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Average rent in the UK by area

Private tenants paid £1,406 a month on average in September 2026, +3.8% in a year. Look up your area before agreeing a rent or a rent rise.

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Nations and regions

£1,406 Great Britain

£1,418 England

£1,011 North East

£790 North West

£975 Yorkshire and The Humber

£869 East Midlands

£928 West Midlands

£983 East of England

£2,338 South East

£1,438 South West

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334 local areas, highest rent first

Kensington and Chelsea

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

£3,739 Westminster

London · 1 yr ▼ 0.4%

£3,209 Islington

London · 1 yr ▲ 6.6%

£2,884 Hammersmith and Fulham

London · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

London · 1 yr ▲ 1.4%

£2,834 Hackney

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.9%

£2,667 Wandsworth

London · 1 yr ▲ 4.1%

£2,640 Lambeth

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.4%

£2,538 Southwark

London · 1 yr ▲ 7.3%

£2,516 Tower Hamlets

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

£2,462 Richmond upon Thames

London · 1 yr ▲ 5.4%

£2,349 Haringey

London · 1 yr ▲ 1.3%

London · 1 yr ▲ 5.5%

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

London · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

£2,018 Greenwich

London · 1 yr ▲ 6.0%

£1,998 Hounslow

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.4%

London · 1 yr ▲ 2.9%

£1,953 St Albans

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.7%

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

£1,931 Bath and North East Somerset

South West · 1 yr ▲ 7.5%

£1,893 Bristol, City of

South West · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

£1,893 Elmbridge

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.7%

£1,885 Epping Forest

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 5.5%

£1,846 Hertsmere

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.0%

£1,846 Watford

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.1%

£1,834 Enfield

London · 1 yr ▲ 5.4%

£1,833 Lewisham

London · 1 yr ▲ 2.1%

£1,832 Three Rivers

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

£1,828 Sevenoaks

South East · 1 yr ▲ 6.9%

£1,828 Kingston upon Thames

London · 1 yr ▼ 0.4%

£1,821 Brighton and Hove

South East · 1 yr ▼ 0.8%

£1,816 Cambridge

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 1.9%

£1,805 Windsor and Maidenhead

South East · 1 yr ▲ 0.7%

London · 1 yr ▲ 2.8%

£1,781 Waltham Forest

London · 1 yr ▲ 2.4%

£1,772 Guildford

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

£1,754 Redbridge

London · 1 yr ▲ 2.1%

£1,734 Spelthorne

South East · 1 yr ▲ 7.1%

£1,726 Epsom and Ewell

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.1%

£1,713 Barking and Dagenham

London · 1 yr ▲ 2.5%

£1,700 Bromley

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£1,693 Broxbourne

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.5%

£1,692 Reigate and Banstead

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£1,652 Tandridge

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

South East · 1 yr ▼ 1.0%

£1,628 Brentwood

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

£1,623 Dacorum

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.5%

£1,613 Runnymede

South East · 1 yr ▲ 0.9%

£1,600 Croydon

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.4%

£1,586 Reading

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.3%

£1,582 Hillingdon

London · 1 yr ▲ 3.4%

£1,581 Dartford

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

London · 1 yr ▲ 2.9%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

£1,567 Havering

London · 1 yr ▲ 0.9%

£1,567 Mole Valley

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

£1,565 East Hertfordshire

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

£1,550 Tunbridge Wells

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.0%

London · 1 yr ▲ 1.7%

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.4%

£1,531 Winchester

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

£1,514 Surrey Heath

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

£1,510 Welwyn Hatfield

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

£1,510 Tonbridge and Malling

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

£1,500 Crawley

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£1,495 Horsham

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

£1,490 Buckinghamshire

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.8%

£1,486 Bracknell Forest

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.4%

£1,481 South Gloucestershire

South West · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

£1,474 Waverley

South East · 1 yr ▼ 0.6%

£1,470 Wokingham

South East · 1 yr ▲ 0.7%

£1,469 North Hertfordshire

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 6.4%

£1,445 Stevenage

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.7%

£1,445 Chelmsford

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 1.6%

£1,439 Mid Sussex

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.3%

£1,436 Basildon

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£1,418 South Oxfordshire

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.2%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

£1,416 Lothian

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 1.0%

£1,411 South Cambridgeshire

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

£1,407 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

South West · 1 yr ▲ 2.2%

£1,400 Rushmoor

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.3%

£1,391 Thurrock

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 5.3%

£1,389 Manchester

North West · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

£1,380 Portsmouth

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.9%

£1,374 Trafford

North West · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

£1,373 Vale of White Horse

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

£1,369 West Berkshire

South East · 1 yr ▲ 6.2%

£1,355 Milton Keynes

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.0%

£1,346 Gravesham

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.0%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.4%

