Worcester Area Guide | £262k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Worcester

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
103,883
Households
44,726
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.8 per 1k
44,726
Households
White Brit. · 83%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£262,268
Median property price
£897
Median rent
2,552
Postcodes
44,726
Households
White Brit. · 83%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£262,268
Median property price
£897
Median rent
2,552
Postcodes

Sold prices in Worcester

England & Wales
Property sales · Worcester
HM Land Registry · Worcester
Average price
£272,998
YoY: -1.7%
Median price: £262,019
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 36 sales · avg £280,030
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£302k£269k£235k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Worcester

England & Wales
Crime trends · Worcester

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
264
YoY -12%
317278238
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
129
YoY stable
157790
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
42
YoY +17%
57339
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
39
YoY +39%
44279
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
45
YoY -21%
735638
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Shoplifting
59
YoY stable
1057137
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Public Order
48
YoY -16%
715233
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · burglary rising

705
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Worcester

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Worcestershire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Worcester is the district council. School applications go through Worcestershire.

Apply for a primary place via Worcestershire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Transport in Worcester

Worcester Shrub Hill is a 4-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 337 m

  • Worcester Shrub Hill

    Rail

    337 m
  • Worcester Foregate Street

    Rail

    512 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Worcester

GPs make up most of the mapped places

17 GPs · 8 Museums · 7 Universities · 37 in all

  • GPs17
  • Museums8
  • Universities7
  • Libraries3
  • Hospitals2

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Worcester

Median private rent

£897/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£703
1 bed
£897
2 bed
£1,073
3 bed
£1,525
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Worcester

Coordinates52.1956, -2.2141
Postcodes
2,552
Population (Census)
103,883
Households (Census)
44,726
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.8 per 1k

Demographics in Worcester

Ethnicity

Total residents: 103,879
White Brit.82.7%
Other White6.6%
Pakistani2.5%
Indian1.3%
+ other · 7.0%

Religion

Total residents: 103,856
Christian48.9%
No religion39.5%
Not answered6.1%
Muslim4.1%
+ other · 1.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 103,883
50–6419.4%
35–4919.3%
25–3414.0%
65–749.5%
20–247.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.6%

Households

Total households: 44,726
Other19.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.5%
Any member 66+12.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.5%
All members 66+8.4%
+ 7 other households · 36.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Worcester

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.82 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.82 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).