WR2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Worcester, St John's and Dines Green, in Worcester and Malvern Hills.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WR2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 17% of people in WR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WR2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WR2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WR2 at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 185 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WR2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (791), other crime (301) and anti-social behaviour (243).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WR2 was 64.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in WR2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WR2 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WR2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern Hills 002B | 2,067 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 33.0% |
| Malvern Hills 003C | 2,382 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.9% |
| Malvern Hills 003D | 1,568 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 31.2% |
| Malvern Hills 005B | 1,256 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 21.5% |
| Malvern Hills 005C | 1,861 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 55.5% |
| Worcester 006A | 1,179 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Worcester 006B | 1,926 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Worcester 006C | 1,143 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 65.5% |
| Worcester 006D | 1,486 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.1% |
| Worcester 009A | 1,733 | 127.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.5% |
| Worcester 009B | 1,873 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.4% |
| Worcester 009C | 1,668 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Worcester 009D | 1,924 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Worcester 009E | 1,784 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.5% |
| Worcester 012A | 2,680 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Worcester 012B | 1,617 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Worcester 012C | 1,560 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.2% |
| Worcester 012D | 1,466 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.4% |
| Worcester 012E | 1,415 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.5% |
MPs for WR2
- Tom CollinsLabourMP for Worcester65% of WR2’s postcodes
- Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeMP for West Worcestershire35% of WR2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in WR25
Postcode sectors in WR23
Councils WR2 covers2
Towns in WR21
Postcode districts next to WR27
Nearest rail stations2
More in the WR postcode area2
WR2 in brief
WR2 is a postcode district covering Worcester, St John's and Dines Green, in Worcester and Malvern Hills.
About 34,492 people lived in WR2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 602 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WR2 was £300,000 in 2025.
WR2 had 32,274 usual residents at the census.
About 17% of people in WR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WR2, 77.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.