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Coventry

Coventry is a city in Warwickshire, England, with a population of around 345,324. It has 7 bus stops and Coventry Arena railway station 4.2 km away. The average sold house price is around £264,355, and there were around 27 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Coventry area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Warwickshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 65,035 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
North Warwickshire
County
Warwickshire
Constituency
North Warwickshire
Police force
Warwickshire
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 203rd of 294 English council areas — better than 31% of them.

Low crime64
Home affordability67
Affordable rents64
Good schools3
Life expectancy23
Low deprivation41
Employment57
Low council tax25

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)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

21 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Burglary3
  • Public order3
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: North Warwickshire South · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Increase police presence in Coleshill Town Centre to deal with ASB and theft issues
  • To address the graffiti issue in Coleshill

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

Road safety

210 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 293 casualties · 32.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

101 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 94 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Coventry Arena (4.2 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Coventry Arena (4.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£268,337 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across North Warwickshire · to 2026-08

Detached£413,431
Semi-detached£262,618
Terraced£209,307
Flat£136,189

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£982 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £720
  • 2 bed £882
  • 3 bed £1,059

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

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

922 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 (4.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (4.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 125 kW
  • Nearest: M6 Corley North Instavolt Welcome Break (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

65,035 residents in North Warwickshire · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,387
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,522
  • Net moves+865

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 122 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,532 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 29,660)

A £1,688
B £1,969
C £2,251
D £2,532
E £3,095
F £3,657
G £4,220
H £5,064

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

Schools

35 schools · 11,146 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics AcademyGood
  • The Polesworth SchoolGood
  • Hartshill AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Coleshill School
  • The Queen Elizabeth Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Warwickshire

Care & health services

581 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes172
  • GP practices93
  • Dentists121
  • Homecare agencies143
  • Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

92 applications decided

98.9% granted · 91 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 11
  • Con 17
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,340 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

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,858 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 32,591 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Warwickshire): 62.9 women · 63.3 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CV7

  • Spring Hill Medical Centre
  • Balsall Common & Meriden Group Practice
  • Balsall Common Ent Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Warwickshire and Bedworth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Corley · 0.9 km

    Corley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. The population at the 2021 census was 810. It is located about 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) northwest of Coventry and 3.25 k…

  • Keresley End · 1.3 km

    Keresley End is a village in the Nuneaton & Bedworth District of Warwickshire, England, also known as Keresley Village or Keresley Newlands. Population details can be found under Exhall. It is situated approximately 1…

  • Corley services · 1.7 km

    Corley services is a motorway service station between junctions 3 and 3A of the M6 motorway in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is close to the village of Corley, with the nearest city being Coventry several mi…

  • Coventry Colliery · 1.8 km

    Coventry Colliery was a coal mine located in the village of Keresley End in northern Warwickshire, between Bedworth and Coventry, England. Closed in 1991, the site today has been redeveloped as a distribution park, ow…

  • Brownshill Green · 1.8 km

    Brownshill Green is a suburban hamlet 3.5 miles northwest of Coventry by road, adjacent to the suburbs of Allesley, Coundon and Keresley. It is bordered on its north side by the northern boundary of Coventry and the W…

  • Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College · 2.0 km

    St John Henry Newman Catholic School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in the Keresley area of Coventry, West Midlands, England. It is part of the Holy Cross Catholic MAC (HCCMAC).

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Coventry?
Coventry is a town in Warwickshire, England, in the North Warwickshire local authority.
What is the population of Coventry?
Coventry has an approximate settlement population of 345,324.
How deprived is Coventry?
The North Warwickshire local authority, which includes Coventry, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.