United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Milton Keynes
Unitary authority · South East, England · population ~270k · 114 state-funded schools
Accessible housing costs balanced against a higher crime rate define the experience in Milton Keynes. A median house costs 8.2 times median annual pay, which sits below the South East median, while monthly rent consumes 37.5% of gross earnings. These figures remain competitive for the region, yet the trade-off is a crime rate of 87.3 per 1,000 residents, which is significantly above the regional median. While pay at £817.70 a week is slightly below the South East benchmark, the area offers strong educational outcomes with 95.5% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools. This location suits those prioritising school quality and relative affordability over lower crime levels.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Milton Keynes ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£42,520/yr
High
Better than 71% of UK LAs
House price
£350,000
Expensive
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,329/mo
Expensive
Worse than 74% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,372/yr
Cheap
Better than 64% of UK LAs
Crime
87.3/1k
High
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Deprivation
18.0
Mid
Around UK average
Schools
95.5%
Strong
Better than 72% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
119 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
107 of 112 (95.5%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 7 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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114 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 114 schools, sortable and filterable.
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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.