Is CV5 8BL a good place to live?
Coventry (CV5 8BL), Coventry, England
View CV5 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 8 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CV5 8BL has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 91 nearby (8 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.7 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 8 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CV5 8BL is a UK postcode in CV5 with a higher than average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 8 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Canley, 0.7 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CV5 8BL include 5 supermarkets and 5 parks. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.3 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 4 incidents were reported in CV5 8BL. It ranks in the lower half for safety within CV5.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 68/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 75/100 — Good
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CV5 8BL is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 4 incidents were reported in CV5 8BL.
The most common categories are Violent crime (25%), Anti-social behaviour (25%), Other theft (25%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within CV5, this postcode ranks 502 of 899 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- CV5 district average
- 150 crimes per 1,000 people
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near CV5 8BL
91 schools near CV5 8BL, including 8 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 74 primary schools (4 Outstanding, 61 Good and 5 Requires Improvement) and 17 secondary schools (4 Outstanding, 8 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CV5 8BL is well served by everyday amenities, with 15 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 5 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Nisa Extra, 0.3 miles away.
The Jordans park is just 0.5 miles away for daily green space.
- 5 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Nisa Extra0.3 mi
- Costcutter0.3 mi
- Co-op Food0.4 mi
- Co-op Food0.4 mi
- Sainsbury's0.5 mi
Parks & green space
- The Jordans park0.5 mi
- Hearsall Common0.7 mi
- House Greens0.7 mi
- Allesley Park Walled Garden0.7 mi
- Lake View Park0.8 mi
Transportation
Canley is the closest station, about 0.7 miles from CV5 8BL - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Canley0.7 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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