Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 8 secondary schools. Ashbrook School is the nearest published school at 729 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK5 5AH
Watling · Milton Keynes · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Watling
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North
- Postcode district
- MK5
- Postcode sector
- MK5 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK5 5AH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1983
- Terminated
- 1 December 1984
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK5
- Postcode sector
- MK5 5
- Latitude
- 52.031667
- Longitude
- -0.806108
- British National Grid easting
- 482,000
- British National Grid northing
- 237,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Milton Keynes · E06000042
- Electoral ward
- Watling · E05016606
- Parish or community
- E04012190
- Westminster constituency
- Milton Keynes North · E14001370
- Output area
- E00084656
- Lower layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 020D · E01016778
- Middle layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 020 · E02003478
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore MK5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 66
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 8
- 729 m
Ashbrook School
Academy converter
- 730 m
Holmwood School
Academy converter
- 797 m
Whitehouse Primary School
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,341
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 550
- Anti social behaviour 171
- Criminal damage and arson 105
- Other theft 102
- Vehicle crime 101
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
12
within 5 km
WHITEHOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
DORSET WAY, WHITEHOUSE, MILTON KEYNES, MK8 1EQ
ODS code Y06810
860 m
CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES MEDICAL CENTRE
C.M.K MEDICAL CENTRE, 68 BRADWELL COMMON BOULEVARD, BRADWELL COMMON, MILTON KEYNES, MK13 8RN
ODS code K82065
2.4 km
WOLVERTON HEALTH CENTRE
GLOUCESTER ROAD, WOLVERTON, MILTON KEYNES, MK12 5DF
ODS code K82003
2.6 km
WESTCROFT HEALTH CENTRE
1 SAVILL LANE, WESTCROFT, MILTON KEYNES, MK4 4EN
ODS code K82633
2.9 km
PURBECK HEALTH CENTRE
PURBECK, STANTONBURY, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6BL
ODS code K82027
4.0 km
FISHERMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
FISHERMEAD BOULEVARD, FISHERMEAD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 2LR
ODS code K82064
4.1 km
THE STONEDEAN PRACTICE
STONY STRATFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, STONY STRATFORD, MILTON KEYNES, MK11 1YA
ODS code K82617
4.2 km
WATLING STREET PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, STONY STRATFORD, MILTON KEYNES, MK11 1YA
ODS code K82009
4.2 km
WHADDON HEALTHCARE
25 WITHAM COURT, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 7QU
ODS code K82026
4.4 km
OAKRIDGE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
30 TEXEL CLOSE, OAKRIDGE PARK, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6GL
ODS code K82032
4.5 km
ASHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 PERRYDOWN, BEANHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NE
ODS code K82054
4.8 km
THE GROVE SURGERY
FARTHING CLOSE, NETHERFIELD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NG
ODS code K82610
5.0 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Crematorium
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.0 miles
Crematorium
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.2 miles
Crownhill Roundabout South
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.2 miles
Crownhill Roundabout South
BCT · Crownhill
- 0.3 miles
Crownhill Roundabout East
BCT · Crownhill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Milton Keynes 020D, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
20,001 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,341 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 550 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.