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Coventry

Coventry is a city in West Midlands, England, with a population of around 345,000. It has around 4 schools, 1 GP surgery, 15 pharmacies, 8 supermarkets, 2 parks, and around 114 restaurants and cafés, with 58 bus stops and Coventry railway station 2.3 km away. There were around 866 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 6 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Coventry is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 345,324 residents at roughly 3,501 people per km².

31/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 276th of 294 English council areas — better than 6% of them.

Low crime21
Home affordability89
Affordable rents74
Good schools11
Life expectancy17
Low deprivation20
Employment9
Low council tax28

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:29

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

919 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences358
  • Shoplifting113
  • Public order83
  • Criminal damage & arson76

Neighbourhood team: Holbrook, Radford, Sherbourne and Bablake · West Midlands

Local policing priorities

  • ASB involving children at various locations on the beats whereby children are kicking doors, throwing items, being verbally abusive and r…
  • Burglaries have been committed across Coventry with the majority being in Radford

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

404 reported road collisions (2025)

101 killed or seriously injured · 482 casualties · 11.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 371 rated 4–5 ★ (284 top)
  • 33 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Coventry (2.3 km)
  • 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Coventry (2.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£227,721 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Coventry · to 2026-08

Detached£407,173
Semi-detached£268,326
Terraced£212,250
Flat£129,386

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,020 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £759
  • 2 bed £913
  • 3 bed £1,066

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

5.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.5 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

3,281 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (2.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (2.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Ellys Road 1 (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms6
  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

345,324 residents in Coventry · 3,501/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,048
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK33,420
  • Net moves−8,372

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 61 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 154,060)

A £1,678
B £1,957
C £2,237
D £2,517
E £3,076
F £3,635
G £4,195
H £5,033

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

127 schools · 62,696 pupils

85 primary · 21 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 38 of 49 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

116 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Barr's Hill SchoolOutstanding
  • President Kennedy School AcademyOutstanding
  • Bishop Ullathorne Catholic SchoolGood
  • Blue Coat Church of England School and Music CollegeGood
  • Cardinal Wiseman Catholic SchoolGood
  • Foxford Community SchoolGood
  • Grace Academy CoventryGood
  • Sidney Stringer AcademyGood
  • Stoke Park SchoolGood
  • West Coventry AcademyGood
  • Coundon CourtRequires improvement
  • Meadow Park SchoolRequires improvement
  • Caludon Castle School
  • Eden Girls' School, Coventry
  • Ernesford Grange Community Academy
  • Finham Park 2
  • Finham Park School
  • Lyng Hall School
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic School
  • The Westwood Academy
  • WMG Academy for Young Engineers

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Coventry

Care & health services

363 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes77
  • GP practices62
  • Dentists48
  • Homecare agencies144
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Coventry

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 96 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

286 applications decided

85.7% granted · 245 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Taiwo Owatemi

Labour

Coventry North West

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 24
  • Con 6
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 20

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools24
  • GPs & clinics11
  • Pharmacies17
  • Supermarkets14
  • Parks & greens67
  • Restaurants & cafés149

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2,119 jobs advertised · £41,396 avg

e.g. Principal Engineer – Software Assurance, Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£745 median full-time weekly pay

5.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,773 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 182,195 certificates

18.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 34% · Gas 31% · Biomass 28% · Imports 4%

156 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.9 women · 59.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

46 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in CV1

  • Hillfields Health Centre - 1
  • Jubilee Healthcare
  • Priory Gate Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Coventry North West:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Bird Grove House · 0.3 km

    Bird Grove House, known locally as the George Eliot house, is a two storey stucco house in Foleshill, Coventry. It was occupied by Mary Ann Evans and her father between 1841 and 1849.

  • Daimler Halt · 0.4 km

    Daimler Halt was a railway halt in Coventry, England, built by the London and North Western Railway in 1917 and closed in 1964.

  • Bishopgate Green · 0.5 km

    Bishopgate Green is a suburb of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. It is located on the Coventry Canal. It is an area between Foleshill and Hillfields and shares the area code CV1.

  • Daimler Green · 0.5 km

    Daimler Green is an urban village about two miles north of Coventry city centre, in the West Midlands, England.

  • Webster's Claypit · 0.5 km

    Webster's Claypit is a 0.3 hectares geological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is currently managed by the Countr…

  • Radford, Coventry · 0.6 km

    Radford is a suburb and electoral ward of Coventry, located approximately 1.5 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is covered by the Coventry North West constituency.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)