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Old Stratford

Old Stratford is a town or village in Buckinghamshire, England, with 11 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Wolverton, 3.9 km away. It has around 27 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, and 1 GP surgery. There were around 30 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Old Stratford 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 South
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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:25

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

40 reported · July 2026 43% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Other theft5
  • Shoplifting5

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Deanshanger and Grange Park · Northamptonshire

Local policing priorities

  • The new priorities for this period (April 2026 to September 2026) are: • Rural crime • Road safety and road traffic offences • Drug deali…
  • Road Safety & Road Traffic Offences

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

116 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 101 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wolverton (4.3 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wolverton (4.3 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 (7.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (11.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

91 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Milton Keynes-Hyundai (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds10

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 162 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

Sarah Bool

Conservative

South Northamptonshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

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

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £50,960 avg

e.g. Become a Geography Tutor in Old Stratford – Flexible & Remote, Online Computer science Tutoring Job in Old Stratford – Flexible Schedule, Tutor

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

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

151 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 South Northamptonshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Old Stratford · 0.2 km

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  • Stony Stratford Town F.C. · 0.9 km

    Stony Stratford Town F.C. is a football club based in Stony Stratford, a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The Senior Team are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division…

  • St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford · 1.2 km

    St Mary & St Giles Church is a parish church in Stony Stratford, in Milton Keynes, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Stony Stratford · 1.3 km

    Stony Stratford is a market town in Buckinghamshire and a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England. It is located on Watling Street, historically the Roman road from London to Chester. It is also a civil parish with…

  • Passenham · 1.8 km

    Passenham is a small village in West Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of the River Great Ouse, which forms the boundary with Buckinghamshire, and close to Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes.

  • Cosgrove Hall, Northamptonshire · 1.8 km

    Cosgrove Hall is an early-18th-century Grade II listed country house in Cosgrove, Northamptonshire. It was built on the site of an earlier house by the Furtho family. It is not open to the public. It may have been bui…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Old Stratford?
Old Stratford is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Milton Keynes local authority.
How deprived is Old Stratford?
The Milton Keynes local authority, which includes Old Stratford, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.