# CV1 5AX: area report for a postcode in Coventry

CV1 5AX is a postcode in Coventry.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Coventry. Open the map at CV1 5AX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) › [CV1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv1) › [CV1 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv1-5)

## Around this postcode

- **86 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 16% on July. Coventry 024E: 81 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **Coventry, 2.2 km**: About 28 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 270 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **No property in CV1 5AX listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Coventry 024E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **£227,679 average price**: For the whole of Coventry, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 670 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 820 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CV1 5AX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **Moderate road and rail noise at CV1 5AX**: Road 63 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Frederick Bird Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/frederick-bird-academy-e150321) | Primary | 270 m (3 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed | 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-and-st-benedict-catholic-primary-school-e133556) | Primary | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hillfields Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hillfields-nursery-school-e103633) | Nursery | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, May 2023 | – |
| [Southfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southfields-primary-school-e131442) | Primary | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sidney Stringer Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sidney-stringer-primary-academy-e141938) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [John Gulson Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-gulson-primary-school-e103690) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stoke Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stoke-primary-school-e103679) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), February 2024 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sidney Stringer Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sidney-stringer-academy-e136126) | Secondary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2024 | £150,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| July 2025 | £135,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| January 2023 | £165,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| January 2025 | £66,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2023 | £135,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| March 2023 | £89,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2023 | £226,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| April 2025 | £195,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: GODIVA GROUP PRACTICE (670 m); CLAY LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE (670 m)
- Pharmacies: CRESTPHARMACY - HILLFIELDS (580 m); CRESTPHARMACY - CLAY LANE (670 m); M HUSSAIN CHEMISTS LTD (690 m); VISION PHARMACY (840 m); VANTAGE CHEMIST (880 m)
- Dental practices: HILLFIELDS DENTAL SURGERY (360 m); THE SMILE CENTRE (800 m); DENTAL DEPARTMENT (810 m); BUPA DENTAL CARE COVENTRY (860 m)
- Supermarkets: Heron Upper Stoke Coventry (820 m, Heron); Tesco Ball Hill Walsgrave Rd Express (820 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £227,679** (July 2026). Coventry’s average house price was £227,679 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,759** (2025). Full-time workers living in Coventry earned a median of £37,759 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 150th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.0×** (2025). A home in Coventry costs 6.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 93rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 27.5** (2025). Coventry has a deprivation score of 27.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 57th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Coventry 024E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 59.5** (2025). Coventry 024E has a deprivation score of 59.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,038th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £158,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Coventry 024E was £158,500 in 2025. Joint 2,968th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,146** (2021). Coventry 024E had 2,146 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 3,398th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.5%** (January 2026). In Coventry 024E, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## CV1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £157,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CV1 was £157,000 in 2025. Joint 142nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 36,437** (2021). CV1 had 36,437 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 579th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in CV1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.3%** (January 2026). In CV1, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry)
- Centre: 52.4156, -1.4915

Council: [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Coventry South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/coventry-south): Zarah Sultana (Your Party), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.4915,52.4156,CV15AX

## How to cite

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