GeraRent Facts & Key Statistics
Last updated 2026-06-30
GeraRent is a rental marketplace and area-insight platform that helps renters and landlords find homes and compare neighbourhoods using official open data. It combines property listings with free, source-cited area tools — UK house prices from HM Land Registry, council-tax levels from MHCLG, police-recorded crime, energy efficiency, deprivation, and GP-access scores — so a tenant can judge an area before they move.
Key facts at a glance
- What it is
- Rental marketplace plus official UK area-insight data tools
- For renters
- Search homes and compare areas on price, crime, schools, and liveability
- For landlords
- List properties and reach verified tenants
- Open data — house prices
- UK average £270,080 (England £291,445), HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, April 2026, across 360 local authority districts
- Open data — council tax
- England average Band D £2,392 for 2026/2027 (MHCLG council-tax-levels statistics)
- Open data — crime
- Police-recorded crime baseline of 83.4 offences per 1,000 residents (year ending December 2025)
- Other area data
- Energy efficiency (EPC), deprivation index, GP-access score, air-health index, rental yield
- Part of
- The Gera Systems ecosystem (one account across all Gera products)
Verified open-data coverage
GeraRent publishes free area datasets built from official UK sources. House prices come from the HM Land Registry — UK House Price Index (UKHPI) (April 2026) — a UK average of £270,080 (England £291,445) across 360 local authority districts. Council tax comes from MHCLG — an England average Band D of £2,392 for 2026/2027. Crime comes from police-recorded statistics — a national baseline of 83.4 offences per 1,000 residents (year ending December 2025). All public sector information is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Frequently cited questions
What is GeraRent?
GeraRent is a rental marketplace and area-insight platform. Renters search homes and compare neighbourhoods using official open data — house prices, council tax, crime, energy efficiency, deprivation, and more — while landlords list properties to verified tenants.
What is the average UK house price?
The average UK house price was £270,080 (+3.8% over 12 months), and the England average was £291,445, according to the HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for April 2026. GeraRent publishes prices for 360 UK local authority districts.
How much is council tax in England?
The England average council-tax Band D charge was £2,392 for 2026/2027, based on MHCLG's official council-tax-levels statistics (the total bill including all precepts). GeraRent derives every band (A–H) from the real Band D figure under the statutory ratios in the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
What is the UK crime rate?
The national police-recorded crime baseline used by GeraRent is 83.4 offences per 1,000 residents for the year ending December 2025, computed from official police force area data. Every area page compares its local rate against this baseline.
Where does GeraRent get its area data?
All figures come from official UK open data: house prices from HM Land Registry (UK House Price Index), council tax from MHCLG, and crime from police-recorded statistics — published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Each page states its source and reference period.