WR3 8NJ

Rainbow Hill · Worcester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Worcester
Constituency
Worcester
Postcode district
WR3
Postcode sector
WR3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR3 8NQ 41 m
WR3 8NF 49 m
WR3 8NH 50 m
WR3 8NG 70 m
WR3 8LS 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR3 8NJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR3
Postcode sector
WR3 8
Latitude
52.199849
Longitude
-2.211300
British National Grid easting
385,655
British National Grid northing
255,755

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Worcester · E07000237
Parish or community
E43000153
Westminster constituency
Worcester · E14001597
Output area
E00164810
Lower layer super output area
Worcester 004B · E01032312
Middle layer super output area
Worcester 004 · E02006737

Postcode source versions

Explore WR3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
28
Secondary
5
  1. Bishop Perowne CofE College

    Academy converter

    678 m
  2. St Barnabas CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    682 m
  3. Hollymount School

    Academy converter

    753 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,448
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,427
  • Shoplifting 980
  • Anti social behaviour 667
  • Public order 507
  • Criminal damage and arson 454

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.8
WR3 8 residents
9,719

Age bands in WR3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,532 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

979 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.4%

2,684 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,768 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

1,836 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WR3 8 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
100%

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

  • ST MARTIN'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81035

    743 m

  • HARESFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HG

    ODS code M81022

    797 m

  • SPRING GARDENS GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PROVIDENCE STREET, SPRING GARDENS, WORCESTER, WR1 2BS

    ODS code M81008

    973 m

  • 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

    1.1 km

  • BARBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code M81049

    1.4 km

  • ELBURY MOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    FAIRFIELD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR4 9TX

    ODS code M81017

    1.4 km

  • SEVERN VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M81006

    1.9 km

  • ST JOHNS HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81063

    3.0 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

  • Dutton Street

    BCT · Rainbow Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Dutton Street

    BCT · Rainbow Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Kenilworth Close

    BCT · Rainbow Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Kenilworth Close

    BCT · Rainbow Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Vauxhall Street

    BCT · Rainbow Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worcester 004B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,427 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
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

47 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Bishop Perowne CofE College is the nearest published school at 678 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,448 published events cover 12 months, averaging 537.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,427 events.

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