Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands

Milton Keynes · South East · population 10,508 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,794 of 6,856 in England
  • #465 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,744
Median age (est.)40
Density439per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above44%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 45%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 45%Social rent 9%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional17%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 7%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 83%Asian 7%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 41% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,794 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (95) but weak on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £465,540 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 234 sales), 35% above the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,270 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 84 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 51 · #3,336
Employment 79 · #1,458
Education 75 · #1,719
Health 78 · #1,479
Crime 73 · #1,835
Housing & access 23 · #5,249
Living environment 95 · #348

House prices ?

£465,540median (12m) · +4.7% yr · n=234
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£465,540234+4.7%+21.6%
Detached£627,500104+16.2%+18.2%
Semi-detached£417,99555+4.5%+17.7%
Terraced£360,00041+1.6%+9.1%
Flat£210,00034-12.9%-6.2%
This area£465,540
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)£51,270±£7,225 · #872 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,973
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

84 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 882 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #4,272 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences407
Theft176
Burglary36
Vehicle crime70
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons76
Drugs40
Robbery5
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 155 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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