Where is the most expensive place to rent a 2-bedroom home in the UK?

Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 2-bedroom home at £3,335 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 263 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.

Where is the cheapest place to rent a 2-bedroom home in the UK?

Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 2-bedroom home at £512 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 40. Source: ONS, May 2026.

What is the Gera Rent Index for a 2-bedroom home?

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 2-bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£1,266), 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.

2-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 2-bedroom home in the UK?

As of May 2026, the average UK private rent for two-bedroom homes is £1,266 per month, per ONS data published 17 June 2026. Across 334 local authorities it ranges from £3,335 in Kensington and Chelsea to £512 in Hartlepool. GeraRent re-dates this monthly.

Gera Rent Index

Kensington and Chelsea 263 vs UK 100

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for two-bedroom homes as a percentage of the UK average (£1,266), so 100 equals the UK average. See the methodology.

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The average rent for two-bedroom homes in Kensington and Chelsea is £3,335 per month (ONS) — that is 163% above the UK average of £1,266 for 2-bedroom homes.

Gera Rent Index for Kensington and Chelsea: 263 (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 two-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 £3,335; Hartlepool the cheapest at £512.

#	Area	Region	Avg rent / month	Gera Rent Index
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£3,335	263
2	Westminster	London	£3,268	258
3	Islington	London	£2,658	210
4	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£2,568	203
5	Camden	London	£2,563	202
6	Hackney	London	£2,453	194
7	Wandsworth	London	£2,430	192
8	Tower Hamlets	London	£2,385	188
9	Lambeth	London	£2,344	185
10	Southwark	London	£2,272	179
11	Richmond upon Thames	London	£2,195	173
12	Haringey	London	£2,029	160
13	Newham	London	£1,988	157
14	Ealing	London	£1,985	157
15	Merton	London	£1,969	156
16	Hounslow	London	£1,929	152
17	Brent	London	£1,927	152
18	Greenwich	London	£1,891	149
19	Barnet	London	£1,844	146
20	Lewisham	London	£1,782	141
21	Kingston upon Thames	London	£1,747	138
22	Enfield	London	£1,727	136
23	Waltham Forest	London	£1,724	136
24	Barking and Dagenham	London	£1,712	135
25	Harrow	London	£1,698	134
26	Redbridge	London	£1,680	133
27	Oxford	South East	£1,662	131
28	Bromley	London	£1,632	129
29	St Albans	East of England	£1,627	129
30	Cambridge	East of England	£1,613	127
31	Watford	East of England	£1,587	125
32	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£1,583	125
33	Epping Forest	East of England	£1,582	125
34	Hertsmere	East of England	£1,580	125
35	Three Rivers	East of England	£1,574	124
36	Hillingdon	London	£1,573	124
37	Croydon	London	£1,563	123
38	Sevenoaks	South East	£1,563	123
39	Sutton	London	£1,549	122
40	Bristol, City of	South West	£1,543	122
41	Havering	London	£1,541	122
42	Elmbridge	South East	£1,538	121
43	Guildford	South East	£1,534	121
44	Brighton and Hove	South East	£1,523	120
45	Spelthorne	South East	£1,521	120
46	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£1,518	120
47	Bexley	London	£1,517	120
48	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£1,479	117
49	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£1,479	117
50	Mole Valley	South East	£1,453	115
51	Tandridge	South East	£1,453	115
52	Woking	South East	£1,442	114
53	Slough	South East	£1,434	113
54	Broxbourne	East of England	£1,433	113
55	Dartford	South East	£1,407	111
56	Reading	South East	£1,396	110
57	Brentwood	East of England	£1,393	110
58	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£1,391	110
59	Runnymede	South East	£1,384	109
60	Crawley	South East	£1,380	109
61	Bracknell Forest	South East	£1,372	108
62	Dacorum	East of England	£1,365	108
63	Wokingham	South East	£1,360	107
64	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,356	107
65	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£1,348	106
66	Waverley	South East	£1,342	106
67	Surrey Heath	South East	£1,339	106
68	Horsham	South East	£1,334	105
69	Lothian	Scotland	£1,329	105
70	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£1,324	105
71	Harlow	East of England	£1,323	105
72	Winchester	South East	£1,316	104
73	Buckinghamshire	South East	£1,312	104
74	Stevenage	East of England	£1,309	103
75	Hart	South East	£1,307	103
76	Chelmsford	East of England	£1,297	102
77	Mid Sussex	South East	£1,284	101
78	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,279	101
79	Adur	South East	£1,275	101
80	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,272	100
81	South Oxfordshire	South East	£1,272	100
82	Rushmoor	South East	£1,265	100
83	South Gloucestershire	South West	£1,261	100
84	Basildon	East of England	£1,256	99
85	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£1,218	96
86	Manchester	North West	£1,216	96
87	Chichester	South East	£1,214	96
88	Vale of White Horse	South East	£1,213	96
89	Milton Keynes	South East	£1,210	96
90	Lewes	South East	£1,208	95
91	Cherwell	South East	£1,203	95
92	Thurrock	East of England	£1,202	95
93	Trafford	North West	£1,195	94
94	Worthing	South East	£1,194	94
95	Gravesham	South East	£1,193	94
96	Maidstone	South East	£1,187	94
97	West Oxfordshire	South East	£1,182	93
98	East Hampshire	South East	£1,178	93
99	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£1,174	93
100	West Berkshire	South East	£1,173	93
