WR9 8HW

Droitwich South West · Wychavon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Droitwich
Local authority
Wychavon
Postcode district
WR9
Postcode sector
WR9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR9 8BH 79 m
WR9 8RH 111 m
WR9 8HN 114 m
WR9 8HR 117 m
WR9 8JH 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR9 8HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR9
Postcode sector
WR9 8
Latitude
52.264334
Longitude
-2.156613
British National Grid easting
389,408
British National Grid northing
262,918

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Wychavon · E07000238
Parish or community
E04010386
Westminster constituency
Droitwich and Evesham · E14001203
Output area
E00165039
Lower layer super output area
Wychavon 004B · E01032358
Middle layer super output area
Wychavon 004 · E02006751

Postcode source versions

Explore WR9

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
35, Manning Road, Droitwich, WR9 8HW 17 January 2025 £220,000
40, Manning Road, Droitwich, WR9 8HW 18 January 2024 £165,000
45, Manning Road, Droitwich, WR9 8HW 19 April 2022 £210,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Witton Middle School

    Academy sponsor led

    429 m
  2. Westacre Middle School

    Community school

    440 m
  3. Chawson First School

    Community school

    538 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,828
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 612
  • Shoplifting 442
  • Anti social behaviour 184
  • Criminal damage and arson 171
  • Public order 115

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
66

38 female, 28 male

Postcode households
28
Residents per household
2.4
WR9 8 residents
10,991

Age bands in WR9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,651 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,113 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.1%

2,413 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

3,143 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

3,110 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WR9 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
92.9%

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

3

within 5 km

  • SALTERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DROITWICH MEDICAL CENTRE, OMBERSLEY STREET, DROITWICH, WR9 8RD

    ODS code M81034

    356 m

  • SPA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DROITWICH MEDICAL CENTRE, OMBERSLEY STREET EAST, DROITWICH, WR9 8RD

    ODS code M81047

    356 m

  • CORBETT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    36 CORBETT AVENUE, DROITWICH, WR9 7BE

    ODS code M81091

    547 m

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

  • Nunnery Avenue

    BCT · Droitwich Spa

    0.1 miles
  • Nunnery Avenue

    BCT · Droitwich Spa

    0.1 miles
  • Witton Middle School

    BCT · Witton

    0.2 miles
  • Droitwich Spa Railway Station

    BCT · Droitwich Spa

    0.3 miles
  • Ombersley Street East

    BCT · Droitwich Spa

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wychavon 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,553 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £215,250 from 4 recorded sales in WR9 8HW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wychavon is £328,015 in June 2026, up 5.6% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Witton Middle School is the nearest published school at 429 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,828 published events cover 12 months, averaging 152.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 612 events.

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