Where is the most expensive place to rent a 1-bedroom home in the UK?

Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 1-bedroom home at £2,567 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 229 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.

Where is the cheapest place to rent a 1-bedroom home in the UK?

Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 1-bedroom home at £403 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 36. Source: ONS, May 2026.

What is the Gera Rent Index for a 1-bedroom home?

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 1-bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£1,123), so 100 equals the UK average. It is computed transparently from the two real ONS figures; the methodology is published at gerarent.com/methodology/gera-rent-index.

1-bedroom rent in the UK by area

Updated monthly · as of May 2026 · 18 June 2026 · Office for National Statistics

What is the average rent for a 1-bedroom home in the UK?

As of May 2026, the average UK private rent for one-bedroom homes is £1,123 per month, per ONS data published 17 June 2026. Across 334 local authorities it ranges from £2,567 in Kensington and Chelsea to £403 in Hartlepool. GeraRent re-dates this monthly.

Gera Rent Index

Kensington and Chelsea 229 vs UK 100

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for one-bedroom homes as a percentage of the UK average (£1,123), so 100 equals the UK average. See the methodology.

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The average rent for one-bedroom homes in Kensington and Chelsea is £2,567 per month (ONS) — that is 129% above the UK average of £1,123 for 1-bedroom homes.

Gera Rent Index for Kensington and Chelsea: 229 (UK average = 100).

Figures are official ONS average monthly private rents. Your budget is used only in your browser to produce this comparison.

Average rent for one-bedroom homes by local authority

334 UK local authorities with a published ONS figure, ranked most to least expensive. Kensington and Chelsea is the dearest at £2,567; Hartlepool the cheapest at £403.

