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Upper Stoke

Ward

East Coventry. About 20,417 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 96% of people in Upper Stoke live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
18,989
248th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
96%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Upper Stoke compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Upper StokeMiddle
Population18 wards, Coventry · 2021
Population: every ward in Coventry18 areas from 14,314 to 29,220. The middle area is 18,984. Upper Stoke is 18,989.
18,9899th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Coventry · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Coventry18 areas from 57.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Upper Stoke is 96.0%.
96%5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Coventry · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Coventry18 areas from 84.5% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.9%. Upper Stoke is 99.4%.
99.4%joint 5th highest
Claimant rate18 wards, Coventry · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Coventry18 areas from 1.6% to 9.6%. The middle area is 5.7%. Upper Stoke is 7.2%.
7.2%joint 4th highest

Is Upper Stoke safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Upper Stoke at a rate of 81.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 98.5 per 1,000 people across Coventry.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 142 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Upper Stoke.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (745), other crime (301) and vehicle crime (173).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Coventry

These figures are published for the whole of Coventry, not for each ward, so they describe all of Coventry and not Upper Stoke alone. See Coventry

Average house price
£227,679
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,759
150th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.0×
Joint 93rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
27.5
Joint 57th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Upper Stoke in brief

Upper Stoke had 18,989 usual residents at the census.

About 96% of people in Upper Stoke live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Upper Stoke, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Upper Stoke, 7.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.