  • BARBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code M81049

    4.3 km

  • ST MARTIN'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81035

    4.3 km

  • HARESFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HG

    ODS code M81022

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Christine Avenue

    BCT · Rushwick

    0.3 miles
  • Christine Avenue

    BCT · Rushwick

    0.4 miles
  • Bypass Island

    BCT · St Johns

    0.5 miles
  • Bypass Island

    BCT · St Johns

    0.5 miles
  • Grange Lane

    BCT · Rushwick

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Malvern Hills 003C, 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

26,008 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
8 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
0
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

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Rushwick CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 458 m.

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

Recorded crime

419 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 201 events.

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