Whitley & Tollbar End

Coventry · West Midlands · population 9,797 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,138 of 6,856 in England
  • #383 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #21 of 42 in Coventry
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,427
Median age (est.)34
Density2,069per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above38%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 14%25–44 36%45–64 19%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 10%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 33%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Elementary 15% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Elementary15%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 20%Black: 9%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 64%Asian 20%Black 9%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 28% · Hindu 9%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

Whitley & Tollbar End is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,138 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 42 in Coventry. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (46) and lowest on Health (23). Typical homes here, about £215,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 114 sales), 7% below the wider Coventry median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,692 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,334 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 107 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 41 · #4,070
Employment 40 · #4,145
Education 44 · #3,803
Health 23 · #5,283
Crime 46 · #3,734
Housing & access 38 · #4,269
Living environment 42 · #3,974

House prices ?

£215,000median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£215,000114+7.5%+25.0%
Detached£375,5008+10.4%+50.8%
Semi-detached£249,97526+6.4%+22.5%
Terraced£215,00055+6.1%+12.0%
Flat£122,50025+4.7%+16.4%
This area£215,000
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)£37,334±£5,285 · #4,267 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,657
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

107 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,049 offences
Coventry94
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,123 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences320
Theft377
Burglary53
Vehicle crime84
Criminal damage & arson78
Public order & weapons59
Drugs33
Robbery24
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 77 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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