# CV5 8GQ: area report for a postcode in Coventry

CV5 8GQ 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 CV5 8GQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) › [CV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv5) › [CV5 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv5-8)

## Around this postcode

- **18 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 29% on July. Coventry 026A: 31 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **Canley, 1.4 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **5 of 36 properties in CV5 8GQ at high risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 10 at medium risk, 4 at low risk. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Coventry 026A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **£227,721 average price**: For the whole of Coventry, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CV5 8GQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at CV5 8GQ**: Road 57 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **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=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ
- **11.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Christopher Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-christopher-primary-school-e103652) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Whoberley Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whoberley-hall-primary-school-e103674) | Primary | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [All Souls' Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-souls-catholic-primary-school-e103724) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John's Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-academy-e141298) | Primary | 940 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Coundon Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coundon-primary-school-e103680) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sherbourne Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sherbourne-fields-school-e103760) | Special | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, June 2024 | – |
| [Hearsall Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hearsall-community-academy-e143535) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 34% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Moseley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moseley-primary-school-e103697) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2026 | £245,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| May 2025 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| June 2025 | £340,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2026 | £245,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2026 | £236,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| March 2026 | £335,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| January 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| June 2025 | £213,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: ALLESLEY PARK MEDICAL CTR (790 m)
- Pharmacies: ROSKELLS PHARMACY (530 m); GOES PHARMACY (680 m); SAFFRON PHARMACY - WHITAKER ROAD (790 m); MORRISONS PHARMACY (830 m)
- Dental practices: CHAPELFIELDS DENTAL PRACTICE (710 m); ALLESLEY PRACTICE LIMITED (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Allesley (310 m, Heart of England Co-operative); Heron Foods Westmede Centre (710 m, Heron); Tesco Coventry Holyhead Express (720 m, Tesco); EG - OTM - Holyhead Road (810 m, Spar); Morrisons Coundon Coventry (840 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £227,721** (August 2026). Coventry’s average house price was £227,721 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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 21 October 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 026A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.5** (2025). Coventry 026A has a deprivation score of 14.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,839th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £249,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Coventry 026A was £249,000 in 2025. Joint 11,364th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,430** (2021). Coventry 026A had 1,430 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,561st least 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Coventry 026A, 100.0% 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.

## CV5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £255,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CV5 was £255,000 in 2025. Joint 795th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 47,348** (2021). CV5 had 47,348 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 264th 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 CV5 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: 97.9%** (January 2026). In CV5, 97.9% 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: 52.4113, -1.5440

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

## Your MP

- [Coventry North West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/coventry-north-west): Taiwo Owatemi (Labour), 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), August 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)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.5440,52.4113,CV58GQ

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv5-8gq