101	Rochford	East of England	£1,166	92
102	Castle Point	East of England	£1,157	91
103	Wealden	South East	£1,147	91
104	Medway	South East	£1,143	90
105	Ashford	South East	£1,138	90
106	Uttlesford	East of England	£1,137	90
107	Arun	South East	£1,134	90
108	Portsmouth	South East	£1,132	89
109	New Forest	South East	£1,129	89
110	Canterbury	South East	£1,127	89
111	Exeter	South West	£1,127	89
112	Test Valley	South East	£1,125	89
113	Braintree	East of England	£1,116	88
114	Luton	East of England	£1,110	88
115	Cotswold	South West	£1,108	88
116	Eastleigh	South East	£1,108	88
117	Southampton	South East	£1,108	88
118	Fareham	South East	£1,106	87
119	Warwick	West Midlands	£1,102	87
120	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£1,100	87
121	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£1,094	86
122	Greater Glasgow	Scotland	£1,092	86
123	Cheltenham	South West	£1,086	86
124	Salford	North West	£1,078	85
125	Colchester	East of England	£1,075	85
126	Eastbourne	South East	£1,072	85
127	Havant	South East	£1,071	85
128	North Somerset	South West	£1,069	84
129	Cardiff	Wales	£1,068	84
130	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,066	84
131	West Suffolk	East of England	£1,055	83
132	Solihull	West Midlands	£1,048	83
133	Maldon	East of England	£1,044	82
134	Gosport	South East	£1,035	82
135	Rother	South East	£1,031	81
136	Bedford	East of England	£1,024	81
137	Stockport	North West	£1,018	80
138	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£1,016	80
139	Swale	South East	£1,008	80
140	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£1,007	80
141	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£997	79
142	Thanet	South East	£995	79
143	Birmingham	West Midlands	£993	78
144	Swindon	South West	£981	77
145	Norwich	East of England	£979	77
146	Tendring	East of England	£973	77
147	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£964	76
148	Gloucester	South West	£962	76
149	Lichfield	West Midlands	£962	76
150	Stroud	South West	£959	76
151	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£958	76
152	Wiltshire	South West	£956	76
153	Dorset	South West	£953	75
154	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£952	75
155	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£945	75
156	Dover	South East	£944	75
157	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£944	75
158	Babergh	East of England	£923	73
159	Rugby	West Midlands	£923	73
160	Monmouthshire	Wales	£920	73
161	Tewkesbury	South West	£914	72
162	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£913	72
163	Coventry	West Midlands	£911	72
164	South Hams	South West	£910	72
165	Ipswich	East of England	£909	72
166	Nottingham	East Midlands	£908	72
167	Harborough	East Midlands	£901	71
168	East Devon	South West	£900	71
169	Blaby	East Midlands	£898	71
170	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£897	71
171	Worcester	West Midlands	£897	71
172	Hastings	South East	£896	71
173	Broadland	East of England	£894	71
174	Leicester	East Midlands	£894	71
175	Cheshire East	North West	£893	71
176	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£892	70
177	Somerset	South West	£890	70
178	South Norfolk	East of England	£890	70
179	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£889	70
180	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£887	70
181	Bury	North West	£886	70
182	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£886	70
183	Cornwall	South West	£883	70
184	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£877	69
185	Plymouth	South West	£876	69
186	Tameside	North West	£875	69
187	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£874	69
188	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£873	69
189	Isle of Wight	South East	£867	68
190	Peterborough	East of England	£867	68
191	Teignbridge	South West	£860	68
192	Newport	Wales	£858	68
193	Wychavon	West Midlands	£857	68
194	Oldham	North West	£855	68
195	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£850	67
196	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£846	67
197	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£843	67
198	Charnwood	East Midlands	£842	67
199	Rutland	East Midlands	£842	67
200	Tamworth	West Midlands	£840	66
201	Sandwell	West Midlands	£839	66
202	Breckland	East of England	£838	66
203	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£837	66
204	Lincoln	East Midlands	£836	66
205	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£832	66
206	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£832	66
207	West Lothian	Scotland	£830	66
208	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£829	65
209	Forth Valley	Scotland	£827	65
210	Liverpool	North West	£826	65
211	Warrington	North West	£823	65
212	Redditch	West Midlands	£817	65
213	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£811	64
214	Torbay	South West	£806	64
215	Bolton	North West	£805	64
216	Mid Devon	South West	£805	64
217	Sefton	North West	£805	64
218	North Norfolk	East of England	£804	64
219	Fenland	East of England	£799	63
220	Forest of Dean	South West	£795	63
221	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£793	63
222	Erewash	East Midlands	£788	62
223	East Suffolk	East of England	£785	62
224	High Peak	East Midlands	£785	62
225	Swansea	Wales	£785	62
226	Gedling	East Midlands	£784	62
227	Walsall	West Midlands	£783	62
228	Stafford	West Midlands	£782	62
229	Aberdeen and Shire	Scotland	£779	62
230	North Devon	South West	£777	61
231	Fylde	North West	£776	61
232	Rochdale	North West	£775	61
233	Dudley	West Midlands	£774	61
234	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£771	61
235	Derby	East Midlands	£770	61
236	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£766	61
