CV7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Balsall Common and Keresley Newlands, in Solihull, Nuneaton and Bedworth, North Warwickshire and Coventry.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CV7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CV7, 84.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CV7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CV7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CV7 at a rate of 76.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.1 per 1,000 people across CV.
In August 2026 alone, 189 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CV7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (737), other crime (382) and shoplifting (331).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CV7 was 75.5 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in CV7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CV7 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CV7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry 002A | 1,533 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| North Warwickshire 007A | 1,481 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 47.9% |
| North Warwickshire 007B | 1,281 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| North Warwickshire 007C | 1,728 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.3% |
| North Warwickshire 007D | 1,902 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.5% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth 015D | 1,429 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.1% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth 018A | 1,800 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth 018B | 2,148 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.9% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth 018C | 1,568 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.0% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth 018D | 1,634 | 216.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.9% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth 018E | 1,408 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |
| Rugby 013C | 1,564 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 51.5% |
| Solihull 017B | 1,715 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 52.2% |
| Solihull 017C | 1,806 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.9% |
| Solihull 025A | 1,880 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| Solihull 025B | 1,807 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.2% |
| Solihull 025C | 1,676 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.2% |
| Solihull 025D | 1,482 | 13.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Solihull 025E | 1,420 | 12.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% |
MPs for CV7
- Rachel TaylorLabourMP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth39% of CV7’s postcodes
- Saqib BhattiConservativeMP for Meriden and Solihull East34% of CV7’s postcodes
- Taiwo OwatemiLabourMP for Coventry North West11% of CV7’s postcodes
- Jodie GoslingLabourMP for Nuneaton9.5% of CV7’s postcodes
- John SlingerLabourMP for Rugby6.5% of CV7’s postcodes
- Mary CreaghLabourMP for Coventry East0.3% of CV7’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CV74
Postcode sectors in CV73
Councils CV7 covers4
Towns in CV71
Postcode districts next to CV713
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CV postcode area2
CV7 in brief
CV7 is a postcode district covering Balsall Common and Keresley Newlands, in Solihull, Nuneaton and Bedworth, North Warwickshire and Coventry.
About 30,464 people lived in CV7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £313,000 in 2025 across 503 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CV7 was £313,000 in 2025.
CV7 had 29,118 usual residents at the census.
In CV7, 84.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CV7, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.