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Hillingdon

Hillingdon is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 300,000. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 14 restaurants and cafés, along with 25 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Hillingdon, 1.2 km away. There were around 174 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 8 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Hillingdon is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 305,909 residents at roughly 2,644 people per km².

48/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 163rd of 294 English council areas — better than 45% of them.

Low crime41
Home affordability9
Affordable rents21
Good schools69
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation48
Employment16
Low council tax97

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 26° / 17° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:21

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

170 reported · July 2026 22% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences67
  • Anti-social behaviour29
  • Vehicle crime21
  • Public order16

16 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hillingdon East · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
  • We will tackle drug taking and drug dealing.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

624 reported road collisions (2024)

81 killed or seriously injured · 755 casualties · 20.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 369 rated 4–5 ★ (275 top)
  • 34 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hillingdon (1.2 km)
  • 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from West Ruislip (3.1 km):

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Live buses at Burleigh Road:

  • U2Hillingdon, Brunel University · 4 min
  • U2Hillingdon, Brunel University · 16 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£474,665 average 0.6% YoY

Across Hillingdon · to 2026-06

Detached£946,460
Semi-detached£587,696
Terraced£460,433
Flat£288,840

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,565 average monthly rent 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,248
  • 2 bed £1,581
  • 3 bed £1,906

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

12.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.3 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)

51 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: SMC Mitsubishi Hillingdon (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches26
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

305,909 residents in Hillingdon · 2,644/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 151 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,045 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (40% of 118,250)

A £1,364
B £1,591
C £1,818
D £2,045
E £2,500
F £2,955
G £3,409
H £4,091

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

110 schools · 54,290 pupils

64 primary · 21 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

97inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Barnhill Community High SchoolOutstanding
  • Ruislip High SchoolOutstanding
  • Harefield SchoolGood
  • Haydon SchoolGood
  • Oak Wood SchoolGood
  • Parkside Studio CollegeGood
  • Queensmead SchoolGood
  • Rosedale CollegeGood
  • Swakeleys School for GirlsGood
  • UTC HeathrowGood
  • Park Academy West LondonRequires improvement
  • Bishop Ramsey Church of England School
  • Bishopshalt School
  • De Salis Studio College
  • Global Academy
  • Harlington School
  • Hewens College
  • Northwood School
  • The Douay Martyrs Catholic School
  • Uxbridge High School
  • Vyners School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hillingdon

Care & health services

286 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes47
  • GP practices60
  • Dentists59
  • Homecare agencies82
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hillingdon

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

409 applications decided

84.4% granted · 345 granted, 64 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Danny Beales

Labour

Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 16
  • Con 31
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

383 jobs advertised · £47,715 avg

e.g. FREELANCE FITNESS INSTRUCTORS, Delivery Driver - West Drayton, Tiler (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£807 median full-time weekly pay

4.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,875 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,538 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Wind 14% · Imports 10% · Biomass 8%

251 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.7 women · 64.4 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in UB10

  • The Oakland Medical Centre
  • Hillingdon Health Centre
  • Wallasey Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Uxbridge and South Ruislip:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Oak Wood School · 0.5 km

    Oak Wood School is a coeducational secondary school with a sixth form, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The school was rated 'Good' in its most recent Ofsted inspection. It shares a site with the Swakeley…

  • Swakeleys School for Girls · 0.6 km

    Swakeleys School for Girls is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located in the Hillingdon area of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. It is the only girls' school in the borough and used to share a si…

  • Abbotsfield School for Boys · 0.6 km

    Abbotsfield School for Boys was an all-boys school in Hillingdon, West London. It closed on 20 July 2017, replaced on the site by the new co-ed Oak Wood School, which officially opened on 1 September 2017, under the s…

  • Uxbridge and South Ruislip · 0.7 km

    Uxbridge and South Ruislip is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation. The seat has been held by Danny Beales of the Labour Party since July 2024.

  • Royal Air Force Sports Ground · 0.7 km

    The Royal Air Force Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Uxbridge, situated behind RAF Uxbridge. The ground also goes by the name of Vine Lane, a nearby main road. It was first used in 1939 by the RAF. Teams such as t…

  • Hillingdon Court · 0.8 km

    Hillingdon Court is a Grade II listed mansion in Hillingdon, within the London Borough of Hillingdon. Originally built in 1858 as the family home of the Mills family, the mansion has formed part of the ACS Hillingdon…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)