Birmingham commuter townsCoventry vs Rugby
Coventry vs Rugby: which commuter town suits you?
Coventry is 13 minutes closer to Birmingham and £54k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to Birmingham
20 min
33 min
Average house price
£225k
£279k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
5.5x
6.5x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
83
60
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
989 Mb
947 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.4
7.5
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
62
31
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
553 ha
250 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
512
162
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
The full picture on each
Living in Coventry
West Midlands · 20 min to Birmingham · average sold price £225k.
Read the Coventry report