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Stoke Goldington

Stoke Goldington is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, with a population of around 575. There is 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Wolverton, 7.4 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Stoke Goldington 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

21°CCloudy

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:22

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Rural Milton Keynes · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Rural Crime & Property Security
  • Anti-Social Behaviour in Rural Communities

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

7 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wolverton (7.4 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wolverton (7.5 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 (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · BP (9.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

26 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Holland Way 2 (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

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 (Stoke Goldington)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 34 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:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

14,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Biomass 20% · Wind 15% · Solar 12%

218 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Milton Keynes North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Stoke Goldington · 0.1 km

    Stoke Goldington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about four miles NNW of Newport Pagnell, on the road to Northampton.

  • Stoke Goldington Steam Rally · 0.2 km

    Stoke Goldington Steam Rally & Country Fayre was an annual show which showcased UK heritage in the form of Steam Engines, Stationary Engines, vintage tractors and other agricultural machinery. The show was held on the…

  • Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire · 2.3 km

    Ravenstone is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Olney, and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Newport…

  • Gayhurst · 2.4 km

    Gayhurst is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) NNW of Newport Pagnell, and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Central…

  • Ravenstone Priory · 2.4 km

    Ravenstone Priory was a medieval monastic house in Buckinghamshire, England. It was established c.1255 and was dissolved in 1524.

  • Newport Hundred · 2.4 km

    Newport Hundred was a hundred in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It encompassed the north of the county, enclosed by the counties of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire and the Buckinghamshire hundreds of Aylesb…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Stoke Goldington?
Stoke Goldington is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Milton Keynes local authority.
What is the population of Stoke Goldington?
Stoke Goldington has an approximate settlement population of 575.
How deprived is Stoke Goldington?
The Milton Keynes local authority, which includes Stoke Goldington, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.