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MK12

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Milton Keynes, Wolverton and Stacey Bushes, 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 MK12 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 83% of people in MK12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£320,000
Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
13,707
934th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
83%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How MK12 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

MK12Middle
Median sale price25 postcode districts, MK · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in MK25 areas from £232,500 to £472,000. The middle area is £350,000. MK12 is £320,000.
£320,000joint 5th cheapest
Population27 postcode districts, MK · 2021
Population: every postcode district in MK27 areas from 251 to 56,180. The middle area is 18,995. MK12 is 13,707.
13,7078th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 postcode districts, MK · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in MK27 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 9.0%. MK12 is 83.0%.
83%joint 4th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 postcode districts, MK · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in MK27 areas from 49.8% to 99.2%. The middle area is 96.0%. MK12 is 97.1%.
97.1%10th highest

Is MK12 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK12 at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across the MK postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 126 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK12.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (676), other crime (319) and anti-social behaviour (218).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK12 was 120.8 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 MK12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK12 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in MK12

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Milton Keynes 008A1,70859.8 per 1,0005100.0%
Milton Keynes 008B1,949115.3 per 1,000499.3%
Milton Keynes 008C1,67371.6 per 1,000599.0%
Milton Keynes 010E2,049153.6 per 1,000794.2%
Milton Keynes 010F1,677105.8 per 1,000791.3%
Milton Keynes 012A1,530118.6 per 1,000299.1%
Milton Keynes 012C1,252168.5 per 1,000299.8%
Milton Keynes 012D1,848128.7 per 1,000195.7%

Your MP

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 MK122

Postcode sectors in MK122

Council1

Towns in MK121

Postcode districts next to MK125

Nearest rail stations2

More in the MK postcode area2

MK12 in brief

MK12 is a postcode district covering Milton Keynes, Wolverton and Stacey Bushes, in Milton Keynes.

About 14,174 people lived in MK12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 175 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in MK12 was £320,000 in 2025.

MK12 had 13,707 usual residents at the census.

About 83% of people in MK12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In MK12, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.