Property market
The five-year median is £273,525 from 3,063 recorded sales in WR5. 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.
WR5
UK postcode district
Part of Worcester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,036
- Current units
- 815
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 221
Postcode sectors in WR5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,176 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 106, Newtown Road, Worcester, WR5 1JL | 21 July 2026 | £205,000 |
| 26, Framlingham Close, Worcester, WR5 3RE | 20 July 2026 | £210,000 |
| 23, Queenswood Drive, St Peters, Worcester, WR5 3SZ | 10 July 2026 | £262,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,323
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 932
- Anti social behaviour 268
- Criminal damage and arson 234
- Shoplifting 199
- Other theft 150
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WR5 usual residents
- 35,070
- Age-profile population
- 35,345
Age bands in WR5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- 6,282 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- 3,823 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- 9,418 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- 9,414 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
- 6,408 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 795 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 38.9%
In this district, 754 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 637 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
HARESFIELD HOUSE SURGERY
37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HG
ODS code M81022
ST MARTIN'S GATE SURGERY
TURNPIKE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 37 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1EZ
ODS code M81035
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,323 published events cover 12 months, averaging 194 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 932 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.