MK3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bletchley, Furzton and Newton Leys, in Milton Keynes.
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 MK3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In MK3, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How MK3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is MK3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK3 at a rate of 66.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across MK.
In August 2026 alone, 175 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (921), other crime (300) and anti-social behaviour (250).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK3 was 63.0 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 MK3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK3 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in MK3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes 027A | 1,719 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Milton Keynes 027B | 1,966 | 100.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Milton Keynes 027C | 1,488 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 027D | 1,428 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 027E | 1,662 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Milton Keynes 029A | 1,705 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 029B | 1,561 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Milton Keynes 029C | 1,228 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Milton Keynes 029D | 1,244 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Milton Keynes 029E | 1,650 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 031A | 2,912 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.1% |
| Milton Keynes 031B | 1,730 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| Milton Keynes 031C | 1,768 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Milton Keynes 031D | 1,228 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 032E | 1,919 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.9% |
| Milton Keynes 032G | 1,742 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
Your MP
- Callum AndersonLabourMP for Buckingham and Bletchley
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 MK33
Postcode sectors in MK34
Council1
Towns in MK31
Postcode districts next to MK36
Nearest rail stations4
More in the MK postcode area2
MK3 in brief
MK3 is a postcode district covering Bletchley, Furzton and Newton Leys, in Milton Keynes.
About 29,443 people lived in MK3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 358 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK3 was £330,000 in 2025.
MK3 had 28,186 usual residents at the census.
In MK3, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In MK3, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.