237	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£766	61
238	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£765	60
239	West Devon	South West	£765	60
240	Ribble Valley	North West	£764	60
241	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£763	60
242	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£762	60
243	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£762	60
244	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£761	60
245	Torfaen	Wales	£761	60
246	Shropshire	West Midlands	£759	60
247	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£758	60
248	Boston	East Midlands	£755	60
249	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£754	60
250	Dundee and Angus	Scotland	£752	59
251	Rossendale	North West	£752	59
252	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£751	59
253	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£747	59
254	Chorley	North West	£745	59
255	Flintshire	Wales	£738	58
256	Lancaster	North West	£738	58
257	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£738	58
258	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£737	58
259	Torridge	South West	£737	58
260	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£733	58
261	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£732	58
262	Knowsley	North West	£727	57
263	South Holland	East Midlands	£727	57
264	South Ribble	North West	£727	57
265	Fife	Scotland	£726	57
266	West Lancashire	North West	£726	57
267	Preston	North West	£723	57
268	Conwy	Wales	£722	57
269	St. Helens	North West	£722	57
270	Wirral	North West	£722	57
271	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£721	57
272	North Tyneside	North East	£720	57
273	Melton	East Midlands	£718	57
274	Ashfield	East Midlands	£715	56
275	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£715	56
276	Gateshead	North East	£711	56
277	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£707	56
278	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£705	56
279	Wyre	North West	£701	55
280	Wrexham	Wales	£699	55
281	Highland and Islands	Scotland	£697	55
282	Mansfield	East Midlands	£697	55
283	Denbighshire	Wales	£696	55
284	Wigan	North West	£694	55
285	Bridgend	Wales	£689	54
286	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£687	54
287	Caerphilly	Wales	£684	54
288	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£682	54
289	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£678	54
290	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£677	53
291	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£677	53
292	Renfrewshire/Inverclyde	Scotland	£677	53
293	Halton	North West	£676	53
294	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£676	53
295	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£674	53
296	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£671	53
297	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£670	53
298	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£662	52
299	Gwynedd	Wales	£661	52
300	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£659	52
301	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£657	52
302	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£656	52
303	Ceredigion	Wales	£655	52
304	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£650	51
305	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£647	51
306	Bolsover	East Midlands	£643	51
307	Sunderland	North East	£642	51
308	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£641	51
309	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£641	51
310	Middlesbrough	North East	£641	51
311	Blackpool	North West	£639	50
312	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£637	50
313	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£632	50
314	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£631	50
315	South Tyneside	North East	£631	50
316	Cumberland	North West	£628	50
317	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£627	50
318	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£618	49
319	Darlington	North East	£617	49
320	Pendle	North West	£616	49
321	Hyndburn	North West	£614	48
322	Northumberland	North East	£614	48
323	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£613	48
324	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£610	48
325	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£609	48
326	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£609	48
327	Ayrshires	Scotland	£608	48
328	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£599	47
329	Burnley	North West	£579	46
330	Powys	Wales	£578	46
331	County Durham	North East	£568	45
332	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£559	44
333	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£558	44
334	Hartlepool	North East	£512	40

Frequently asked questions

What is the average rent for a 2-bedroom home in the UK?: The average UK monthly private rent for a 2-bedroom home is £1,266, according to the Office for National Statistics (May 2026).
Where is the most expensive place to rent a 2-bedroom home in the UK?: Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 2-bedroom home at £3,335 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 263 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.
Where is the cheapest place to rent a 2-bedroom home in the UK?: Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 2-bedroom home at £512 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 40. Source: ONS, May 2026.
What is the Gera Rent Index for a 2-bedroom home?: The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 2-bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£1,266), 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.