Postcode district · South Lanarkshire

ML8 area guide

Who lives in ML8, what homes sell for, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Council: South Lanarkshire
Region: Scotland
Population: 23,850 (2024)

ML8Postcode district · South Lanarkshire

At a glance

What ML8 is like

The ML8 postcode district in South Lanarkshire covers 528 live postcodes and is home to about 23,850 people in 9,657 households. 72.7% of households own their home, 7.2% rent privately and 18.5% are in social housing. The largest age group is 55–59, and 57.1% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for Scotland.

Scores

How ML8 compares

Headline figures for ML8, set against Scotland as a whole.

AffluenceMore

5.5/ 10

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

CrimeMore

50per 1,000

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

TransportMore

5.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 19 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

10 schools in ML8. None has a published inspection grade.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where ML8 differs most from the national average.

01
Few private renters
Only 7.2% of households rent privately, against 12.9% across Scotland.
02
Mostly owner-occupied
72.7% of households own their home, against 62.4% across Scotland.

Questions

ML8 FAQs

Is ML8 a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 5.5 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 ML8 safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Police Scotland publishes crime by council area only. South Lanarkshire recorded 50 crimes per 1,000 residents in 2025-26, against 57 across Scotland.

Who lives in ML8?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 55–59, at 7.6% of residents. 72.7% of households own their home. The most common property type is detached (39.5%).

Which council covers ML8?

The local authority for ML8 is South Lanarkshire.

ML8 comes under South Lanarkshire in Scotland. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is ML8?

Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10.

There are 19 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 5.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Carluke Rail Station, 0.2 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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