Stony Stratford & Old Wolverton

Milton Keynes · South East · population 8,595 · 5 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,658 of 6,856 in England
  • #637 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,623
Median age (est.)40
Density1,550per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above36%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 10%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 8%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 82%Asian 8%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 41% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Stony Stratford & Old Wolverton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,658 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (78) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 128 sales), 9% below the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,273 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 98 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 60 · #2,726
Employment 64 · #2,466
Education 56 · #3,021
Health 60 · #2,761
Crime 43 · #3,933
Housing & access 22 · #5,372
Living environment 78 · #1,520

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,000128-1.2%+16.6%
Detached£442,50016-6.6%+34.1%
Semi-detached£336,25048+2.8%+22.7%
Terraced£302,50040-1.4%+11.0%
Flat£225,00024+6.6%+63.9%
This area£315,000
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)£44,273±£6,167 · #2,251 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,902
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

98 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 843 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #4,876 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences380
Theft90
Burglary36
Vehicle crime86
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons100
Drugs39
Robbery10
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 160 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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