Council areaWest Midlands, England

House prices in Malvern Hills

Homes in Malvern Hills sold for a median of £330,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,378 standard sales.

That makes it the fifth most expensive of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £255,000.

Median sale price£330,0002,378 standard sales
Middle half of prices£260,000 to £455,000
Change since 2016+35%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Malvern Hills, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,119£440,000£360,000 to £580,000£3,577/m²from 43 sales
Semi-detached774£287,500£250,000 to £329,000£3,497/m²from 28 sales
Terraced313£238,500£200,000 to £285,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes172£190,000£141,000 to £290,000Too few

Detached houses were the most common type sold in Malvern Hills, at 47% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 33%. New builds made up 15% of sales, against 6% across England and Wales.

Flats and maisonettes stand out against the West Midlands as a whole: a median of £190,000 here, 34% more than the £141,500 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,537 per m², 14% above the £3,091 across the West Midlands as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £247,000
  2. 2017: £257,500
  3. 2018: £273,500
  4. 2019: £286,000
  5. 2020: £295,000
  6. 2021: £311,500
  7. 2022: £330,000
  8. 2023: £340,000
  9. 2024: £323,000
  10. 2025: £332,500
  11. 2026, January to August: £335,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 35%, from £247,000 in 2016 to £332,500 in 2025, less than the 50% rise across the West Midlands as a whole.

Council areas in the West Midlands

Median sale price of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Malvern Hills and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Stratford-on-Avon£370,000
  2. Warwick£360,000
  3. Bromsgrove£340,000
  4. Solihull£332,500
  5. Malvern Hills, this council area£330,000
  6. Wychavon£327,500
  7. Lichfield£312,500
  8. Rugby£297,000
  9. Herefordshire£295,000
  10. South Staffordshire£290,000
  11. Shropshire£275,500
  12. North Warwickshire£265,000
  13. Redditch£260,000
  14. Stafford£260,000
  15. Worcester£258,000

Postcode districts in Malvern Hills

The dearest district was WR6 (Worcester), at £440,000, and the cheapest was WR14 (Malvern), at £300,000.

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Each dot is a postcode district in Malvern Hills, placed at the centre of its postcodes and labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Malvern Hills, by number of sales: Malvern (WR14), Worcester (WR6, WR8), Tenbury Wells (WR15).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. WR6Worcester, 308 salesMedian price £440,000Price per square metre £3,537Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  2. WR8Worcester, 209 salesMedian price £385,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  3. WR15Tenbury Wells, 179 salesMedian price £325,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  4. WR14Malvern, 1,019 salesMedian price £300,000Price per square metre £3,560Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Worcester Road, Malvern (WR14)33 sales
  • Doppler Road, Malvern (WR14)21 sales
  • Pickersleigh Road, Malvern (WR14)20 sales
  • Wells Road, Malvern (WR14)17 sales
  • Howsell Road, Malvern (WR14)15 sales
  • West Malvern Road, Malvern (WR14)15 sales
  • Ryle Way, Malvern (WR14)14 sales
  • Victoria Road, Malvern (WR14)14 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were The Beeches, Upton upon Severn (WR8, detached houses, £440,000), St Andrews Road, Malvern (WR14, £430,000) and Wells Road, Malvern (WR14, £425,000).

The cheapest were Howsell Road, Malvern (WR14, flats, £120,000), Worcester Road, Malvern (WR14, flats, £175,000) and Belmont Road, Malvern (WR14, terraced houses, £206,500).

Living in Malvern Hills

Crime

51 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 88 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

73% of homes can get it

Lower than 92 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

47% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,451 a year in Malvern Hills for 2026 to 2027

Near the middle of all council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

About these figures

Malvern Hills's figures come from 2,378 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 4 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Malvern Hills, so their sales add up to 1,715 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 15% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.