WR8 9JS

Kempsey · Malvern Hills · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Worcester
Ward
Kempsey
Local authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire
Postcode district
WR8
Postcode sector
WR8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR8 9DN 874 m
WR8 9DS 934 m
WR8 9DR 1.2 km
WR8 9AZ 1.3 km
WR8 9DW 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR8 9JS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR8
Postcode sector
WR8 9
Latitude
52.104664
Longitude
-2.185560
British National Grid easting
387,387
British National Grid northing
245,163

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Malvern Hills · E07000235
Electoral ward
Kempsey · E05015387
Parish or community
E04010297
Westminster constituency
West Worcestershire · E14001579
Output area
E00164202
Lower layer super output area
Malvern Hills 008A · E01032191
Middle layer super output area
Malvern Hills 008 · E02006717

Postcode source versions

Explore WR8

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
29, High Green, Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JS 19 December 2025 £495,000
7, High Green, Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JS 25 October 2024 £281,500
6, High Green, Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JS 4 July 2022 £595,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Bankside School

    Other independent special school

    3.8 km
  2. Kempsey Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.5 km
  3. Hanley Castle High School

    Academy converter

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

22 female, 19 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.3
WR8 9 residents
2,533

Age bands in WR8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.2%

336 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

244 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.9%

413 residents

Age 45 to 64
36.1%

999 residents

Age 65 and over
27.9%

772 residents

This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WR8 9 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+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
14.3%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Royal Oak

    BCT · Kinnersley

    0.9 miles
  • Royal Oak

    BCT · Kinnersley

    0.9 miles
  • Barn House

    BCT · Kinnersley

    1.0 miles
  • Barn House

    BCT · Kinnersley

    1.0 miles
  • Old School House

    BCT · Severn Stoke

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Malvern Hills 008A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,151 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
0
Low risk addresses
2
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 £495,000 from 3 recorded sales in WR8 9JS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Malvern Hills is £350,906 in June 2026, up 8.0% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bankside School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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