£1,343 Chichester

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.5%

South West · 1 yr ▲ 0.2%

£1,318 Southend-on-Sea

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 5.1%

£1,316 Cherwell

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£1,316 West Oxfordshire

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

£1,315 Basingstoke and Deane

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.1%

£1,312 Uttlesford

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 1.6%

£1,305 Maidstone

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

£1,303 Rochford

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 5.0%

£1,302 Worthing

South East · 1 yr ▼ 0.6%

£1,300 Canterbury

South East · 1 yr ▲ 5.8%

£1,288 Solihull

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

£1,284 Cheltenham

South West · 1 yr ▲ 6.1%

£1,269 Wealden

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.8%

£1,266 Castle Point

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

£1,266 Greater Glasgow

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 1.1%

£1,266 East Hampshire

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

£1,265 Cotswold

South West · 1 yr ▲ 6.3%

£1,263 Southampton

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£1,261 Central Bedfordshire

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.4%

£1,258 Ashford

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£1,253 New Forest

South East · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

£1,249 Warwick

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£1,240 Test Valley

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.6%

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£1,231 Braintree

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.5%

£1,223 Newcastle upon Tyne

North East · 1 yr ▲ 7.9%

£1,220 Eastleigh

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£1,219 North Somerset

South West · 1 yr ▲ 3.1%

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 6.7%

£1,206 Colchester

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 1.7%

£1,200 Folkestone and Hythe

South East · 1 yr ▲ 10.0%

£1,189 West Suffolk

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.2%

£1,188 Fareham

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.2%

£1,179 Cardiff

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£1,179 Bedford

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.5%

£1,177 Eastbourne

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.9%

£1,174 Gosport

South East · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

£1,173 Salford

North West · 1 yr ▲ 3.1%

£1,173 East Dunbartonshire

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 5.6%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.1%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.1%

£1,159 Stratford-on-Avon

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 6.0%

£1,150 Norwich

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 0.8%

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 4.5%

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 2.2%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.1%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 4.0%

£1,125 Stockport

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.4%

£1,125 Gloucester

South West · 1 yr ▲ 6.8%

£1,122 Tewkesbury

South West · 1 yr ▲ 14.4%

£1,106 Birmingham

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

£1,106 Swindon

South West · 1 yr ▲ 5.0%

£1,103 Lichfield

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 6.6%

£1,100 Wiltshire

South West · 1 yr ▲ 5.8%

£1,091 West Northamptonshire

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

£1,088 Huntingdonshire

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.0%

South West · 1 yr ▲ 4.2%

£1,059 Tendring

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 5.2%

£1,051 Rushcliffe

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.8%

South West · 1 yr ▲ 6.5%

£1,047 East Cambridgeshire

East of England · 1 yr ±0.0%

South East · 1 yr ▲ 10.2%

£1,037 Oadby and Wigston

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.2%

£1,022 Coventry

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

£1,022 Somerset

South West · 1 yr ▲ 6.3%

£1,021 Leicester

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 0.9%

£1,020 Nottingham

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 1.7%

£1,015 Peterborough

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

£1,014 South Hams

South West · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

£1,014 Mid Suffolk

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 6.9%

£1,011 Plymouth

South West · 1 yr ▲ 4.4%

£1,008 Hastings

South East · 1 yr ▲ 1.7%

£1,008 Ipswich

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.5%

£1,002 Cheshire West and Chester

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.7%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

£998 Bromsgrove

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.6%

South West · 1 yr ▲ 0.9%

£995 North Northamptonshire

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.7%

£995 Monmouthshire

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 2.1%

£994 Cheshire East

North West · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

£992 South Norfolk

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

£984 Worcester

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 6.1%

£984 North Warwickshire

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.3%

£983 Harborough

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 11.3%

£982 Vale of Glamorgan

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 1.7%

£978 East Devon

South West · 1 yr ▲ 6.6%

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 0.7%

£970 Charnwood

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.1%

£966 Teignbridge

South West · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

£965 South Staffordshire

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 6.3%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 2.9%

£962 Malvern Hills

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.1%

£955 Isle of Wight

South East · 1 yr ▲ 6.8%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.3%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 13.3%

£951 Wolverhampton

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 10.7%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.9%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▼ 1.6%

£943 Broadland

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.1%

£941 King's Lynn and West Norfolk

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.0%

£940 High Peak

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.4%

£938 Sheffield

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 4.1%

£936 Breckland

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.1%

£935 Hinckley and Bosworth

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.8%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 0.4%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 9.4%

South West · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£924 West Dunbartonshire

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 1.6%

£923 North West Leicestershire

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 8.2%

£920 Nuneaton and Bedworth

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

£918 Liverpool

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.4%

£916 West Lothian

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 9.3%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

£909 Warrington

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.3%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 6.5%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 9.7%

£902 South Lanarkshire

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 1.3%

£894 South Derbyshire

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

£888 Mid Devon

South West · 1 yr ▲ 1.5%

£881 Forth Valley

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 1.1%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.4%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.7%

£871 Cannock Chase

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

£868 North Norfolk

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 4.0%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.7%

