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CV1

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Coventry, Hillfields and Spon End, in 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 CV1 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in CV1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£157,000
Joint 142nd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
36,437
579th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How CV1 compares

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

CV1Middle
Median sale price24 postcode districts, CV · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in CV24 areas from £157,000 to £405,000. The middle area is £314,000. CV1 is £157,000.
£157,000cheapest
Population24 postcode districts, CV · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CV24 areas from 8,832 to 94,148. The middle area is 34,739. CV1 is 36,437.
36,43710th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 postcode districts, CV · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in CV24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.5%. CV1 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, CV · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in CV24 areas from 55.2% to 99.1%. The middle area is 91.4%. CV1 is 92.3%.
92.3%10th highest

Is CV1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CV1 at a rate of 208.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 88.1 per 1,000 people across the CV postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 871 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CV1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,569), other crime (1,885) and shoplifting (1,161).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CV1 was 203.1 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 CV1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CV1 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in CV1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Coventry 015E1,50060.7 per 1,000199.2%
Coventry 015F1,610143.2 per 1,000183.9%
Coventry 020D1,813191.4 per 1,000187.6%
Coventry 020E1,514150.0 per 1,000297.0%
Coventry 020G1,431107.5 per 1,000299.7%
Coventry 024B1,85333.8 per 1,000199.1%
Coventry 024C1,886346.9 per 1,000188.8%
Coventry 024D1,74168.8 per 1,000296.7%
Coventry 024E2,14681.4 per 1,000196.5%
Coventry 024F3,286115.8 per 1,000392.4%
Coventry 028A2,04473.6 per 1,000299.0%
Coventry 028B2,09486.8 per 1,000494.2%
Coventry 028E1,922442.7 per 1,000289.5%
Coventry 028F1,149123.5 per 1,0002100.0%
Coventry 031A2,774104.7 per 1,000595.9%
Coventry 031B1,927213.0 per 1,000298.1%
Coventry 031D1,538168.1 per 1,000177.5%
Coventry 031E2,043926.6 per 1,000388.4%
Coventry 031F2,870333.1 per 1,000387.7%

MPs for CV1

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 CV14

Postcode sectors in CV16

Council1

Towns in CV11

Postcode districts next to CV14

Nearest rail stations3

More in the CV postcode area2

CV1 in brief

CV1 is a postcode district covering Coventry, Hillfields and Spon End, in Coventry.

About 44,464 people lived in CV1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £157,000 in 2025 across 139 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 208.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CV1 was £157,000 in 2025.

CV1 had 36,437 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in CV1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In CV1, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.