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Central Milton Keynes

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South Milton Keynes. About 14,696 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 2% of people in Central Milton Keynes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,853
1,336th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
2%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Central Milton Keynes compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Central Milton KeynesMiddle
Population21 wards, Milton Keynes · 2021
Population: every ward in Milton Keynes21 areas from 4,915 to 17,910. The middle area is 14,484. Central Milton Keynes is 12,853.
12,8536th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Milton Keynes · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Milton Keynes21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 13.0%. Central Milton Keynes is 2.0%.
2%10th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Milton Keynes · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Milton Keynes21 areas from 82.3% to 99.9%. The middle area is 97.5%. Central Milton Keynes is 90.8%.
90.8%2nd lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Milton Keynes · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Milton Keynes21 areas from 1.8% to 7.3%. The middle area is 3.6%. Central Milton Keynes is 6.2%.
6.2%2nd highest

Is Central Milton Keynes safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central Milton Keynes at a rate of 379.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 99.4 per 1,000 people across Milton Keynes.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 512 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central Milton Keynes.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,539), shoplifting (1,391) and other crime (978).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Milton Keynes

These figures are published for the whole of Milton Keynes, not for each ward, so they describe all of Milton Keynes and not Central Milton Keynes alone. See Milton Keynes

Average house price
£323,868
Up 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,389
112th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 140th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.5
Joint 140th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Central Milton Keynes in brief

Central Milton Keynes had 12,853 usual residents at the census.

About 2% of people in Central Milton Keynes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Central Milton Keynes, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Central Milton Keynes, 6.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.