MK5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Milton Keynes, Shenley Church End and Shenley Brook End, 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 MK5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 20% of people in MK5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How MK5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is MK5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK5 at a rate of 89.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across the MK postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 180 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (640), other crime (250) and anti-social behaviour (165).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK5 was 76.2 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 MK5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK5 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in MK5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes 020A | 1,771 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| Milton Keynes 020B | 1,706 | 108.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Milton Keynes 020D | 1,740 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Milton Keynes 025B | 1,698 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 025D | 1,832 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Milton Keynes 025F | 2,096 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 026B | 2,268 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Milton Keynes 036D | 1,490 | 100.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 037D | 1,475 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Milton Keynes 037E | 1,318 | 166.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
MPs for MK5
- Emily DarlingtonLabourMP for Milton Keynes Central99% of MK5’s postcodes
- Callum AndersonLabourMP for Buckingham and Bletchley0.9% of MK5’s postcodes
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 MK51
Postcode sectors in MK53
Council1
Towns in MK51
Postcode districts next to MK56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the MK postcode area2
MK5 in brief
MK5 is a postcode district covering Milton Keynes, Shenley Church End and Shenley Brook End, in Milton Keynes.
About 15,913 people lived in MK5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 168 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK5 was £400,000 in 2025.
MK5 had 16,379 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in MK5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In MK5, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.