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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 (IoD2019). 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
32/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 272nd of 294 English council areas — better than 7% of them.

Low crime20
Home affordability89
Affordable rents74
Good schools12
Life expectancy22
Low deprivation25
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 11° · 68% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m 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

Crime

103 reported · July 2026 16% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences46
  • Criminal damage & arson11
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Public order9

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Bedworth East · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB)
  • Target offenders and provide reassurance

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

366 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 306 rated 4–5 ★ (258 top)
  • 12 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

£223,731 average 3.7% YoY

Across Coventry · to 2026-06

Detached£406,179
Semi-detached£263,991
Terraced£207,239
Flat£127,935

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (9.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.3 km)

26 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)

Deprivation

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

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%)

116inspected 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
  • Cardinal Newman Catholic School
  • Eden Girls' School, Coventry
  • Ernesford Grange Community Academy
  • Finham Park 2
  • Finham Park School
  • Lyng Hall School
  • The Westwood Academy
  • WMG Academy for Young Engineers

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Coventry

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

243 applications decided

82.7% granted · 201 granted, 42 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rachel Taylor

Labour

North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

21 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Psychology Tutor in Hawkesbury (Warwickshire) – Flexible & Remote, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Biomass 27% · Gas 12% · Solar 6%

80 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Local petitions

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

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

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 IoD2019.