Coventry

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 11° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

1135 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences465
• Shoplifting147
• Criminal damage & arson77
• Public order73

169 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St Michael's · West Midlands

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

372 reported road collisions (2024)

74 killed or seriously injured · 458 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 362 rated 4–5 ★ (307 top)
• 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Coventry (0.7 km)
• 117 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£223,731 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Coventry · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,019 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £759
• 2 bed £912
• 3 bed £1,065

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Salt Lane Carpark (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms7
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Heritage Open Days 2026· 11 Sept 2026
• Help influence the future of Adult Social Care· 10 Sept 2026
• Coventry shop ordered to close for persistently selling illegal products· 7 Sept 2026
• Mayor announces £5.5m to bring homeless in from the cold this Christmas· 7 Sept 2026
• Jobs, wellbeing support and community action events coming to Bell Green· 7 Sept 2026

Source: Coventry Council

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 81 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

127 schools · 62,696 pupils

85 primary · 21 secondary · 21 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Coventry

355 CQC-registered services

• Care homes72
• GP practices62
• Dentists48
• Homecare agencies142
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Coventry

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

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

243 applications decided

82.7% granted · 201 granted, 42 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Zarah Sultana

Your Party

Coventry South

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 24
• Con 6
• Grn 4
• Ref 20

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

• Schools23
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets16
• Parks & greens98
• Restaurants & cafés196

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,846 jobs advertised · £39,689 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester, SHEQ Advisor, Sales & Business Development Manager Waste & Electrical Recycling

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Gas 15% · Biomass 15% · Solar 13%

78 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Coventry South:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership346 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s297 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office263 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership179 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test173 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Greyfriars, Coventry · 0.1 km

  Greyfriars was a medieval Franciscan priory in Coventry, England. The original monastic buildings were lost in the English Reformation; the spire standing on the site today was most recently part of a 19th-century chu…

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  Ford's Hospital · 0.1 km

  Ford's Hospital, Coventry, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital, is a grade I listed 16th century half-timbered almshouse in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry. It was founded by the merchant William Ford in 1509 to pro…

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  The Wave, Coventry · 0.1 km

  The Wave is an indoor waterpark situated in Coventry in the West Midlands, England. The waterpark currently holds the record for the largest wave pool in the UK, at a capacity of 20 million litres. The Wave caters for…

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  Hmv Empire · 0.2 km

  hmv Empire is a 1,200-capacity live music and entertainment venue in Coventry, England. It is notable as the only venue in the United Kingdom to hold an exclusive naming-rights partnership with the entertainment retai…

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  Coventry · 0.2 km

  Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centuries. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city st…

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  Self Sacrifice (statue) · 0.2 km

  Self Sacrifice, better known as the Lady Godiva statue is an equestrian statue of Lady Godiva in Broadgate, Coventry. The statue is bronze, on a plinth of Portland stone.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)