CV7 7RD

Balsall & Berkswell · Solihull · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Coventry
Local authority
Solihull
Postcode district
CV7
Postcode sector
CV7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CV7 7PN 82 m
CV7 7UG 91 m
CV7 7FJ 161 m
CV7 7UH 171 m
CV7 7NZ 174 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CV7 7RD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CV
Postcode district
CV7
Postcode sector
CV7 7
Latitude
52.391428
Longitude
-1.655372
British National Grid easting
423,549
British National Grid northing
277,099

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E04012316
Output area
E00051403
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 025D · E01010170
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 025 · E02002105

Postcode source versions

Explore CV7

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Hawkswood Drive, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7RD 28 June 2021 £775,000
4, Hawkswood Drive, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7RD 22 December 2020 £760,000
6, Hawkswood Drive, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7RD 17 March 2017 £580,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Balsall Common Primary School

    Academy converter

    775 m
  2. Heart of England School

    Academy converter

    792 m
  3. Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
286
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 83
  • Shoplifting 64
  • Vehicle crime 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 23
  • Public order 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

12 female, 15 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.5
CV7 7 residents
11,363

Age bands in CV7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,925 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,140 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

2,242 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

3,436 residents

Age 65 and over
25.1%

2,936 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CV7 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • BALSALL COMMON & MERIDEN GROUP PRACTICE

    1 ASHLEY DRIVE, BALSALL COMMON, COVENTRY, CV7 7RW

    ODS code M89016

    878 m

  • HAMPTON SURGERY

    FENTHAM HALL, MARSH LANE, HAMPTON-IN-ARDEN, SOLIHULL, B92 0AH

    ODS code M89608

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Dunchurch Close

    BCT · Needlers End

    0.1 miles
  • Dunchurch Close

    BCT · Needlers End

    0.1 miles
  • Burberry Grove

    BCT · Needlers End

    0.2 miles
  • Balsall Common Island

    BCT · Balsall Common

    0.2 miles
  • Burberry Grove

    BCT · Needlers End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 025D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,107 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Balsall Common Primary School is the nearest published school at 775 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

286 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 83 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.