Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 9 secondary schools. Denbigh School is the nearest published school at 428 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK5 6JR
Watling · Milton Keynes · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Milton Keynes
- Ward
- Watling
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
- Postcode district
- MK5
- Postcode sector
- MK5 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK5 6JR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK5
- Postcode sector
- MK5 6
- Latitude
- 52.022159
- Longitude
- -0.794221
- British National Grid easting
- 482,833
- British National Grid northing
- 236,656
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 Central · E14001369
- Output area
- E00183431
- Lower layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 037C · E01016780
- Middle layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 037 · E02007016
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
Property
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6, Tene Acres, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6JR | 14 August 2018 | £995,000 |
| Taprobane House, 4, Tene Acres, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6JR | 16 December 2015 | £960,000 |
| 3, Tene Acres, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6JR | 29 July 2015 | £875,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 9
- 428 m
Denbigh School
Academy converter
- 739 m
Glastonbury Thorn School
Foundation school
- 853 m
Loughton School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,708
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 831
- Anti social behaviour 178
- Vehicle crime 118
- Public order 112
- Other theft 105
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 26
- Postcode households
- 9
- Residents per household
- 2.9
- MK5 6 residents
- 5,832
14 female, 12 male
Age bands in MK5 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.1%
1,057 residents
725 residents
1,979 residents
1,648 residents
886 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider MK5 6 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.
GP practices
10
within 5 km
WESTCROFT HEALTH CENTRE
1 SAVILL LANE, WESTCROFT, MILTON KEYNES, MK4 4EN
ODS code K82633
1.8 km
WHITEHOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
DORSET WAY, WHITEHOUSE, MILTON KEYNES, MK8 1EQ
ODS code Y06810
2.1 km
CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES MEDICAL CENTRE
C.M.K MEDICAL CENTRE, 68 BRADWELL COMMON BOULEVARD, BRADWELL COMMON, MILTON KEYNES, MK13 8RN
ODS code K82065
2.6 km
WHADDON HEALTHCARE
25 WITHAM COURT, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 7QU
ODS code K82026
3.1 km
FISHERMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
FISHERMEAD BOULEVARD, FISHERMEAD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 2LR
ODS code K82064
3.6 km
WOLVERTON HEALTH CENTRE
GLOUCESTER ROAD, WOLVERTON, MILTON KEYNES, MK12 5DF
ODS code K82003
3.8 km
ASHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 PERRYDOWN, BEANHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NE
ODS code K82054
3.9 km
THE GROVE SURGERY
FARTHING CLOSE, NETHERFIELD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NG
ODS code K82610
4.1 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
WHALLEY DRIVE, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 6EN
ODS code K82015
4.2 km
PURBECK HEALTH CENTRE
PURBECK, STANTONBURY, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6BL
ODS code K82027
4.6 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
- 0.2 miles
Daubeney Gate
BCT · Shenley Church End
- 0.2 miles
Daubeney Gate
BCT · Shenley Church End
- 0.3 miles
Lennon Drive
BCT · Shenley Church End
- 0.3 miles
Medbourne Roundabout South
BCT · Shenley Church End
- 0.3 miles
Lennon Drive
BCT · Shenley Church End
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Milton Keynes 037C, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,223 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
1,708 published events cover 12 months, averaging 142.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 831 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.