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Milton Keynes

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About

Milton Keynes sits in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire in South East England. Designated as a new town in 1967, it now operates as a unitary authority and gained city status in 2022. The area was laid out on a grid of horizontal and vertical roads identified by H and V numbers (for example H3 or V6), and those corridors are interwoven with a redway network for cyclists and pedestrians that stretches for over 200 miles. Water features such as the River Ouzel and stretches of the Grand Union Canal form continuous open corridors across the district.

Central Milton Keynes contains the main shopping and commercial centre and Milton Keynes Central station on the West Coast Main Line offers frequent services to London Euston. The Open University campus at Walton Hall is within the borough, and Bletchley Park sits to the south-west as a historic site tied to wartime codebreaking. Business parks and distribution centres sit close to the M1 corridor, which shapes the local economy and transport connections.

Area overview

On average Milton Keynes has moderate deprivation and high crime levels, with around 84 crimes per 1,000 residents per year. Approximately 16.0% of homes in this area are social housing provided by a local council or housing association. The average income per household in Milton Keynes is £62,628 per year. There are 124 schools in Milton Keynes: 93 primary (14 Outstanding and 67 Good) and 15 secondary (1 Outstanding and 10 Good). Milton Keynes is home to around 287,060 people, with a population density of about 930.1 per km2.

Crime rate
8/10
Crimes per 1k residents
84
Deprivation level
5/10
Income level
5/10
Social housing
16%
Connectivity
N/A

Area Profile

Milton Keynes Population
287,060
Population density
930.1 per km²

Crime

Crime per 1,000 population

Violence and sexual offences
42.22(+34%)
Anti-social behaviour
11.34(-2%)
Shoplifting
10.95(+37%)
Public order
7.74(+27%)
Criminal damage and arson
7.39(+15%)
South East average

Demographics

Ethnic groups

British
178,568
62.21%
Other White
24,430
8.51%
African
21,502
7.49%
Indian
15,348
5.35%
Pakistani
7,163
2.5%
Total population: 287,060

Economics

Education (age 16+)

Level 4+ (Degree)
80,545
35.82%
No qualifications
35,577
15.82%
Level 3 (A level)
35,371
15.73%
Level 2 (GCSEs 9-4)
32,011
14.24%
Level 1 (GCSEs 3-1)
24,422
10.86%
Total 16+ residents: 224,831

Housing

Housing tenure

Owns with a mortgage
34,752
30.73%
Owns outright
27,193
24.04%
Private landlord or letting agency
21,780
19.26%
Social rents from council
11,029
9.75%
Other social rented
9,419
8.33%
Total households: 113,103

Property prices in Milton Keynes

Based on 2,905 recent sales, the median property price is £347,000 in Milton Keynes area, with individual transactions ranging from £46,500 up to £2,200,000.

Price distribution per property type (last year)

Price distribution by property type for Milton Keynes in the last year.

Median sale price and percentiles per property type (last year)

Median sale price, sales count, and percentile information for each property type in Milton Keynes over the last year.
TypeSalesMedian
Detached918£520,000
Flats459£180,000
Semi-Detached816£349,000
Terraced712£292,500

10 years median price trend in Milton Keynes

Ten year median sale price trend for each property type in Milton Keynes.

All wards in Milton Keynes

Bletchley East

Bletchley Park

Bletchley West

Bradwell

Broughton

Campbell Park & Old Woughton

Central Milton Keynes

Danesborough & Walton

Loughton & Shenley

Monkston

Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope

Newport Pagnell South

Olney

Shenley Brook End

Stantonbury

Stony Stratford

Tattenhoe

Wolverton

Woughton & Fishermead

Data Sources

All data is sourced from official UK government agencies and public datasets. Last updated: 16/01/2026.