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Newport Pagnell

Newport Pagnell is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 15,067. It has around 1 GP surgery, 4 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 34 restaurants and cafés, along with 32 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Wolverton, 5.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £380,699, and there were around 102 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newport Pagnell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Milton Keynes area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 287,062 residents at roughly 930 people per km².

Council
Milton Keynes
County
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Milton Keynes North
Police force
Thames Valley
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 151st of 294 English council areas — better than 49% of them.

Low crime33
Home affordability48
Affordable rents38
Good schools83
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation54
Employment30
Low council tax66

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 9° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:31

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

117 reported · July 2026 22% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences32
  • Anti-social behaviour29
  • Public order15
  • Burglary11

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newport Pagnell · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • We are currently responding to reports of anti-social behaviour across Newport Pagnell, including noise disturbances, street drinking, an…
  • We recently engaged with local residents through a property security event, providing crime prevention advice and practical guidance on k…

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

Road safety

317 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

152 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wolverton (6.1 km)
  • 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wolverton (6.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£325,104 average 0.1% YoY

Across Milton Keynes · to 2026-06

Detached£550,543
Semi-detached£329,095
Terraced£271,264
Flat£165,923

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (9.1 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 51 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Queens Avenue Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches20
  • Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

287,062 residents in Milton Keynes · 930/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,372 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,581
B £1,845
C £2,109
D £2,372
E £2,899
F £3,427
G £3,954
H £4,744

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Watling AcademyOutstanding
  • Lord Grey AcademyGood
  • Walton HighGood
  • Stantonbury SchoolRequires improvement
  • Denbigh School
  • E-Act Ousedale School
  • Lift Sir Herbert Leon
  • Shenley Brook End School
  • St Paul's Catholic School
  • The Hazeley Academy
  • The Milton Keynes Academy
  • The Radcliffe School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Newport Pagnell)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 114 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

222 applications decided

91% granted · 202 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Chris Curtis

Labour

Milton Keynes North

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 18
  • Con 12
  • LD 20
  • Ref 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

381 jobs advertised · £37,949 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

74% low-carbon electricity

Solar 25% · Biomass 25% · Gas 23% · Wind 22%

121 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Milton Keynes North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Newport Pagnell · 0.0 km

    Newport Pagnell is a town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The Office for National Statistics records it as being part of the Milton Keynes urban area. It is separated from the…

  • Wolverton Urban District · 0.1 km

    Wolverton Urban District was a local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, from 1920 to 1974, covering the town of Wolverton and its environs, including the town of Stony Stratford.

  • Newport Pagnell Urban District · 0.1 km

    Newport Pagnell Urban District was a local government district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, from 1897 to 1974.

  • Newport Pagnell Rural District · 0.1 km

    Newport Pagnell was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the north-east of the county.

  • Church of St Peter and St Paul, Newport Pagnell · 0.1 km

    The St Peter and St Paul is a Grade I listed parish church in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. The building is mainly medieval with many subsequent changes. The church was Grade I listed on 24 October 1950.

  • Tickford Bridge · 0.2 km

    Tickford Bridge, over the River Ouzel in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England, was built in 1810. It is one of the last cast iron bridges in Britain that still carry modern road traffic, and is the oldest bridge…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Newport Pagnell?
Newport Pagnell is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Milton Keynes local authority.
What is the population of Newport Pagnell?
Newport Pagnell has an approximate settlement population of 15,067.
How deprived is Newport Pagnell?
The Milton Keynes local authority, which includes Newport Pagnell, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.