Olney

19°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:31

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

30 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Other theft5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order2

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Rural Milton Keynes · 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)

60 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 19 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

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Olney - Market Place (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches35
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• Robotics that could help people live independently for longer· 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

• In a conservation area (Olney)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 121 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

Chris Curtis

Labour

Milton Keynes North

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 18
• Con 12
• LD 20
• Ref 9

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

100 jobs advertised · £36,323 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, EMC Test Technician, Become a Spanish Tutor in Ravenstone (Leicestershire) – Flexible & Remote

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

Wind 34% · Gas 26% · Biomass 22% · Solar 17%

127 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Milton Keynes North:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership393 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s380 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office325 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership317 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 267 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide

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

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  Olney, Buckinghamshire · 0.1 km

  Olney, is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, England.

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  Cowper and Newton Museum · 0.1 km

  The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, north Buckinghamshire, England, around 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes. Celebrating the work and lives of two famous local residents: William Cowp…

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  Olney Town F.C. · 0.3 km

  Olney Town Football Club was a football club based in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.

• Battle of Olney Bridge · 0.5 km

  The Battle of Olney Bridge was a skirmish that occurred on 4 November 1643 during the First English Civil War just outside the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire. In the engagement, Royalist forces attacked Parliamentaria…

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  Olney railway station (England) · 0.7 km

  Olney was a railway station on the former Bedford to Northampton Line and Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which served the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated on a busy section…

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  Emberton Country Park · 1.2 km

  Emberton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is near the borders with Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, just to the south…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)