MK18 5LY

Buckingham · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Buckingham
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Postcode district
MK18
Postcode sector
MK18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
MK18 5LZ 94 m
MK18 5LX 317 m
MK18 5LU 439 m
MK18 5LT 563 m
MK18 5NE 642 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
MK18 5LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
MK
Postcode district
MK18
Postcode sector
MK18 5
Latitude
52.027759
Longitude
-1.065152
British National Grid easting
464,235
British National Grid northing
237,005

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Buckinghamshire · E06000060
Parish or community
E04001528
Westminster constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley · E14001141
Output area
E00178319
Lower layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 004E · E01017717
Middle layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 004 · E02003655

Postcode source versions

Explore MK18

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brook House, 26, Main Street, Shalstone, Buckingham, MK18 5LY 24 November 2022 £1,200,000
Bramleys, 17, Main Street, Shalstone, Buckingham, MK18 5LY 14 August 2015 £695,000
17, Main Street, Shalstone, Buckingham, MK18 5LY 22 December 2011 £608,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Beachborough School

    Other independent school

    2.5 km
  2. Stowe School

    Other independent school

    3.2 km
  3. Finmere Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.6
MK18 5 residents
2,261

Age bands in MK18 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

418 residents

Age 15 to 24
24.2%

551 residents

Age 25 to 44
13.8%

313 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

602 residents

Age 65 and over
17.1%

389 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider MK18 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Main Street

    BCT · Shalstone

    0.4 miles
  • Main Street

    BCT · Shalstone

    0.4 miles
  • The Reindeer PH

    BCT · Westbury

    1.3 miles
  • The Reindeer PH

    BCT · Westbury

    1.3 miles
  • Village Club

    BCT · Westbury

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 004E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,294 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £1,200,000 from 1 recorded sale in MK18 5LY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Buckinghamshire is £490,508 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Beachborough School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.