Postcode district · North Lanarkshire

ML7 area guide

Who lives in ML7, what homes sell for, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Council: North Lanarkshire
Region: Scotland
Population: 24,740 (2024)

ML7Postcode district · North Lanarkshire

At a glance

What ML7 is like

The ML7 postcode district in North Lanarkshire covers 414 live postcodes and is home to about 24,740 people in 8,322 households. 60.9% of households own their home, 6.8% rent privately and 29.7% are in social housing. The largest age group is 55–59, and 56.7% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for Scotland.

Scores

How ML7 compares

Headline figures for ML7, set against Scotland as a whole.

AffluenceMore

4.1/ 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

4.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 12 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

10 schools in ML7. None has a published inspection grade.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where ML7 differs most from the national average.

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Few private renters
Only 6.8% of households rent privately, against 12.9% across Scotland.

Questions

ML7 FAQs

Is ML7 a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 4.1 out of 10 on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020, where 10 is the least deprived in Scotland. Transport connectivity scores 4.0 out of 10 (good).

Is ML7 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 ML7?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 55–59, at 8.4% of residents. 60.9% of households own their home. The most common property type is terraced (28.2%).

Which council covers ML7?

The local authority for ML7 is North Lanarkshire.

ML7 comes under North Lanarkshire in Scotland. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is ML7?

Connectivity scores 4.0 out of 10.

There are 12 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 4.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Shotts Rail Station, 0.8 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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