October 2026 report
Area reports · West Midlands · Worcester
West Midlands · Local authority district

Worcester

How Worcester compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.

Price per m²
£3,288
-3.8% on the year
HPAI Property Index
41/100
Ranked 238th of 316 districts
Sales a month
96
-29% on the year
Recorded crime
90 per 1,000
Median district 71

HPAI Swatch

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Top row: how things areBottom row: which way they are moving
Band1 low8 high (always best)

Price per m²

£3,288/m²

Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.

Band 4/8Score 8/20 Weight in the index 15%

Areas alike

Districts with the most similar character to Worcester: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.

Ipswich
89% alike
Same band for price, density, crime
More energy-efficient homesBusier market: 109 sales a monthPrices rising there (+9.0%)
Lincoln
88% alike
Same band for sales, density, rail use, carbon
Higher crime: 114 per 1,000Cheaper: £2,845/m²Prices rising there (+9.1%)
Nuneaton and Bedworth
88% alike
Same band for crime, carbon
Busier market: 112 sales a monthLess dense: 1,811/km²
Chesterfield
87% alike
Same band for carbon
Cheaper: £2,707/m²Less dense: 1,596/km²Prices rising there (+3.1%)
Hastings
85% alike
Same band for sales, density, carbon
Pricier: £3,810/m²Higher crime: 110 per 1,000Prices rising there (+7.1%)
Eastbourne
84% alike
Pricier: £3,826/m²More rail journeys

Alike but cheaper

Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than Worcester's £3,288

Chesterfield
89% alike
Same band for carbon
Cheaper: £2,707/m²Less dense: 1,596/km²Prices rising there (+3.1%)
Middlesbrough
84% alike
Same band for sales, density, carbon
Cheaper: £2,102/m²More energy-efficient homes
Mansfield
82% alike
Same band for sales, energy efficiency
Cheaper: £2,428/m²Fewer rail journeys
Halton
80% alike
Same band for sales, crime
More energy-efficient homesCheaper: £2,605/m²Prices rising there (+6.5%)

Buying costs

At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical semi-detached house in Worcester (£222,500) costs about £1,011 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are down 6.7% on the year in real terms.

Market conditions

Latest published, August 2026

5.36%5-year fixed mortgage rate (75% loan-to-value, Bank of England) +0.50 points on a year ago
3.1%Inflation (CPI, ONS) 3.8% a year ago

Repayment calculator

Starts from the median price of each property type in Worcester (last 12 months). Change any figure.

£1,011a month
Loan
£166,875
Deposit
£55,625
Total interest
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Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
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A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.

Prices

Homes in Worcester sell for £3,288 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 3% above the West Midlands median. Prices fell 3.8% over the last year.

Price per m², last 10 years

12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales

By property type

Last 12 months

Type£/m²YearMedian price
Detached3,466 +1.3%£367,500
Semi-detached3,188 -2.9%£222,500
Terraced2,993 +2.6%£222,500
Flat2,872 +0.5%£158,000

Market

About 1,147 homes sold in the last 12 months, 32% of them semi-detacheds. Activity is down 29% on a year ago.

Sales a month

Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average

What sells

Sales by property type, last 12 months

People & homes

107,677 people live in Worcester, 3,229 per km² across 33.4 km². The population changed by +0.4% in the last year.

Population

ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)

Homes and energy

Energy Performance Certificates and ONS

65Average EPC scoreBand 4 of 8
3.5 tCO₂ a home a yearBand 6 of 8
3,229Residents per km²Band 7 of 8

Transport

2 rail stations with 2.5 million entries and exits in 2025. Worcester Foregate Street accounts for 77%.

Rail stations

Entries and exits, 2025 (Office of Rail and Road), with the change on the previous year

Safety

90 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 73% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is up 0.2% on the year.

Recorded crime, 12 months to each March

Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime. Note: figure for the combined partnership area (South Worcester), shared between its councils as police.uk places the crime

Main types

Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Schools

27 schools take primary-age pupils and 13 secondary-age, 17,610 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.

Latest inspection outcomes

Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn

How hard it is to get in

First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)

Value a home in Worcester

Free instant valuation using the same data as this report: recent sales, local price trends and the HPAI Swatch.

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October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:

  • Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
  • Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
  • Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
  • Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
  • Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
  • Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)

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