CV8 1QL

Balsall & Berkswell · Solihull · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kenilworth
Local authority
Solihull
Postcode district
CV8
Postcode sector
CV8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CV8 1PU 603 m
CV7 7GZ 665 m
CV7 7HA 687 m
CV7 7GY 710 m
CV8 1QA 744 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CV8 1QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CV
Postcode district
CV8
Postcode sector
CV8 1
Latitude
52.373765
Longitude
-1.632447
British National Grid easting
425,119
British National Grid northing
275,142

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E04000147
Output area
E00051409
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 025A · E01010166
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 025 · E02002105

Postcode source versions

Explore CV8

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lanes End Bungalow, Kenilworth Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1QL 29 November 2004 £270,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
5
  1. Burton Green Church of England Academy

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    1.6 km
  2. Heart of England School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Balsall Common Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Vehicle crime 6
  • Other crime 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CV8 1 residents
11,384

Age bands in CV8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,831 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,171 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

2,477 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

3,291 residents

Age 65 and over
26.6%

3,172 residents

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BALSALL COMMON & MERIDEN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M89016

    2.5 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Catchems Corner

    BCT · Balsall Common

    0.8 miles
  • Drovers Close

    BCT · Balsall Common

    0.8 miles
  • Catchems Corner

    BCT · Balsall Common

    0.8 miles
  • Blythe Avenue

    BCT · Balsall Common

    0.8 miles
  • Blythe Avenue

    BCT · Balsall Common

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 025A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,175 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 5 secondary schools. Burton Green Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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