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Hawkesbury

Hawkesbury is a village in West Midlands, England. It has 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, and 12 restaurants and cafés, 41 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Coventry Arena, 1.6 km away. There were around 159 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hawkesbury 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 East
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

6°CClear

  • Today: 12° / 5° · 11% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:34

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

109 reported · August 2026▼ 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences40
  • Vehicle crime16
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Criminal damage & arson10

Neighbourhood team: Bedworth East · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime and Prolific Offender Management
  • Anti-Social Behaviour

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

369 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 312 rated 4–5 ★ (265 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Coventry Arena (2.1 km)
  • 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Coventry Arena (2.1 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (9.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.3 km)

12 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: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Loades Ecoparc (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds4

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
  • 12 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

Rachel Taylor

Labour

North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

65% low-carbon electricity

Wind 38% · Gas 33% · Biomass 25% · Imports 3%

160 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

25 GP surgeries · 24 pharmacies in CV6

  • Park Leys Medical Practice
  • Longford Primary Care Centre
  • The Gables Medicentre

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

  • Hawkesbury Junction · 0.2 km

    Hawkesbury Junction or Sutton Stop is a canal junction in England, at the northern limit of the Oxford Canal where it meets the Coventry Canal, near Hawkesbury Village, Warwickshire, between Bedworth and Coventry. The…

  • Hawkesbury, Warwickshire · 0.3 km

    Hawkesbury or Hawkesbury Village is a village in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England. It lies between Coventry and Bedworth. In 2021 it had a population of 2,290.

  • Coventry power stations · 0.4 km

    The two Coventry power stations supplied electricity to the county borough of Coventry and the wider Warwickshire area from 1895 to 1976. They were owned and operated by Coventry Corporation until the nationalisation…

  • Hawkesbury Lane railway station · 0.5 km

    Hawkesbury Lane was a railway station on the Coventry to Nuneaton Line, which served the village of Hawkesbury, just north of Coventry and south of Bedworth. It opened along with the line in 1850, and was closed in 19…

  • Foxford Community School · 0.9 km

    Foxford Community School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Longford area of Coventry, West Midlands, England.

  • Longford, Coventry · 1.3 km

    Longford is a ward in the north of Coventry, West Midlands, England. The population of the Ward as taken at the 2011 census was 18,538. It is covered by the Coventry North East constituency and bounded by the wards of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hawkesbury?
Hawkesbury is a town in West Midlands, England, in the Coventry local authority.
How deprived is Hawkesbury?
The Coventry local authority, which includes Hawkesbury, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.