Westcroft & Shenley Brook End

Milton Keynes · South East · population 11,012 · 6 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,362 of 6,856 in England
  • #377 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,215
Median age (est.)37
Density4,412per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above45%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 13%25–44 28%45–64 30%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 46%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 46%Social rent 16%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 42%Lone parent: 12%Other: 10%
One person 19%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 42%Lone parent 12%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 19%Black: 9%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 65%Asian 19%Black 9%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · No religion 37% · Hindu 10%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Westcroft & Shenley Brook End is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,362 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £379,250 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 114 sales), 10% above the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,367 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 66 · #2,336
Employment 80 · #1,403
Education 84 · #1,102
Health 61 · #2,685
Crime 66 · #2,329
Housing & access 31 · #4,742
Living environment 100 · #1

House prices ?

£379,250median (12m) · -7.4% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£379,250114-7.4%+14.1%
Detached£550,00049-5.2%+22.2%
Semi-detached£360,00019-5.3%+21.0%
Terraced£298,00025-10.3%+7.6%
Flat£220,00021+21.4%+39.7%
This area£379,250
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)£51,367±£7,530 · #856 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,834
Price-to-income ?7.4×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 599 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #2,443 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences245
Theft173
Burglary15
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons48
Drugs16
Robbery10
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 98 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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