#	Area	Region	Avg rent / month	Gera Rent Index
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£2,567	229
2	Westminster	London	£2,517	224
3	Islington	London	£2,144	191
4	Camden	London	£2,008	179
5	Hackney	London	£1,972	176
6	Tower Hamlets	London	£1,964	175
7	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£1,959	174
8	Wandsworth	London	£1,911	170
9	Lambeth	London	£1,882	168
10	Southwark	London	£1,814	162
11	Richmond upon Thames	London	£1,710	152
12	Haringey	London	£1,633	145
13	Newham	London	£1,626	145
14	Merton	London	£1,594	142
15	Ealing	London	£1,590	142
16	Brent	London	£1,571	140
17	Hounslow	London	£1,567	140
18	Greenwich	London	£1,529	136
19	Barnet	London	£1,487	132
20	Lewisham	London	£1,450	129
21	Waltham Forest	London	£1,400	125
22	Enfield	London	£1,391	124
23	Harrow	London	£1,379	123
24	Kingston upon Thames	London	£1,372	122
25	Barking and Dagenham	London	£1,371	122
26	Redbridge	London	£1,365	122
27	Oxford	South East	£1,347	120
28	Bromley	London	£1,304	116
29	St Albans	East of England	£1,266	113
30	Three Rivers	East of England	£1,263	112
31	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£1,257	112
32	Croydon	London	£1,256	112
33	Watford	East of England	£1,256	112
34	Cambridge	East of England	£1,255	112
35	Sevenoaks	South East	£1,252	111
36	Hillingdon	London	£1,241	111
37	Hertsmere	East of England	£1,238	110
38	Sutton	London	£1,233	110
39	Epping Forest	East of England	£1,228	109
40	Bristol, City of	South West	£1,224	109
41	Elmbridge	South East	£1,222	109
42	Bexley	London	£1,221	109
43	Havering	London	£1,215	108
44	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£1,203	107
45	Brighton and Hove	South East	£1,193	106
46	Spelthorne	South East	£1,184	105
47	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£1,181	105
48	Guildford	South East	£1,179	105
49	Slough	South East	£1,148	102
50	Tandridge	South East	£1,147	102
51	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£1,138	101
52	Mole Valley	South East	£1,136	101
53	Woking	South East	£1,131	101
54	Broxbourne	East of England	£1,118	100
55	Reading	South East	£1,118	100
56	Brentwood	East of England	£1,102	98
57	Bracknell Forest	South East	£1,087	97
58	Dacorum	East of England	£1,087	97
59	Dartford	South East	£1,082	96
60	Runnymede	South East	£1,076	96
61	Wokingham	South East	£1,065	95
62	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,064	95
63	Chelmsford	East of England	£1,063	95
64	Crawley	South East	£1,062	95
65	Waverley	South East	£1,047	93
66	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£1,045	93
67	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£1,041	93
68	Surrey Heath	South East	£1,040	93
69	Lothian	Scotland	£1,038	92
70	Buckinghamshire	South East	£1,036	92
71	Hart	South East	£1,025	91
72	South Oxfordshire	South East	£1,025	91
73	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£1,025	91
74	Harlow	East of England	£1,019	91
75	Stevenage	East of England	£1,018	91
76	Winchester	South East	£1,014	90
77	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,013	90
78	Horsham	South East	£1,009	90
79	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,009	90
80	Mid Sussex	South East	£1,003	89
81	Manchester	North West	£989	88
82	South Gloucestershire	South West	£989	88
83	Adur	South East	£981	87
84	Rushmoor	South East	£975	87
85	Basildon	East of England	£972	87
86	Milton Keynes	South East	£972	87
87	Vale of White Horse	South East	£972	87
88	Cherwell	South East	£963	86
89	Chichester	South East	£941	84
90	Trafford	North West	£938	84
91	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£936	83
92	West Oxfordshire	South East	£934	83
93	Castle Point	East of England	£932	83
94	Thurrock	East of England	£930	83
95	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£922	82
96	Lewes	South East	£917	82
97	Maidstone	South East	£914	81
98	Exeter	South West	£912	81
99	Gravesham	South East	£904	80
100	Luton	East of England	£904	80
101	West Berkshire	South East	£902	80
102	Medway	South East	£900	80
103	Uttlesford	East of England	£900	80
104	East Hampshire	South East	£899	80
105	Portsmouth	South East	£899	80
106	Wealden	South East	£899	80
107	Worthing	South East	£899	80
108	Cardiff	Wales	£894	80
109	Ashford	South East	£890	79
110	Rochford	East of England	£887	79
111	Salford	North West	£883	79
112	Warwick	West Midlands	£881	78
113	Southampton	South East	£875	78
114	Canterbury	South East	£872	78
115	Test Valley	South East	£872	78
116	Cotswold	South West	£871	78
117	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£865	77
118	Braintree	East of England	£863	77
119	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£863	77
120	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£862	77
121	Cheltenham	South West	£861	77
122	New Forest	South East	£861	77
123	Eastleigh	South East	£859	76
124	Fareham	South East	£857	76
125	Arun	South East	£845	75
126	Greater Glasgow	Scotland	£844	75
127	Solihull	West Midlands	£844	75
128	Havant	South East	£840	75
129	Colchester	East of England	£829	74
130	Birmingham	West Midlands	£821	73
131	Gosport	South East	£815	73
132	Eastbourne	South East	£814	72
133	Swindon	South West	£814	72
134	West Suffolk	East of England	£813	72
135	North Somerset	South West	£812	72
136	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£806	72
137	Maldon	East of England	£805	72
138	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£805	72
139	Rother	South East	£803	72
140	Stockport	North West	£798	71
141	Bedford	East of England	£796	71
142	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£793	71
143	Norwich	East of England	£784	70
144	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£774	69
145	Thanet	South East	£766	68
146	Swale	South East	£763	68
147	Coventry	West Midlands	£757	67
148	Tendring	East of England	£757	67
149	Rugby	West Midlands	£747	67
150	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£744	66
151	Stroud	South West	£742	66
152	Ipswich	East of England	£739	66
153	Gloucester	South West	£738	66
154	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£737	66
155	Lichfield	West Midlands	£737	66
156	Wiltshire	South West	£736	66
157	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£733	65
158	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£731	65
159	Nottingham	East Midlands	£730	65
160	Monmouthshire	Wales	£729	65
161	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£729	65
162	South Hams	South West	£728	65
163	Babergh	East of England	£722	64
164	Dover	South East	£722	64
165	Dorset	South West	£721	64
166	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£721	64
167	Leicester	East Midlands	£717	64
168	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£715	64
169	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£714	64
170	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£712	63
171	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£712	63
172	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£708	63
173	Harborough	East Midlands	£706	63
174	Worcester	West Midlands	£703	63
175	Blaby	East Midlands	£700	62
176	Plymouth	South West	£698	62
177	Hastings	South East	£696	62
178	South Norfolk	East of England	£696	62
179	Tewkesbury	South West	£696	62
180	Newport	Wales	£694	62
181	Broadland	East of England	£692	62
182	Cheshire East	North West	£692	62
183	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£692	62
184	Cornwall	South West	£691	62
185	East Devon	South West	£688	61
186	Peterborough	East of England	£687	61
187	Tamworth	West Midlands	£685	61
188	Bury	North West	£684	61
189	Oldham	North West	£684	61
190	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£683	61
191	Liverpool	North West	£677	60
192	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£677	60
193	Rutland	East Midlands	£677	60
194	Swansea	Wales	£677	60
195	Tameside	North West	£677	60
196	Charnwood	East Midlands	£674	60
197	Somerset	South West	£674	60
