So you are thinking of moving to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Milton Keynes is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Milton Keynes the land of milk and honey or are Bletchley, Newport Pagnell and Wolverton and Greenleys a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Milton Keynes
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Milton Keynes. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Fishermead | 163 |
| Milton Keynes | 148 |
| Conniburrow | 148 |
| Eaglestone | 134 |
| Neath Hill | 119 |
| Oakgrove | 119 |
| Springfield | 119 |
| Downhead Park | 95 |
| Oldbrook | 80 |
| Heelands | 54 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Milton Keynes. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Milton Keynes. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Newport Pagnell South (Best) | 23380/32845 |
| Bletchley West | 20509/32845 |
| Shenley Brook End | 20254/32845 |
| Broughton | 19987/32845 |
| Bradwell | 19015/32845 |
| Stantonbury | 17481/32845 |
| Campbell Park & Old Woughton | 16076/32845 |
| Wolverton | 11824/32845 |
| Central Milton Keynes | 10683/32845 |
| Woughton & Fishermead (Worst) | 8017/32845 |
Newport, this is just a Hillbilly Love Town
Your Health in Milton Keynes
If you are thinking of moving to Milton Keynes, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Milton Keynes compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | 1.2% | 3.73% | 12.44% | 36.07% | 46.56% |
| Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes) | 0.94% | 3.2% | 10.82% | 34.88% | 50.17% |
| Bedford | 0.98% | 3.55% | 12.58% | 35.98% | 46.9% |
| South Northamptonshire | 0.77% | 2.64% | 11.01% | 34.87% | 50.72% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Milton Keynes. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Milton Keynes. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Broughton (Best) | 23464/32845 |
| Shenley Brook End | 21160/32845 |
| Newport Pagnell South | 19942/32845 |
| Wolverton | 18261/32845 |
| Bletchley West | 17966/32845 |
| Campbell Park & Old Woughton | 16356/32845 |
| Bradwell | 15386/32845 |
| Central Milton Keynes | 15177/32845 |
| Stantonbury | 15040/32845 |
| Woughton & Fishermead (Worst) | 9561/32845 |
Cardiff it's like every other large city now... but slightly worse
Deprivation in Milton Keynes
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Milton Keynes. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Broughton (Best) | 24372/32845 |
| Newport Pagnell South | 23416/32845 |
| Shenley Brook End | 23007/32845 |
| Bletchley West | 18018/32845 |
| Bradwell | 16746/32845 |
| Campbell Park & Old Woughton | 16232/32845 |
| Stantonbury | 16151/32845 |
| Wolverton | 16007/32845 |
| Central Milton Keynes | 12809/32845 |
| Woughton & Fishermead (Worst) | 7660/32845 |
