Schools
83 open schools are in scope, including 57 primary and 9 secondary schools. Loughton School is the nearest published school at 897 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK5 8FN
Watling · Milton Keynes · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Watling
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
- Postcode district
- MK5
- Postcode sector
- MK5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK5 8FN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 2001
- Terminated
- 1 July 2002
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK5
- Postcode sector
- MK5 8
- Latitude
- 52.031251
- Longitude
- -0.774296
- British National Grid easting
- 484,183
- British National Grid northing
- 237,690
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Milton Keynes · E06000042
- Electoral ward
- Watling · E05016606
- Parish or community
- E04012188
- Westminster constituency
- Milton Keynes Central · E14001369
- Output area
- E00084636
- Lower layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 020A · E01016774
- 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
- 83
- Primary
- 57
- Secondary
- 9
- 897 m
Loughton School
Academy converter
- 1.0 km
Loughton Manor First School
Community school
- 1.2 km
Glastonbury Thorn School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,758
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,265
- Shoplifting 476
- Other theft 314
- Public order 313
- Vehicle crime 300
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK5 8 residents
- 3,147
Age bands in MK5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.6%
602 residents
330 residents
828 residents
935 residents
536 residents
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.
GP practices
13
within 5 km straight-line
CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES MEDICAL CENTRE
C.M.K MEDICAL CENTRE, 68 BRADWELL COMMON BOULEVARD, BRADWELL COMMON, MILTON KEYNES, MK13 8RN
ODS code K82065
1.2 km
FISHERMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
FISHERMEAD BOULEVARD, FISHERMEAD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 2LR
ODS code K82064
1.9 km
ASHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 PERRYDOWN, BEANHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NE
ODS code K82054
2.8 km
THE GROVE SURGERY
FARTHING CLOSE, NETHERFIELD, MILTON KEYNES, MK6 4NG
ODS code K82610
2.8 km
WHITEHOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
DORSET WAY, WHITEHOUSE, MILTON KEYNES, MK8 1EQ
ODS code Y06810
3.0 km
WESTCROFT HEALTH CENTRE
1 SAVILL LANE, WESTCROFT, MILTON KEYNES, MK4 4EN
ODS code K82633
3.1 km
PURBECK HEALTH CENTRE
PURBECK, STANTONBURY, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6BL
ODS code K82027
3.4 km
WHADDON HEALTHCARE
25 WITHAM COURT, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 7QU
ODS code K82026
3.5 km
WOLVERTON HEALTH CENTRE
GLOUCESTER ROAD, WOLVERTON, MILTON KEYNES, MK12 5DF
ODS code K82003
3.8 km
SOVEREIGN MEDICAL CENTRE
SOVEREIGN DRIVE, PENNYLAND, MILTON KEYNES, MK15 8AJ
ODS code K82025
3.8 km
OAKRIDGE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
30 TEXEL CLOSE, OAKRIDGE PARK, MILTON KEYNES, MK14 6GL
ODS code K82032
4.2 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
WHALLEY DRIVE, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 6EN
ODS code K82015
4.2 km
BEDFORD STREET SURGERY
4 BEDFORD STREET, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK2 2TX
ODS code K82039
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Milton Keynes Central Rail Station
RLY · Milton Keynes
- 0.2 miles
Central Railway Station
BCT · Central Milton Keynes
- 0.2 miles
Central Railway Station
BCT · Central Milton Keynes
- 0.2 miles
Central Railway Station
BCT · Central Milton Keynes
- 0.2 miles
Milton Keynes Central Rail Station
RSE · Milton Keynes
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Milton Keynes 020A, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,667 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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
3,758 published events cover 12 months, averaging 313.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,265 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.