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Best areas in London for families

Ranked on the three things families weigh hardest - schools, green space and safety - then sense-checked against price. Every area here is somewhere you could realistically raise children without needing a City salary, and we've flagged the ones that cost more than the London average so the trade-off is visible.

Ranked from Boroughly's London dataset of 278 areas. Prices are postcode-district medians of HM Land Registry recorded sales; safety is a relative rank of police.uk recorded crime; rents and other scores are indicative - see how we source data. Use this to build a shortlist, not to make the final call.

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Virginia Water

Surrey · £856k to buy · £2,600/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 10/10, safety 9.2/10

2

Chorleywood

Hertfordshire · £633k to buy · £1,800/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 9.1/10

3

Haslemere

Surrey · £575k to buy · £1,650/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 9.1/10

4

Esher

Surrey · £885k to buy · £2,300/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 9/10

5

Ascot

Berkshire · £635k to buy · £1,950/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 9/10

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Ashtead

Surrey · £730k to buy · £1,750/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.9/10

7

Henley-on-Thames

Oxfordshire · £740k to buy · £1,850/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.8/10

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Amersham

Buckinghamshire · £779k to buy · £1,550/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.7/10

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Cobham

Surrey · £895k to buy · £2,200/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.7/10

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Chislehurst

Bromley · £624k to buy · £1,700/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.5/10

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Godalming

Surrey · £490k to buy · £1,600/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.5/10

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Sevenoaks

Kent · £683k to buy · £1,650/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.4/10

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Oxted

Surrey · £598k to buy · £1,600/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 9/10, safety 8.4/10

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Harpenden

Hertfordshire · £794k to buy · £1,850/mo to rent · Schools 10/10, parks 8/10, safety 7.7/10

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Gerrards Cross

Buckinghamshire · £850k to buy · £2,300/mo to rent · Schools 9/10, parks 8/10, safety 9.1/10

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