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London leavers: "we didn't want to bring up our children with London's high crime rate"

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As a police officer posted at London Bridge Station, Dominic Johnston had a front row view of the very worst side of London.

With a young family to consider, he and his wife Rachel decided to retreat to one of England’s most famous historic towns —, in Warwickshire — in search of a more peaceful way of life.

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