HILLINGDON is the only London borough to make the top 10 list of best places to buy a house in the country.

The survey by property platform OkayLah.co.uk takes into account house prices and low crime rates.
While the report says affordability and low crime levels rarely go hand in hand, Hillingdon has bucked the London trend by delivering on both accounts.

The average house price in the borough is £441,563, with just three crimes reported for every 100 people living there. Nowhere else in England has a lower crime figure, according to the report.

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Cllr Douglas Mills, Hillingdon Cabinet Member for Community, Commerce and Regeneration, said: “Over the past decade Hillingdon has got safer because we take a zero tolerance approach to crime and anti-social behaviour. 

“Keeping people safe is one of our top priorities. Our Youth Offending Service is reducing the likelihood of young people offending or re-offending and has been cited as an example of good practice by the Home Office.

“We’ve also introduced tougher penalties to tackle environmental crime that can so easily blight neighbourhoods.”