198	Sandwell	West Midlands	£672	60
199	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£666	59
200	Lincoln	East Midlands	£665	59
201	Warrington	North West	£663	59
202	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£660	59
203	Breckland	East of England	£659	59
204	Isle of Wight	South East	£659	59
205	Wychavon	West Midlands	£658	59
206	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£657	59
207	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£648	58
208	Teignbridge	South West	£648	58
209	Bolton	North West	£646	58
210	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£646	58
211	Walsall	West Midlands	£642	57
212	Mid Devon	South West	£637	57
213	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£633	56
214	Redditch	West Midlands	£631	56
215	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£627	56
216	Stafford	West Midlands	£624	56
217	Fenland	East of England	£621	55
218	Gedling	East Midlands	£621	55
219	North Norfolk	East of England	£619	55
220	Sefton	North West	£616	55
221	Torfaen	Wales	£613	55
222	West Lothian	Scotland	£613	55
223	Torbay	South West	£611	54
224	Forth Valley	Scotland	£607	54
225	Dudley	West Midlands	£605	54
226	High Peak	East Midlands	£605	54
227	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£605	54
228	Aberdeen and Shire	Scotland	£603	54
229	Rochdale	North West	£603	54
230	Derby	East Midlands	£602	54
231	Ribble Valley	North West	£602	54
232	Erewash	East Midlands	£601	54
233	Fylde	North West	£601	54
234	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£600	53
235	Shropshire	West Midlands	£600	53
236	West Devon	South West	£598	53
237	Boston	East Midlands	£597	53
238	East Suffolk	East of England	£597	53
239	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£596	53
240	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£595	53
241	Forest of Dean	South West	£590	53
242	Lancaster	North West	£590	53
243	North Devon	South West	£588	52
244	Rossendale	North West	£588	52
245	Wrexham	Wales	£588	52
246	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£587	52
247	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£585	52
248	Chorley	North West	£584	52
249	West Lancashire	North West	£584	52
250	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£583	52
251	South Holland	East Midlands	£583	52
252	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£582	52
253	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£582	52
254	Gateshead	North East	£581	52
255	St. Helens	North West	£581	52
256	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£581	52
257	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£580	52
258	Flintshire	Wales	£579	52
259	Conwy	Wales	£578	51
260	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£578	51
261	North Tyneside	North East	£577	51
262	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£576	51
263	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£576	51
264	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£574	51
265	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£574	51
266	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£574	51
267	Preston	North West	£573	51
268	Dundee and Angus	Scotland	£572	51
269	Knowsley	North West	£571	51
270	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£567	50
271	Torridge	South West	£564	50
272	Wirral	North West	£558	50
273	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£556	50
274	Ceredigion	Wales	£555	49
275	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£553	49
276	South Ribble	North West	£553	49
277	Ashfield	East Midlands	£552	49
278	Bridgend	Wales	£552	49
279	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£551	49
280	Fife	Scotland	£549	49
281	Caerphilly	Wales	£548	49
282	Gwynedd	Wales	£548	49
283	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£547	49
284	Melton	East Midlands	£546	49
285	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£545	49
286	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£545	49
287	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£543	48
288	Mansfield	East Midlands	£543	48
289	Denbighshire	Wales	£541	48
290	Halton	North West	£539	48
291	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£538	48
292	Wigan	North West	£538	48
293	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£532	47
294	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£531	47
295	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£527	47
296	Highland and Islands	Scotland	£525	47
297	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£524	47
298	Sunderland	North East	£519	46
299	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£518	46
300	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£515	46
301	Wyre	North West	£515	46
302	Renfrewshire/Inverclyde	Scotland	£514	46
303	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£514	46
304	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£513	46
305	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£511	46
306	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£511	46
307	South Tyneside	North East	£508	45
308	Middlesbrough	North East	£505	45
309	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£500	45
310	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£498	44
311	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£497	44
312	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£497	44
313	Bolsover	East Midlands	£496	44
314	Cumberland	North West	£496	44
315	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£495	44
316	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£494	44
317	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£493	44
318	Blackpool	North West	£491	44
319	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£489	44
320	Darlington	North East	£487	43
321	Northumberland	North East	£483	43
322	Pendle	North West	£483	43
323	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£483	43
324	Hyndburn	North West	£480	43
325	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£476	42
326	Ayrshires	Scotland	£469	42
327	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£465	41
328	Powys	Wales	£461	41
329	Burnley	North West	£458	41
330	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£457	41
331	County Durham	North East	£447	40
332	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£435	39
333	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£424	38
334	Hartlepool	North East	£403	36

Frequently asked questions

What is the average rent for a 1-bedroom home in the UK?: The average UK monthly private rent for a 1-bedroom home is £1,123, according to the Office for National Statistics (May 2026).
Where is the most expensive place to rent a 1-bedroom home in the UK?: Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 1-bedroom home at £2,567 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 229 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.
Where is the cheapest place to rent a 1-bedroom home in the UK?: Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 1-bedroom home at £403 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 36. Source: ONS, May 2026.
What is the Gera Rent Index for a 1-bedroom home?: The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 1-bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£1,123), so 100 equals the UK average. It is computed transparently from the two real ONS figures; the methodology is published at gerarent.com/methodology/gera-rent-index.

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Source: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (17 June 2026 edition, reference month May 2026). Published by the Office for National Statistics under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Gera Rent Index is computed by GeraRent from these figures; methodology at /methodology/gera-rent-index.