Central Milton Keynes & Newlands

Milton Keynes · South East · population 10,759 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,180 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,010 of 1,119 in South East
  • #30 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,206
Median age (est.)32
Density1,835per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above40%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 14%25–44 43%45–64 20%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 48%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 26%Private rent 48%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Professional 21% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Professional21%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant8%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%

Ethnic group

White: 54%Asian: 18%Black: 19%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 54%Asian 18%Black 19%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 29% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 51%

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

Central Milton Keynes & Newlands is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,180 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (91) but weak on Crime (8). Typical homes here sold for about £232,500 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 65 sales), 33% below the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,390 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 481 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,180
Employment 30 · #4,790
Education 26 · #5,050
Health 26 · #5,043
Crime 8 · #6,298
Housing & access 16 · #5,791
Living environment 91 · #629

House prices ?

£232,500median (12m) · -12.3% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£232,50065-12.3%-1.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£303,00011+6.9%+27.8%
Flat£205,00053-19.0%-10.9%
This area£232,500
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)£45,390±£6,624 · #1,987 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,479
Price-to-income ?5.1×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

481 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 5,175 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #6,401 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,645
Theft1,933
Burglary104
Vehicle crime326
Criminal damage & arson316
Public order & weapons469
Drugs232
Robbery95
Other55

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 369 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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