Warndon
Suburb · 4,470 residents
61Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 50 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Property market scores 72, well above the typical 60
- Affordability scores 70, well above the typical 60
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- Road noise reaches 86% of the area
- Food & drink scores 18, below the typical 60
- Health scores 28, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Warndon
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Warndon a good place to live?
Warndon scores 61/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (77) and property market (72).
It scores lowest on food & drink (18) and health (28).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Warndon in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Warndon
Warndon reads as pebble-dash and privet hedge territory — semis and terraces on quiet loop roads, cars parked nose-to-tail outside, the kind of streets built for families to stay put rather than pass through. It's a suburb rather than a destination, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.
The housing picture and the safety picture tell the same story here: this is a settled, comfortable corner of Worcester. A median house price around £290,000 sits above Worcester's typical figure and roughly in line with the national median, which for the West Midlands is a notable position — the area sits in the ninth income and deprivation decile, meaning it's better off than most of the country. The overwhelming pattern on any For Sale board is a freehold terrace or semi, prices trending gently upward over recent years, and almost nothing leasehold or new-build to complicate the picture. Safety carries an A grade and is improving, which is the area's real headline, even if violence and sexual offences make up over a third of recorded crime — worth naming since it's the single largest category, though shoplifting and anti-social behaviour (each around 15%) suggest much of it is town-centre-adjacent rather than doorstep trouble. The one soft spot in an otherwise strong pattern is health, graded C+, a quieter counterpoint to the A for housing and safety that's worth sitting with rather than skating past.
Schooling is thin on the ground by name — The Lyppard Grange Primary School, an academy, serves as the visible anchor, though Ofsted ratings for it aren't listed here, so it's hard to say more than that families do have a nearby primary option within the suburb itself. With only one school logged for the whole area, this isn't a place with much educational choice on your doorstep; you'd likely be looking wider across Worcester for secondary options. Green space is present but modest — six pockets of it, just over a hectare each on average, so this reads more as pocket parks and playing fields than sprawling open ground, fitting a suburb built for dog walks and Sunday football rather than day-long rambles.