# Bletchley

Town in Milton Keynes, South East.

Bletchley is a town in Milton Keynes, South East. Median sale price £325,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 108.1 per 1,000 people. About 47,064 people.

Town. Code E63003960. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes)

Bletchley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bletchley add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £325,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bletchley was £325,000 in 2025. Joint 341st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bletchley#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 45,018** (2021). Bletchley had 45,018 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 246th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bletchley#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Bletchley 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bletchley#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.4%** (January 2026). In Bletchley, 97.4% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bletchley#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003960) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Bletchley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003960) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 552 homes were sold in Bletchley in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003960) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bletchley.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003960) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bletchley had 45,018 usual residents at the census.

## How Bletchley compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Bletchley | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £325,000 | joint 44th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 45,018 | 42nd most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.4% | joint 12th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Bletchley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bletchley at a rate of 108.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 457 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bletchley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,081), other crime (910) and shoplifting (568).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bletchley was 103.2 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 Bletchley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bletchley has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Bletchley

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Milton Keynes 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01033497) | 1,536 | 241.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| [Milton Keynes 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016737) | 1,719 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Milton Keynes 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016738) | 1,966 | 100.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Milton Keynes 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016739) | 1,488 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Milton Keynes 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016740) | 1,428 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Milton Keynes 027E](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016741) | 1,662 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Milton Keynes 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016829) | 1,705 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Milton Keynes 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016831) | 1,561 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Milton Keynes 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016832) | 1,228 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Milton Keynes 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016833) | 1,244 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Milton Keynes 029E](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016834) | 1,650 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Milton Keynes 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016710) | 1,995 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| [Milton Keynes 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016714) | 2,252 | 205.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.6% |
| [Milton Keynes 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016716) | 2,561 | 216.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.9% |
| [Milton Keynes 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016745) | 1,659 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Milton Keynes 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016711) | 2,912 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.1% |
| [Milton Keynes 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016713) | 1,730 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| [Milton Keynes 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016715) | 1,768 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| [Milton Keynes 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016830) | 1,228 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Milton Keynes 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016742) | 2,013 | 132.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Milton Keynes 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016744) | 1,804 | 81.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Milton Keynes 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01016746) | 1,816 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| [Milton Keynes 032E](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01034453) | 1,919 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.9% |
| [Milton Keynes 032F](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01034454) | 1,909 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Milton Keynes 032G](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/neighbourhood/e01034455) | 1,742 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |

## Your MP

- [Buckingham and Bletchley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/buckingham-and-bletchley): Callum Anderson (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.

## Council

[Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes)

## Postcode districts covering Bletchley

[MK2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk2), [MK3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk3)

## Middle areas in Bletchley

[Bletchley East](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/bletchley-east), [Bletchley North West](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/bletchley-north-west), [Bletchley South](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/bletchley-south), [Bletchley West](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/bletchley-west), [Far Bletchley](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes/far-bletchley)

## Towns near Bletchley

[Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Leighton Buzzard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leighton-buzzard), [Newport Pagnell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-pagnell), [Buckingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buckingham), [Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Houghton Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/houghton-regis)

## Bletchley in brief

Bletchley is a town in Milton Keynes, South East.
About 47,064 people lived in Bletchley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 552 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bletchley was £325,000 in 2025.
Bletchley had 45,018 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Bletchley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bletchley, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003960
- Constituency: [Buckingham and Bletchley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/buckingham-and-bletchley)
- Council: [Milton Keynes †](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 11.47 km²
- People, mid-2024: 47,064*
- Neighbourhoods: 25
- Output areas: 131

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Leighton Buzzard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leighton-buzzard), [Newport Pagnell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-pagnell), [Buckingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buckingham), [Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Houghton Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/houghton-regis)

## Latest updates for Bletchley

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003960

## How to cite

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