Milton Keynes

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 11° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:26

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

35 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Public order7
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Bicycle theft3

Neighbourhood team: Flitwick, Ampthill, Marston and Cranfield · Bedfordshire

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

510 reported road collisions (2024)

125 killed or seriously injured · 738 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

126 food businesses within 2 miles

• 110 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Aspley Guise (1.4 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£356,453 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Central Bedfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,249 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £864
• 2 bed £1,097
• 3 bed £1,374

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (6.4 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

110 charging locations within ~8 km

• 40 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: South Lodge Boutique B&B (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Record-breaking start for Leighton Leisure and Community Centre as memberships and attendance surge· 10 Sept 2026
• Green Flags flying high at Central Bedfordshire schools· 8 Sept 2026
• Fostering families enjoy summer picnic at Whipsnade Zoo· 2 Sept 2026
• Housing Matters - August 2026· 2 Sept 2026
• Electric cars, e-bikes and energy savings: Free event comes to Leighton Buzzard· 28 Aug 2026

Source: Central Bedfordshire Council

294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire · 411/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 264 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,516 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 134,350)

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

136 schools · 49,238 pupils

95 primary · 14 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 52 of 59 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

129inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Central Bedfordshire

221 CQC-registered services

• Care homes64
• GP practices27
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies56
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Central Bedfordshire

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

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

359 applications decided

83.8% granted · 301 granted, 58 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Emily Darlington

Labour

Milton Keynes Central

Source: UK Parliament

Independent (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 20
• LD 8
• Grn 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 28

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3,857 jobs advertised · £41,754 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - Milton Keynes, Nursery Manager, Mobile Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£869 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,560 disposable income per head (2024)

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

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 138,501 certificates

8.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Biomass 31% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

94 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 61.5 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

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

• Eagle Farm, Milton Keynes · 0.6 km

  Eagle Farm is a district of south-east Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England, within the Wavendon civil parish. It was built to help the Milton Keynes urban area with its rapid increase in demand for housing. The…

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  Church of St Mary the Virgin, Salford, Bedfordshire · 1.3 km

  Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Salford, Bedfordshire, England. It is still standing in 2024.

• Wavendon Manor · 1.4 km

  Wavendon Manor is a 16th-century house on Cross End Road, near Wavendon in Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Aspley Guise railway station · 1.4 km

  Aspley Guise railway station serves the village of Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Bletchley – Bedford Marston Vale Line. The station is served by West Midlands Trains local services, operating und…

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  Salford, Bedfordshire · 1.5 km

  Salford is a village in the civil parish of Hulcote and Salford, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is located near the large new town of Milton Keynes and the M1 motorway. The Church of…

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  Hulcote and Salford · 1.6 km

  Hulcote and Salford is a civil parish in the district of Central Bedfordshire in the county of Bedfordshire. The parish was formed in 1933 by the union of the civil parishes of Hulcote and Salford. Until 1974 the pari…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)