Coventry
Coventry is covered by postcode districts CV1, CV2, CV3, CV4, CV5, CV6 and 2 more. It is mostly in the Coventry council area: 6,287 of its 6,331 postcodes. The others are in Warwick, Rugby and Nuneaton and Bedworth. 44 of its 6,331 postcodes are in Warwickshire. ONS lists no county for the other 6,287.
Every postcode in Coventry, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 253
- In use before 2020: 6,078
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 6,331 postcodes in Coventry that ONS places, 253 are new since 2020 and 6,078 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4133, longitude -1.5068. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 28 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CV3 9YR, is the newest of them.
- 28 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CV6 9TD, is the newest of them.
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CV6 4QW, is the newest of them.
- 17 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CV7 8RS, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CV6 5SQ, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CV4 8PU, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Coventry?
Homes sold for a typical £228,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.2% on the 12 months before. At 5,697 of the 6,056 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 455 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 248 of its 6,331 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Coventry, 1.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Coventry?
Homes in Coventry sold for a typical £228,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,647 sales, down 0.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £375,000 275 sales
- Semi-detached £265,000 741 sales
- Terraced £215,000 1,366 sales
- Flat or maisonette £130,000 265 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CV6 district, Coventry's main postcode district: a typical £212,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Coventry: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Coventry?
253 of the 6,331 postcodes now in use in Coventry came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 260 of the 3,732 homes sold in Coventry were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CV6 district, 18%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Coventry | Across the CV6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 41 of 2,647 (2%) | 29 of 711 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 260 of 3,732 (7%) | 192 of 1,092 (18%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Coventry?
Ofcom reports on 6,056 of the 6,331 postcodes in Coventry. At 5,697 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 8 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Coventry at risk of flooding?
248 of the 6,331 postcodes in Coventry have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 455 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Coventry?
The open schools at the postcodes in Coventry (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy350 m 416 pupils, 420 places
- St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School700 m 345 pupils, 354 places
- John Gulson Primary School750 m 496 pupils, 489 places
- St Osburg's Catholic Primary School850 m 222 pupils, 210 places
- Southfields Primary School900 m 450 pupils, 420 places
- Bablake School1.0 km 848 pupils, 1,234 places
- Frederick Bird Academy1.2 km 855 pupils, 840 places
- Spon Gate Primary School1.2 km 224 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Coventry?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Coventry is Coventry Rail Station, 1.5 km away in a straight line.
- Coventry Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Canley Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
- Coventry Arena Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Coventry?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Coventry, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Hillfields - Dr Bano Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 024 7696 1372 50 mWalk
- Hillfields Health Centre - 1 Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 024 7696 1373 50 mWalk
- Meridian Practice Phone 024 7696 1594 50 mWalk
- Priory Gate Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 024 7696 1370 50 mWalk
- The Anchor Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report April 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 024 7652 7040 100 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Coventry safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 11,790 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Coventry over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 862 September 2025
- 1,034 October 2025
- 944 November 2025
- 846 December 2025
- 849 January 2026
- 888 February 2026
- 957 March 2026
- 953 April 2026
- 1,043 May 2026
- 1,082 June 2026
- 1,217 July 2026
- 1,115 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 472, robbery 353, possession of weapons 261, bicycle theft 242, theft from the person 200, other crime 166.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Coventry?
- Councils
- Coventry (6,287), Warwick (31), Rugby (10) and 1 other
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Coventry East (2,286), Coventry South (2,171), Coventry North West (1,830) and 3 others
- Police force areas
- West Midlands (6,287) and Warwickshire (44)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Coventry
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Coventry is in Coventry; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Coventry about council tax Council tax, on coventry.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Coventry
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Coventry postcodes
6,331 postcodes in use in Coventry, by district:
Those districts are all in the CV postcode area.
Check a Coventry postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Coventry
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Coventry's £228,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Coventry
- What is it like to live in Coventry?
- Homes sold for a typical £228,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.2% on the 12 months before. At 5,697 of the 6,056 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 455 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 248 of its 6,331 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Coventry, 1.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Coventry?
- Coventry is covered by postcode districts CV1, CV2, CV3, CV4, CV5, CV6 and 2 more, across 6,331 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Coventry?
- Homes in Coventry sold for a typical £228,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,647 sales, down 0.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Coventry?
- In Coventry, primary schools at its postcodes include Sidney Stringer Primary Academy, St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School and John Gulson Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Eden Girls' School, Coventry, Sidney Stringer Academy and Barr's Hill School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Coventry have a railway station?
- Yes: Coventry is 1.5 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Coventry, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Coventry?
- Ofcom reports on 6,056 of the 6,331 postcodes in Coventry. At 5,697 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 8 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Coventry at risk of flooding?
- 248 of the 6,331 postcodes in Coventry have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 455 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Coventry?
- 253 of the 6,331 postcodes now in use in Coventry came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 260 of the 3,732 homes sold in Coventry were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CV6 district, 18%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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