Bletchley West

Milton Keynes · South East · population 7,693 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,610 of 6,856 in England
  • #629 of 1,119 in South East
  • #18 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,642
Median age (est.)42
Density3,188per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above30%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 12%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 11%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 11%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 6%Black: 7%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 6%Black 7%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 39% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 18%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bletchley West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,610 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (91) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here, about £345,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 100 sales), in line with the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,009 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 58 · #2,857
Employment 53 · #3,213
Education 47 · #3,618
Health 58 · #2,870
Crime 70 · #2,048
Housing & access 28 · #4,934
Living environment 91 · #601

House prices ?

£345,000median (12m) · +7.8% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£345,000100+7.8%+25.5%
Detached£445,00022-9.2%+22.8%
Semi-detached£332,50052-2.9%+20.5%
Terraced£300,00013+3.4%+10.9%
Flat£212,00013-0.7%+11.6%
This area£345,000
Milton Keynes£345,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£41,009±£5,727 · #3,123 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,267
Price-to-income ?8.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 445 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #2,695 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences183
Theft97
Burglary24
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons34
Drugs12
Robbery5
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 95 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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