Milton Keynes

17°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 17° · 75% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:24

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

122 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences38
• Other theft12
• Shoplifting12
• Anti-social behaviour11

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Great Linford · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

317 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 396 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

486 food businesses within 2 miles

• 406 rated 4–5 ★ (348 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Milton Keynes Central (3.9 km)
• 40 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,104 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Milton Keynes · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,343 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £977
• 2 bed £1,216
• 3 bed £1,450

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (6.6 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 52 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Neath Hill Local Centre (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches25
• Playgrounds43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Roadmap to deliver Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Vision· 10 Sept 2026
• Serpentine Court set for demolition· 9 Sept 2026
• City Council boosts local support for SEND· 9 Sept 2026
• The Big Conversation returns as residents shape future of council housing· 8 Sept 2026
• City Council to invest extra £2.5m in buying council homes· 7 Sept 2026

Source: Milton Keynes Council

287,062 residents in Milton Keynes · 930/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 172 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,372 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 126,380)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

124 schools · 52,938 pupils

89 primary · 12 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 41 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

113inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Milton Keynes

379 CQC-registered services

• Care homes49
• GP practices55
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies177
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Milton Keynes

• Not in the Green Belt
• 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

222 applications decided

91% granted · 202 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Emily Darlington

Labour

Milton Keynes Central

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 18
• Con 12
• LD 20
• Ref 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens49
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3,846 jobs advertised · £41,771 avg

e.g. Nursery Manager, Mobile Vehicle Technician, Roadside Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£818 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,064 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

61% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 141,855 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

74% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Wind 32% · Gas 26% · Nuclear 1%

151 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.5 women · 60.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in MK15

• Sovereign Medical Centre
• Willen Hospice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Milton Keynes Central:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s502 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership449 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office344 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership243 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test233 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Pennyland project · 0.2 km

  The Pennyland project was one of a series of low-energy building experiments sparked by the 1973 oil crisis. It involved the construction of an estate of 177 houses in the Pennyland area of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamsh…

• Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue · 1.0 km

  The Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue, also known as Beit Echud, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Giffard Park, Milton Keynes, a city in Buckinghamshire, England, in the United Kingdom.

• Gyosei International School UK · 1.2 km

  Gyosei International School UK was a Japanese international school in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The school, a Catholic institution, was one of several Japanese private schools in the United Kingdom wit…

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  Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda · 1.4 km

  A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa: a monument to inspire peace, designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds, and to help unite them in their search for world peace. Most, though not all, peace pago…

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  Linford Manor · 1.4 km

  Linford Manor, also known as Great Linford Manor, is a seventeenth-century mansion or manor house converted into a recording studio complex in Great Linford, a district in Milton Keynes, England. It is now owned by Pe…

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  Great Linford · 1.5 km

  Great Linford is a historic village, district and wider civil parish in the north of Milton Keynes, England, between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell, and roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Central Milton Keynes.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)