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Coventry

Coventry is a city in West Midlands, England, with a population of around 345,324. It has around 2 schools, 5 pharmacies, 6 supermarkets, 3 parks and greens, and around 120 restaurants and cafés, with 112 bus stops and Coventry railway station 1.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £264,355, and there were around 1,025 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 Coventry area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 345,324 residents at roughly 3,501 people per km².

Council
Coventry
County
West Midlands
Constituency
Coventry North West
Police force
West Midlands
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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:31

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US 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

1030 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences399
  • Shoplifting147
  • Public order97
  • Criminal damage & arson72

6 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: St Michael's · West Midlands

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour in the City Centre This includes individuals who are involved in public space alcohol consumption, drug use, aggres…
  • Working to ensure Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations are enjoyed safely and responsibly.

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

  • 360 rated 4–5 ★ (307 top)
  • 23 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 (0.7 km)
  • 117 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Coventry (0.6 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 (2.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms7
  • Sports pitches32
  • Playgrounds18

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
  • 162 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

Zarah Sultana

Your Party

Coventry South

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2,112 jobs advertised · £41,396 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule, 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

61% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Wind 33% · Biomass 25% · Imports 3%

171 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

47 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 South:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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, England. The statue is bronze, on a plinth of Portland stone.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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