Average rent in Milton Keynes (2026)

Data as of July 2026 · computed by Flatscout from live cross-portal listings and official open data

Milton Keynes is a landlord's grid: purpose-built flats around the station and Hub let quickly to London commuters (35 minutes to Euston), while the surrounding grid squares and older towns swallowed by the new city — Bletchley, Wolverton, Stony Stratford — offer houses with gardens at rents central London can't touch.

Milton Keynes currently has 1,024 live rental listings across the portals Flatscout tracks — Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom — with a median asking rent of £1,400 a month for a whole property. Rooms in shared homes start lower, and the by-postcode table below shows how much the same budget buys in different corners of the city.

Everything on this page is computed from listings Flatscout scrapes and de-duplicates around the clock, joined with official open data: the ONS Price Index of Private Rents for the long-run trend, ONS earnings data for affordability, police.uk street-level crime, VOA council-tax bands, Ofcom broadband coverage, and EPC certificates matched to the homes actually being advertised right now. Figures refresh continuously — the numbers below were last computed in July 2026.

If you're actively hunting, the data has one practical message: well-priced Milton Keynes rentals go in hours, not days. Flatscout watches every portal and can alert you by email, WhatsApp or Telegram within minutes of a matching listing appearing — before most renters have refreshed the app.

Rent by bedrooms in Milton Keynes

Median monthly asking rent by bedrooms, Milton Keynes
BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
Studio£995/mo27
1 bed£1,160/mo242
2 bed£1,350/mo231
3 bed£1,650/mo152
4+ bed£2,100/mo131
Room in shared home£700/mo241

Rent by postcode district

Median monthly rent by outcode (3+ listings each), Milton Keynes
OutcodeMedian rentListings
MK10£1,900/mo86
MK17£1,850/mo25
MK8£1,695/mo68
MK4£1,600/mo73
MK5£1,600/mo59
MK13£1,450/mo21
MK3£1,375/mo28
MK7£1,375/mo34
MK11£1,350/mo20
MK15£1,350/mo6
MK2£1,350/mo33
MK9£1,350/mo182
MK12£1,250/mo18
MK6£1,250/mo59
MK19£1,200/mo11
MK14£1,125/mo54
MK1£900/mo5

Official rent trend (ONS)

The ONS Price Index of Private Rents puts the average rent across ALL Milton Keynes tenancies at £1,340/mo in June 2026 — up 3.6% on a year earlier. In January 2020 it was £997/mo. The ONS average sits below asking-rent medians because it includes existing tenancies, not just newly advertised homes.

Affordability

Renting at the ONS average of £1,340/mo takes roughly 45% of the local median gross salary of £36,061 a year (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

Property type mix

Gardens and parking

Of 1,024 live listings, 61% advertise a garden and 37% advertise parking. Portals under-report features, so treat these as a floor.

EPC energy ratings

EPC bands of live Milton Keynes rentals matched to certificates
BandListings
B8
C38
D11
E1

Council-tax bands

VOA council-tax stock of domestic properties, Milton Keynes
BandProperties
Band A18,040
Band B35,740
Band C32,280
Band D16,430
Band E13,290
Band F7,180
Band G3,240
Band H180

Broadband

Residential premises coverage in Milton Keynes: 96% full fibre (FTTP), 96% gigabit-capable, 100% superfast (30 Mbit/s+) (Ofcom Connected Nations).

Crime

police.uk street-level data for May 2026: median 180 reported incidents per postcode district across 18 districts around the busiest rental postcodes. The most common category city-wide is violence and sexual offences (38% of reports).

Reported crimes by inner area, May 2026
AreaReports / 1,000 peopleMost common category
Bletchley7.1violence and sexual offences
Central Milton Keynes56.3violence and sexual offences
Newport Pagnell6.7anti-social behaviour
Stony Stratford7.3violence and sexual offences
Wolverton15.3violence and sexual offences

Where the listings come from

No single portal has every home — Flatscout merges and de-duplicates them all, so each property is counted once.

Renting in Milton Keynes, answered

What is the average rent in Milton Keynes?

The median asking rent in Milton Keynes is £1,400 per month for a whole property, based on 1,024 live listings tracked by Flatscout across Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom (July 2026).

How many rental properties are available in Milton Keynes?

Flatscout is currently tracking 1,024 active rental listings in Milton Keynes, with 214 new listings added in the last 7 days. Listings from every portal are merged and de-duplicated, so each home is counted once.

How much is a one-bedroom flat to rent in Milton Keynes?

The median asking rent for a one-bedroom property in Milton Keynes is £1,160 per month, while a room in a shared home has a median of £700 (July 2026).

Is Milton Keynes safe for renters?

Across 18 postcode districts analysed, the median is 180 reported crimes per district per month, and the most common category is violence and sexual offences. Crime varies a lot street by street — data from data.police.uk (May 2026).

What share of income goes on rent in Milton Keynes?

Renting at the ONS average of £1,340/mo takes roughly 45% of the local median gross salary of £36,061 (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

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