# Kenilworth

Town in Warwick, West Midlands.

Kenilworth is a town in Warwick, West Midlands. Median sale price £405,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 50.3 per 1,000 people. About 22,564 people.

Town. Code E63003152. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick)

Kenilworth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kenilworth add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £405,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kenilworth was £405,000 in 2025. Joint 184th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 22,239** (2021). Kenilworth had 22,239 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 490th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Kenilworth 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.5%** (January 2026). In Kenilworth, 89.5% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003152) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Kenilworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003152) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 489 homes were sold in Kenilworth in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003152) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Kenilworth.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003152) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Kenilworth had 22,239 usual residents at the census.

## How Kenilworth compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Kenilworth | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £405,000 | 2nd most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 22,239 | 42nd least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.5% | joint 14th lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Kenilworth safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kenilworth at a rate of 50.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 106 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kenilworth.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (329), anti-social behaviour (240) and other crime (165).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Kenilworth was 47.0 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 Kenilworth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Kenilworth has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Kenilworth

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Warwick 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031255) | 1,442 | 11.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [Warwick 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031256) | 1,663 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.6% |
| [Warwick 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031257) | 1,492 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.2% |
| [Warwick 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031258) | 1,691 | 157.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.6% |
| [Warwick 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031296) | 1,516 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.8% |
| [Warwick 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031297) | 2,028 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.1% |
| [Warwick 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031298) | 1,637 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.9% |
| [Warwick 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031299) | 1,382 | 16.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.9% |
| [Warwick 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031300) | 1,878 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.4% |
| [Warwick 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031303) | 1,491 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.3% |
| [Warwick 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031304) | 1,507 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Warwick 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031305) | 1,481 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| [Warwick 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031306) | 1,430 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.8% |
| [Warwick 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/neighbourhood/e01031307) | 1,398 | 15.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.0% |

## Your MP

- [Kenilworth and Southam](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kenilworth-and-southam): Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative), 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.

## Council

[Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick)

## Postcode districts covering Kenilworth

[CV8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv8)

## Middle areas in Kenilworth

[Kenilworth East](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/kenilworth-east), [Kenilworth South](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/kenilworth-south), [Kenilworth West](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick/kenilworth-west)

## Towns near Kenilworth

[Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry), [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/warwick), [Royal Leamington Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-leamington-spa), [Whitnash](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitnash), [Knowle and Dorridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge), [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham)

## Kenilworth in brief

Kenilworth is a town in Warwick, West Midlands.
About 22,564 people lived in Kenilworth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £405,000 in 2025 across 489 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Kenilworth was £405,000 in 2025.
Kenilworth had 22,239 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Kenilworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kenilworth, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003152
- Constituency: [Kenilworth and Southam †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kenilworth-and-southam)
- Council: [Warwick †](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 7.19 km²
- People, mid-2024: 22,564*
- Neighbourhoods: 14
- Output areas: 77

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry), [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/warwick), [Royal Leamington Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-leamington-spa), [Whitnash](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitnash), [Knowle and Dorridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge), [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham)

## Latest updates for Kenilworth

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003152

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth
