Foleshill West

Coventry · West Midlands · population 7,444 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,483 of 6,856 in England
  • #669 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #38 of 42 in Coventry
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,355
Median age (est.)30
Density6,270per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above24%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 17%25–44 31%45–64 20%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 20%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 16%Other: 21%
One person 23%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 16%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 25% · Process & plant 17% · Professional 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary25%
Process & plant17%
Professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Caring & leisure9%
Associate professional8%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 30%Asian: 50%Black: 10%Mixed: 3%Other: 8%
White 30%Asian 50%Black 10%Mixed 3%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Muslim 44% · Christian 28% · No religion 10%

Born outside the UK: 49%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Foleshill West is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,483 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 42 in Coventry. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (25) and lowest on Income (3). Typical homes here sold for about £160,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 26 sales), 30% below the wider Coventry median of £230,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,423 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 111 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 3 · #6,668
Employment 11 · #6,106
Education 5 · #6,531
Health 10 · #6,161
Crime 25 · #5,132
Housing & access 19 · #5,557
Living environment 10 · #6,147

House prices ?

£160,000median (12m) · +3.2% yr · n=26
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£160,00026+3.2%+18.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£155,00020+10.7%+21.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£160,000
Coventry£230,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£30,423±£4,813 · #6,311 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£22,386
Price-to-income ?5.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

111 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 828 offences
Coventry94
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,243 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences338
Theft155
Burglary52
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons72
Drugs38
Robbery19
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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