Schools
51 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Woodlands School is the nearest published school at 671 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
MK8 1JX
Watling · Milton Keynes · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Watling
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North
- Postcode district
- MK8
- Postcode sector
- MK8 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK8 1JX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2025
- Terminated
- 1 November 2025
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK8
- Postcode sector
- MK8 1
- Latitude
- 52.024065
- Longitude
- -0.818204
- British National Grid easting
- 481,184
- British National Grid northing
- 236,841
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Milton Keynes · E06000042
- Electoral ward
- Watling · E05016606
- Parish or community
- E04012195
- Westminster constituency
- Milton Keynes North · E14001370
- Output area
- E00183709
- Lower layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 036E · E01033522
- Middle layer super output area
- Milton Keynes 036 · E02007015
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 MK8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 51
- Primary
- 37
- Secondary
- 7
- 671 m
The Woodlands School
Community special school
- 677 m
Whitehouse Primary School
Free schools
- 694 m
The Hazeley Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 835
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 502
- Anti social behaviour 76
- Other theft 50
- Criminal damage and arson 50
- Vehicle crime 38
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK8 1 residents
- 3,336
Age bands in MK8 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 32.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 47.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 10.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 1.3%
1,060 residents
244 residents
1,565 residents
352 residents
44 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
7
within 5 km straight-line
WHITEHOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
DORSET WAY, WHITEHOUSE, MILTON KEYNES, MK8 1EQ
ODS code Y06810
1.1 km
WESTCROFT HEALTH CENTRE
1 SAVILL LANE, WESTCROFT, MILTON KEYNES, MK4 4EN
ODS code K82633
2.5 km
WOLVERTON HEALTH CENTRE
GLOUCESTER ROAD, WOLVERTON, MILTON KEYNES, MK12 5DF
ODS code K82003
3.4 km
CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES MEDICAL CENTRE
C.M.K MEDICAL CENTRE, 68 BRADWELL COMMON BOULEVARD, BRADWELL COMMON, MILTON KEYNES, MK13 8RN
ODS code K82065
3.6 km
THE STONEDEAN PRACTICE
STONY STRATFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, STONY STRATFORD, MILTON KEYNES, MK11 1YA
ODS code K82617
4.3 km
WATLING STREET PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, STONY STRATFORD, MILTON KEYNES, MK11 1YA
ODS code K82009
4.3 km
WHADDON HEALTHCARE
25 WITHAM COURT, BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES, MK3 7QU
ODS code K82026
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Angus Way
BCT · Whitehouse
- 0.3 miles
Boran Way
BCT · Whitehouse
- 0.3 miles
Boran Way
BCT · Whitehouse
- 0.4 miles
Whitehouse Primary School
BCT · Whitehouse
- 0.4 miles
Dunthorne Way north
BCT · Grange Farm
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Milton Keynes 036E, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,167 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
835 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 502 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.