Postcode district · North Lanarkshire

ML4 area guide

Who lives in ML4, what homes sell for, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Council: North Lanarkshire
Region: Scotland
Population: 25,564 (2024)

ML4Postcode district · North Lanarkshire

At a glance

What ML4 is like

The ML4 postcode district in North Lanarkshire covers 573 live postcodes and is home to about 25,564 people in 11,533 households. 53.1% of households own their home, 9.8% rent privately and 35.4% are in social housing. The largest age group is 50–54, and 55.2% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for Scotland.

Scores

How ML4 compares

Headline figures for ML4, set against Scotland as a whole.

AffluenceMore

3.6/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in Scotland) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore

59per 1,000

Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in North Lanarkshire a year, against 57 across Scotland.

TransportMore

5.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 31 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

9 schools in ML4. None has a published inspection grade.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where ML4 differs most from the national average.

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A lot of social housingLook closer
35.4% of homes are social housing, against 22.5% across Scotland.

Questions

ML4 FAQs

Is ML4 a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 3.6 out of 10 on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020, where 10 is the least deprived in Scotland. Transport connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10 (good).

Is ML4 safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Police Scotland publishes crime by council area only. North Lanarkshire recorded 59 crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025-26, against 57 across Scotland.

Who lives in ML4?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 50–54, at 8% of residents. 53.1% of households own their home. The most common property type is purpose-built flat (32.6%).

Which council covers ML4?

The local authority for ML4 is North Lanarkshire.

ML4 comes under North Lanarkshire in Scotland. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is ML4?

Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10.

There are 31 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 5.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Bellshill Rail Station, 0.1 miles away.

Sources: Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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