Rainbow Hill, Worcester house prices are built from 146 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 27 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £105,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -36.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -53.7%.
Median price paid
£105,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
-36.1%
Change in real terms
-53.7%
Median per m²
£1,994
HM Land Registry146 sales47 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Rainbow Hill, Worcester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Rainbow Hill, Worcester house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £36,875 | £81,880 |
| 2000s | 8 | £101,750 | £185,359 |
| 2010s | 3 | £175,500 | £247,455 |
| 2020s | 3 | £120,500 | £123,120 |
The highest yearly median on record for Rainbow Hill, Worcester is £280,000 in 2023; the lowest is £36,875 in 1999. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £59,500 to £115,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £129,069, so the real change over the whole record is -9.0% — about -0.32% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: -36.1% in cash against -53.7% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46b | 27 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 20 Elgar Court | 26 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 55 | 3 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £355,000 | £362,717 |
| 36 Elgar Court | 2 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £109,000 | £111,370 |
| 66 | 17 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £301,750 | £308,310 |
| 35 Elgar Court | 31 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £66,000 | £67,435 |
| 24 Elgar Court | 29 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £117,500 |
| 67a | 14 Nov 2024 | Detached | £441,290 | £464,342 |
| 26 Elgar Court | 12 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £121,007 |
| 19 Elgar Court | 9 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| 49 | 26 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £189,403 |
| 36 | 5 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £126,000 | £132,582 |
| 23 Elgar Court | 16 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £110,485 |
| 37 | 1 Dec 2023 | Detached | £230,000 | £248,506 |
| 65 | 27 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £540,230 |
| 33 Elgar Court | 8 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £118,851 |
| 51 | 31 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £370,000 | £399,770 |
| 53 | 10 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £280,000 | £302,529 |
| 21 Elgar Court | 30 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £121,652 |
| 69a | 6 May 2022 | Detached | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| 34 | 18 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £210,000 | £243,303 |
| 18 Elgar Court | 14 Jan 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £121,652 |
| 24 Elgar Court | 1 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £132,661 |
| 33 Elgar Court | 6 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £129,503 |
| 13 Elgar Court | 12 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £86,000 | £108,656 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Rainbow Hill, Worcester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill | £39,950 (2000) | £110,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
| 55 Rainbow Hill | £197,000 (2007) | £355,000 (2025) | +3.3% | +0.3% |
| 36 ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill | £39,000 (2000) | £109,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| 66 Rainbow Hill | £110,000 (2005) | £301,750 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.2% |
| 24 ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill | £90,500 (2006) | £115,000 (2025) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| 67A Rainbow Hill | £230,000 (2014) | £441,290 (2024) | +6.7% | +3.5% |
| 26 ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill | £79,000 (2018) | £115,000 (2024) | +6.5% | +2.3% |
| 23 ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill | £36,500 (1999) | £105,000 (2024) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 65 Rainbow Hill | £67,000 (1996) | £500,000 (2023) | +7.7% | +5.0% |
| 33 ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill | £32,000 (1997) | £110,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 51 Rainbow Hill | £116,950 (2001) | £370,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| 21 ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill | £93,000 (2005) | £105,000 (2022) | +0.7% | -1.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Rainbow Hill, Worcester is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 68 | 46.6% | £90,500 | £32,000 – £115,000 |
| Semi-detached | 33 | 22.6% | £150,000 | £45,000 – £500,000 |
| Terraced | 25 | 17.1% | £145,000 | £24,500 – £370,000 |
| Detached | 20 | 13.7% | £277,500 | £43,000 – £441,290 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Rainbow Hill, Worcester
64 of the sales on record are leasehold and 82 freehold — 43.8% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £90,750 and the median freehold sale £177,750 — a gap of +95.9%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 64 | 43.8% | £90,750 |
| Freehold | 82 | 56.2% | £177,750 |
| New build | 1 | 0.7% | £194,000 |
| Existing home | 145 | 99.3% | £105,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +84.8%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 9 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Rainbow Hill, Worcester
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Worcester, 44.7% of 54,225 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 137 | 0.3% |
| B | 5,509 | 10.2% |
| C | 18,576 | 34.3% |
| D | 20,006 | 36.9% |
| E | 7,889 | 14.5% |
| F | 1,578 | 2.9% |
| G | 530 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Worcester at £969 a month as of Jun 2026 — £706 for a one-bedroom home and £1,078 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £105,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.07% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of WR3, 141 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 31 violent, 7 burglary, 14 vehicle-related and 27 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times quieter.
Against the 103,872 residents the 2021 census counted in Worcester, that is 1.36 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Rainbow Hill, Worcester
The 2021 census counted 103,872 residents in Worcester across 44,724 households. 62.5% of those households own their home and 37.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a WR3 postcode: 6 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Perowne CofE College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,155 |
| Tudor Grange Academy Worcester | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,059 |
| Northwick Manor Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 573 |
| North Worcester Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 403 |
| St Barnabas CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 380 |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell | Primary | Academy converter | 338 |
| Claines CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 204 |
| Hindlip CofE First School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 92 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester Foregate Street Rail Station | Rail | 2.5 km |
| Worcester Shrub Hill Rail Station | Rail | 2.5 km |
| Droitwich Spa Rail Station | Rail | 6.8 km |
| Worcestershire Parkway Rail Station | Rail | 7.7 km |
Section 09
How Rainbow Hill, Worcester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Rainbow Hill, Worcester sits below that national figure — -33.3%.
Within Worcester the street ranks 1808 of 2010 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £160,000 (-34.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,994 per square metre, across 47 of the 146 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £24,500 to £500,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Rainbow Hill, Worcester sits in Worcester, in the West Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Worcester at 6.9 times median local earnings of £37,459 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Ombersley Road£186,500 median
- Droitwich Road£160,000 median
- Astwood Road£130,000 median
- Northwick Road£185,000 median
- Lansdowne Road£136,750 median
- Mayfield Road£103,000 median
- Green Lane£164,000 median
- Bilford Road£180,500 median
- Gillam Street£125,000 median
- Station Road£248,500 median
- Northwick Avenue£139,700 median
- Belmont Street£121,500 median
- Eastbank Drive£220,800 median
- St Annes Road£161,000 median
- Checketts Lane£130,000 median
- Addison Road£159,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 20, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 36, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 24, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 65 Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 33, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 51 Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 34 Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 14, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 59 Rainbow Hill4 sales
- 55 Rainbow Hill3 sales
- 21, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill3 sales
- 18, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill3 sales
- THE FIRS, 67 Rainbow Hill3 sales
- 30, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill3 sales
- 33 Rainbow Hill3 sales
- 29, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill3 sales
- 7, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill3 sales
- 66 Rainbow Hill2 sales
- 67A Rainbow Hill2 sales
- 26, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill2 sales
- 23, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill2 sales
- 31, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill2 sales
- 4 Rainbow Hill2 sales
- 27, ELGAR COURT Rainbow Hill2 sales
Back to Worcester house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Rainbow Hill, Worcester?
The median price paid in Rainbow Hill, Worcester across every sale on the register is £105,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Rainbow Hill, Worcester?
146 sales are on record for Rainbow Hill, Worcester, the most recent completing on 27 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Rainbow Hill, Worcester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -36.1% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -53.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Rainbow Hill, Worcester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £280,000, set in 2023. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Rainbow Hill, Worcester?
£1,994 per square metre, from the 47 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 27 Apr 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Rainbow Hill, Worcester house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.