# MK8 8PQ: area report for a postcode in Milton Keynes

MK8 8PQ 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 MK8 8PQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) › [MK8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk8) › [MK8 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk8-8)

## Around this postcode

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 17% on July. Milton Keynes 015B: 100 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **Wolverton, 2.3 km**: About 29 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 800 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **No property in MK8 8PQ 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=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Milton Keynes 015B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **£330,419 average price**: For the whole of Milton Keynes, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 520 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at MK8 8PQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **Low road and rail noise at MK8 8PQ**: Road 53 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ
- **10.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ashbrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashbrook-school-e147380) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | – |
| [Two Mile Ash School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/two-mile-ash-school-e137061) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), February 2024 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holmwood School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holmwood-school-e147381) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, March 2024 | – |
| [Greenleys Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenleys-junior-school-e110367) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Greenleys First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenleys-first-school-e110345) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | – |
| [Watling Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/watling-primary-school-e149470) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Bushfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bushfield-school-e110256) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2022 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bradwell Village School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bradwell-village-school-e110369) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £485,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2026 | £510,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2026 | £90,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| October 2024 | £500,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| June 2024 | £475,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| November 2025 | £250,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 340 m |
| May 2026 | £210,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 360 m |
| March 2026 | £265,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 410 m |

## Within 1 km

- Dental practices: TWO MILE ASH DENTAL PRACTICE (780 m)
- Supermarkets: M&S Bradwell Abbey MK BP (520 m, Marks and Spencer)

## 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 015B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 18.8** (2025). Milton Keynes 015B has a deprivation score of 18.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,624th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,386** (2021). Milton Keynes 015B had 1,386 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 17,600th 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: 96.6%** (January 2026). In Milton Keynes 015B, 96.6% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 3.6%** (August 2026). In Milton Keynes 015B, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## MK8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £415,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in MK8 was £415,000 in 2025. Joint 544th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 15,116** (2021). MK8 had 15,116 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,014th 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: 55%** (2022). About 55% of people in MK8 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: 98.3%** (January 2026). In MK8, 98.3% 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: 52.0453, -0.8064

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

## Your MP

- [Milton Keynes North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/milton-keynes-north): Chris Curtis (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=-0.8064,52.0453,MK88PQ

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