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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 (IoD2025). 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

Mixed

Ranked 152nd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime34
Home affordability48
Affordable rents38
Good schools83
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation53
Employment29
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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:29

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

76 reported · August 2026▲ 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences31
  • Anti-social behaviour19
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Public order6

3 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

266 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 339 casualties · 9.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

149 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 128 rated 4–5 ★ (110 top)
  • 4 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

£323,868 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Milton Keynes · to 2026-08

Detached£545,636
Semi-detached£328,146
Terraced£272,734
Flat£164,484

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,344 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £978
  • 2 bed £1,217
  • 3 bed £1,451

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

3,138 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · BP (5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 50 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,318
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,075
  • Net moves+243

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 157 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

125 schools · 51,986 pupils

89 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Watling AcademyOutstanding
  • Lord Grey AcademyGood
  • Walton HighGood
  • Stantonbury SchoolRequires improvement
  • Brooklands Academy
  • 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 practices54
  • Dentists61
  • Homecare agencies176
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% 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

281 applications decided

88.3% granted · 248 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Chris Curtis

Labour

Milton Keynes North

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 19
  • 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

15,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

123 jobs advertised · £36,445 avg

e.g. Deputy Manager - Children's Residential Home, Waste Recycling Operatives & Picking Labourers, IT Systems Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£818 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% 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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 30% · Biomass 22% · Imports 3%

198 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in MK16

  • Newport Pagnell Med.Ctr.
  • Pcoc Urology Service
  • Pcoc Rheumatology

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Milton Keynes North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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 IoD2025.