WR3 7SW

Claines · Worcester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Worcester
Ward
Claines
Local authority
Worcester
Constituency
Worcester
Postcode district
WR3
Postcode sector
WR3 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR3 7SP 109 m
WR3 7SR 267 m
WR3 7PQ 359 m
WR3 7SS 365 m
WR3 7PS 396 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR3 7SW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR3
Postcode sector
WR3 7
Latitude
52.220737
Longitude
-2.215074
British National Grid easting
385,404
British National Grid northing
258,079

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Worcester · E07000237
Electoral ward
Claines · E05015852
Parish or community
E43000153
Westminster constituency
Worcester · E14001597
Output area
E00164748
Lower layer super output area
Worcester 001B · E01032297
Middle layer super output area
Worcester 001 · E02006734

Postcode source versions

Explore WR3

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sunnyside House, Droitwich Road, Claines, Worcester, WR3 7SW 17 December 2025 £610,000
Abberley House, Droitwich Road, Claines, Worcester, WR3 7SW 3 July 2023 £575,000
287, Droitwich Road, Claines, Worcester, WR3 7SW 23 June 2023 £525,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
27
Secondary
5
  1. North Worcester Primary School

    Free schools

    457 m
  2. The River School

    Other independent school

    678 m
  3. Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell

    Academy converter

    802 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
796
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 244
  • Anti social behaviour 110
  • Shoplifting 79
  • Other theft 69
  • Public order 63

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

16 female, 15 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
3.1
WR3 7 residents
12,040

Age bands in WR3 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

2,098 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

1,099 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

2,816 residents

Age 45 to 64
27%

3,277 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,836 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WR3 7 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+
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
69.2%

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

  • BARBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code M81049

    1.5 km

  • THORNELOE LODGE SURGERY

    29 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 1RU

    ODS code M81037

    2.2 km

  • ELBURY MOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    FAIRFIELD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR4 9TX

    ODS code M81017

    2.2 km

  • ALBANY HOUSE SURGERY

    ALBANY TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DU

    ODS code M81072

    2.4 km

  • ST MARTIN'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81035

    3.0 km

  • HARESFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HG

    ODS code M81022

    3.0 km

  • SPRING GARDENS GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PROVIDENCE STREET, SPRING GARDENS, WORCESTER, WR1 2BS

    ODS code M81008

    3.2 km

  • SEVERN VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M81006

    3.6 km

  • ST JOHNS HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81063

    4.5 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Raven Inn

    BCT · Perdiswell

    0.0 miles
  • Raven Inn

    BCT · Perdiswell

    0.1 miles
  • Claines Lane

    BCT · Fernhill Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Claines Lane

    BCT · Fernhill Heath

    0.3 miles
  • Gilmour Crescent

    BCT · Cornmeadows

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worcester 001B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,828 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
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 £592,500 from 4 recorded sales in WR3 7SW. 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

46 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. North Worcester Primary School is the nearest published school at 457 m.

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

Recorded crime

796 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 244 events.

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