# MK5 6LJ: area report for a postcode in Milton Keynes

MK5 6LJ is a postcode in Milton Keynes.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Milton Keynes. Open the map at MK5 6LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) › [MK5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk5) › [MK5 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk5-6)

## Around this postcode

- **1 crime within 500 m**: August, down 89% on July. Milton Keynes 037D: 50 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **Milton Keynes Central, 2.1 km**: About 26 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 620 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **No property in MK5 6LJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Milton Keynes 037D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **£330,419 average price**: For the whole of Milton Keynes, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 900 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at MK5 6LJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **Low road and rail noise at MK5 6LJ**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ
- **9.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Glastonbury Thorn School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/glastonbury-thorn-school-e110400) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Denbigh School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/denbigh-school-e136468) | Secondary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | Attainment 8 of 56.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Long Meadow School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/long-meadow-school-e132787) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2024 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Loughton School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/loughton-school-e139861) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Caroline Haslett Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caroline-haslett-primary-school-e110394) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-the-sower-ecumenical-primary-school-e147269) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oxley Park Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oxley-park-academy-e136853) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Shenley Brook End School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shenley-brook-end-school-e136730) | Secondary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2023 | £1,100,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| October 2024 | £950,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| August 2026 | £1,160,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2025 | £485,000 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 170 m |
| September 2024 | £385,000 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 190 m |
| December 2023 | £370,000 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 200 m |
| July 2024 | £840,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| May 2025 | £705,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 280 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: JARDINES PHARMACY (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Shenley Church End (900 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Shenley Brook End Express (910 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £330,419** (July 2026). Milton Keynes’s average house price was £330,419 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £41,389** (2025). Full-time workers living in Milton Keynes earned a median of £41,389 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 112th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.0×** (2025). A home in Milton Keynes costs 8.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 135th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 18.5** (2025). Milton Keynes has a deprivation score of 18.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 140th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Milton Keynes 037D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.4** (2025). Milton Keynes 037D has a deprivation score of 5.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,244th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £475,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Milton Keynes 037D was £475,000 in 2025. Joint 5,457th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,475** (2021). Milton Keynes 037D had 1,475 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,840th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Milton Keynes 037D, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## MK5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in MK5 was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 587th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 16,379** (2021). MK5 had 16,379 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,080th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 20%** (2022). About 20% of people in MK5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.1%** (January 2026). In MK5, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes)
- Centre: 52.0193, -0.7917

Council: [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Milton Keynes Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/milton-keynes-central): Emily Darlington (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.7917,52.0193,MK56LJ

## How to cite

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