MK17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Woburn Sands and Eagle Farm South, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and Central Bedfordshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an MK17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In MK17, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How MK17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is MK17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK17 at a rate of 63.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across MK.
In August 2026 alone, 124 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (607), other crime (301) and anti-social behaviour (226).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK17 was 59.2 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in MK17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK17 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in MK17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 003A | 1,609 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 003B | 1,583 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 003C | 1,213 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.5% |
| Buckinghamshire 003D | 1,385 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 49.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 006A | 2,568 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 006B | 1,825 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 007A | 1,193 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 007B | 1,264 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009D | 1,417 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009E | 1,241 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.2% |
| Milton Keynes 024A | 1,716 | 121.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| Milton Keynes 024C | 1,422 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Milton Keynes 024E | 1,929 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.5% |
| Milton Keynes 024F | 2,251 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.8% |
MPs for MK17
- Emily DarlingtonLabourMP for Milton Keynes Central44% of MK17’s postcodes
- Callum AndersonLabourMP for Buckingham and Bletchley34% of MK17’s postcodes
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire22% of MK17’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in MK173
Postcode sectors in MK174
Councils MK17 covers3
Towns in MK171
Postcode districts next to MK1715
More in the MK postcode area2
MK17 in brief
MK17 is a postcode district covering Woburn Sands and Eagle Farm South, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and Central Bedfordshire.
About 25,874 people lived in MK17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £472,000 in 2025 across 469 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK17 was £472,000 in 2025.
MK17 had 20,262 usual residents at the census.
In MK17, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In MK17, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.