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Milton Keynes City Intelligence

Milton Keynes is a planned city in South-East England, with a distribution, retail, and corporate-services employment base and grid-road and West Coast rail access between London and Birmingham. Milton Keynes is a western europe city of about ~290K metro in United Kingdom. On the composite city-intelligence score, Milton Keynes sits around the indexed median (71/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~290K metro
View of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Image credit: Image: fabiolah / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Overall score

Use the Milton Keynes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and labour-market context alongside regional peers such as London, Birmingham, and Coventry.

Overall71/100
Affordability64/100
Air quality74/100
Energy72/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

71/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Milton Keynes data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Milton Keynes city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score71/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living64/100Milton Keynes's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality74/100Milton Keynes's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy72/100Milton Keynes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety72/100Milton Keynes's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed72/100Milton Keynes's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk72/100Milton Keynes's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience72/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety80/100
Low crime82/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety77/100
Road safety77/100

Milton Keynes ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (80/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life82/100
Healthcare86/100
Education85/100
Green space87/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure88/100
Mobility70/100

Milton Keynes has a very high quality-of-life estimate (82/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness82/100
Education85/100
Green space87/100
Overall safety80/100

Milton Keynes scores very high for family living (82/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability77/100
Walkability84/100
Cycling67/100
Infrastructure88/100

Milton Keynes is high for remote workers (77/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability78/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle48/100

Milton Keynes is high for retirement (78/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Milton Keynes

Local public safety guidance for Milton Keynes, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United Kingdom emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency99924/7999 is the primary UK emergency number; 112 also connects to the same service from any phone.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Milton Keynes, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United Kingdom emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Milton Keynes

Healthcare context for Milton Keynes, with national-level information from United Kingdom where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Milton Keynes, see the United Kingdom healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Find a hospital — NHS

NHS England service finder for locating hospitals and other NHS services by postcode.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Milton Keynes

Local mobility context for Milton Keynes, with national-level context from United Kingdom where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Milton Keynes, see the United Kingdom transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Milton Keynes. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Milton Keynes

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Milton Keynes will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Milton Keynes air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Milton Keynes modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Milton Keynes

Cost of living estimates for Milton Keynes — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Milton Keynes

Climate profile for Milton Keynes — Oceanic climate, annual average 9.9°C, comfort score 64/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Milton Keynes

Source-attributed visual context for Milton Keynes using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Milton Keynes

Weekend trip planning checklist for Milton Keynes — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Estimate a monthly budget for Milton Keynes

Estimate a monthly budget for Milton Keynes using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Milton Keynes

Plan a trip budget for Milton Keynes using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Milton Keynes

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Milton Keynes. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

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London, United Kingdom

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Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Milton Keynes — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Milton Keynes — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Milton Keynes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and labour-market context alongside regional peers such as London, Birmingham, and Coventry. Its standout dimensions are air quality (74/100) and energy (72/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (64/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United Kingdom country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Milton Keynes appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.