£862 Telford and Wrekin

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 6.3%

£861 East Staffordshire

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.0%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 11.0%

£860 North Tyneside

North East · 1 yr ▲ 6.4%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 8.8%

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.1%

£855 West Devon

South West · 1 yr ▲ 3.9%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 6.0%

£853 North Yorkshire

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

£852 North Devon

South West · 1 yr ▼ 0.3%

£848 East Suffolk

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 5.8%

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 4.7%

£847 South Kesteven

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.5%

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£844 Aberdeen and Shire

Scotland · 1 yr ▼ 1.2%

£844 Great Yarmouth

East of England · 1 yr ▲ 7.1%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

£838 Wyre Forest

West Midlands · 1 yr ▼ 1.2%

£838 Newcastle-under-Lyme

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.0%

£837 Herefordshire, County of

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.9%

£831 Lancaster

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.6%

£830 Shropshire

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

£828 Derbyshire Dales

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 10.1%

£828 Forest of Dean

South West · 1 yr ▼ 0.9%

£828 North Kesteven

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 5.5%

£826 Dundee and Angus

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 0.8%

£826 Ribble Valley

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.3%

£822 Westmorland and Furness

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.2%

£819 Newark and Sherwood

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 5.3%

£818 Flintshire

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 7.9%

£817 Rossendale

North West · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£814 St. Helens

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.9%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 6.7%

£810 Wakefield

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 5.9%

£810 South Ribble

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.5%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

£809 Gateshead

North East · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

£808 Amber Valley

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 5.2%

£807 Argyll and Bute

Scotland · 1 yr ▼ 4.0%

£806 West Lancashire

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.0%

£805 Renfrewshire/Inverclyde

Scotland · 1 yr ▼ 1.8%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

£803 North Lanarkshire

Scotland · 1 yr ▼ 3.5%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 5.1%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 2.7%

£799 Mansfield

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 5.5%

£797 North East Derbyshire

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

South West · 1 yr ▲ 2.1%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 12.5%

£784 South Holland

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 4.5%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 7.8%

£765 Chesterfield

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.4%

£760 Calderdale

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 3.2%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.9%

£754 Merthyr Tydfil

Wales · 1 yr ▼ 1.9%

£754 Caerphilly

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 7.1%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.4%

£749 Perth and Kinross

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

£747 Rhondda Cynon Taf

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 0.6%

£747 South Tyneside

North East · 1 yr ▲ 7.4%

£746 West Lindsey

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 9.2%

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 1.6%

£739 Stockton-on-Tees

North East · 1 yr ▲ 3.4%

£736 Highland and Islands

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 3.3%

£736 Bassetlaw

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 3.5%

£735 Staffordshire Moorlands

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.6%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 7.1%

£728 East Riding of Yorkshire

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

£724 Ceredigion

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£724 Blackpool

North West · 1 yr ▲ 7.1%

£723 Denbighshire

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 6.2%

£723 Stoke-on-Trent

West Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 5.1%

£718 Isle of Anglesey

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 5.9%

£717 Blackburn with Darwen

North West · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

£715 Scottish Borders

Scotland · 1 yr ▼ 0.4%

£715 Sunderland

North East · 1 yr ▲ 4.1%

£710 East Lindsey

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

East Midlands · 1 yr ▲ 2.6%

£700 Middlesbrough

North East · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

£699 Doncaster

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 5.2%

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

£697 Pembrokeshire

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

£697 Northumberland

North East · 1 yr ▲ 7.0%

£696 Kingston upon Hull, City of

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 7.5%

£695 Neath Port Talbot

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 6.3%

£692 Darlington

North East · 1 yr ▲ 6.2%

£691 Carmarthenshire

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 6.5%

£690 Rotherham

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 3.4%

£689 Cumberland

North West · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

£687 Blaenau Gwent

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 5.9%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 6.4%

£673 North Lincolnshire

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 5.8%

£654 County Durham

North East · 1 yr ▲ 6.1%

£653 North East Lincolnshire

Yorkshire and The Humber · 1 yr ▲ 7.6%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

£650 Redcar and Cleveland

North East · 1 yr ▲ 1.5%

£645 Ayrshires

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 1.3%

North West · 1 yr ▲ 3.0%

Wales · 1 yr ▲ 8.6%

£624 Hartlepool

North East · 1 yr ▲ 1.3%

£562 Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland · 1 yr ▲ 5.6%

Questions and answers

What is the average rent in the UK?

£1,406 a month in September 2026, up 3.8% in a year (ONS Price Index of Private Rents).

Where is rent highest?

Kensington and Chelsea (£3,739 a month). The lowest of the local areas published was Dumfries and Galloway (£556).

What does the average cover?

Rents paid by private tenants on both new and existing tenancies, from administrative data. It is not the asking rent of new listings, which is usually higher.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), UK: monthly price statistics (official statistics in development; Open Government Licence v3.0). The data tables in this spreadsheet were originally published at 9:30am on 21 October 2026. Crown copyright © 2026.