Where is the most expensive place to rent a 3-bedroom home in the UK?

Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 3-bedroom home at £3,959 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 280 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.

Where is the cheapest place to rent a 3-bedroom home in the UK?

Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 3-bedroom home at £611 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 43. Source: ONS, May 2026.

What is the Gera Rent Index for a 3-bedroom home?

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 3-bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£1,413), 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.

3-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 3-bedroom home in the UK?

As of May 2026, the average UK private rent for three-bedroom homes is £1,413 per month, per ONS data published 17 June 2026. Across 334 local authorities it ranges from £3,959 in Kensington and Chelsea to £611 in Hartlepool. GeraRent re-dates this monthly.

Gera Rent Index

Kensington and Chelsea 280 vs UK 100

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for three-bedroom homes as a percentage of the UK average (£1,413), so 100 equals the UK average. See the methodology.

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The average rent for three-bedroom homes in Kensington and Chelsea is £3,959 per month (ONS) — that is 180% above the UK average of £1,413 for 3-bedroom homes.

Gera Rent Index for Kensington and Chelsea: 280 (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 three-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 £3,959; Hartlepool the cheapest at £611.

#	Area	Region	Avg rent / month	Gera Rent Index
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£3,959	280
2	Westminster	London	£3,849	272
3	Camden	London	£2,989	212
4	Islington	London	£2,959	209
5	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£2,932	208
6	Hackney	London	£2,804	198
7	Wandsworth	London	£2,773	196
8	Tower Hamlets	London	£2,709	192
9	Lambeth	London	£2,683	190
10	Richmond upon Thames	London	£2,649	187
11	Southwark	London	£2,640	187
12	Ealing	London	£2,348	166
13	Haringey	London	£2,346	166
14	Merton	London	£2,341	166
15	Brent	London	£2,260	160
16	Barnet	London	£2,236	158
17	Hounslow	London	£2,218	157
18	Newham	London	£2,202	156
19	Greenwich	London	£2,192	155
20	Kingston upon Thames	London	£2,142	152
21	Enfield	London	£2,050	145
22	Lewisham	London	£2,047	145
23	Harrow	London	£2,041	144
24	Oxford	South East	£2,026	143
25	Waltham Forest	London	£2,022	143
26	St Albans	East of England	£2,011	142
27	Bromley	London	£1,978	140
28	Redbridge	London	£1,977	140
29	Three Rivers	East of England	£1,952	138
30	Epping Forest	East of England	£1,938	137
31	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£1,934	137
32	Hertsmere	East of England	£1,911	135
33	Cambridge	East of England	£1,906	135
34	Sevenoaks	South East	£1,905	135
35	Hillingdon	London	£1,895	134
36	Sutton	London	£1,889	134
37	Barking and Dagenham	London	£1,887	134
38	Elmbridge	South East	£1,873	133
39	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£1,868	132
40	Guildford	South East	£1,856	131
41	Bexley	London	£1,855	131
42	Mole Valley	South East	£1,852	131
43	Croydon	London	£1,844	131
44	Havering	London	£1,844	131
45	Tandridge	South East	£1,815	128
46	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£1,813	128
47	Watford	East of England	£1,808	128
48	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£1,803	128
49	Brighton and Hove	South East	£1,802	128
50	Spelthorne	South East	£1,768	125
51	Broxbourne	East of England	£1,758	124
52	Woking	South East	£1,758	124
53	Bristol, City of	South West	£1,757	124
54	Slough	South East	£1,721	122
55	Brentwood	East of England	£1,709	121
56	Lothian	Scotland	£1,702	120
57	Dartford	South East	£1,694	120
58	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£1,682	119
59	Horsham	South East	£1,676	119
60	Bracknell Forest	South East	£1,674	118
61	Reading	South East	£1,673	118
62	Wokingham	South East	£1,663	118
63	Runnymede	South East	£1,660	117
64	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,640	116
65	Dacorum	East of England	£1,639	116
66	Crawley	South East	£1,634	116
67	Winchester	South East	£1,619	115
68	Surrey Heath	South East	£1,618	115
69	Waverley	South East	£1,618	115
70	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£1,614	114
71	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£1,612	114
72	Mid Sussex	South East	£1,611	114
73	Buckinghamshire	South East	£1,604	114
74	South Oxfordshire	South East	£1,589	112
75	Hart	South East	£1,586	112
76	Adur	South East	£1,575	111
77	Harlow	East of England	£1,568	111
78	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,560	110
79	Chelmsford	East of England	£1,548	110
80	South Gloucestershire	South West	£1,539	109
81	Stevenage	East of England	£1,536	109
82	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,528	108
83	Rushmoor	South East	£1,526	108
84	Chichester	South East	£1,497	106
85	Lewes	South East	£1,495	106
86	Basildon	East of England	£1,491	106
87	West Oxfordshire	South East	£1,484	105
88	East Hampshire	South East	£1,480	105
89	Vale of White Horse	South East	£1,480	105
90	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£1,474	104
91	Trafford	North West	£1,474	104
92	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£1,461	103
93	Thurrock	East of England	£1,457	103
94	West Berkshire	South East	£1,456	103
95	Gravesham	South East	£1,454	103
96	Cherwell	South East	£1,452	103
97	Maidstone	South East	£1,452	103
98	Milton Keynes	South East	£1,442	102
99	Worthing	South East	£1,442	102
100	Uttlesford	East of England	£1,434	101
101	Wealden	South East	£1,432	101
102	Rochford	East of England	£1,424	101
103	Castle Point	East of England	£1,410	100
104	Manchester	North West	£1,410	100
105	Ashford	South East	£1,400	99
106	Arun	South East	£1,387	98
107	New Forest	South East	£1,385	98
108	Test Valley	South East	£1,383	98
109	Braintree	East of England	£1,374	97
110	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£1,371	97
111	Fareham	South East	£1,371	97
112	Canterbury	South East	£1,362	96
113	Eastleigh	South East	£1,357	96
114	Exeter	South West	£1,357	96
115	Portsmouth	South East	£1,356	96
116	Southampton	South East	£1,348	95
117	Cotswold	South West	£1,346	95
118	Medway	South East	£1,342	95
119	Cheltenham	South West	£1,341	95
120	Greater Glasgow	Scotland	£1,339	95
121	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£1,339	95
122	Havant	South East	£1,335	94
123	Luton	East of England	£1,331	94
124	North Somerset	South West	£1,331	94
125	Warwick	West Midlands	£1,326	94
126	Colchester	East of England	£1,315	93
127	West Suffolk	East of England	£1,311	93
128	Eastbourne	South East	£1,297	92
129	Rother	South East	£1,294	92
130	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,287	91
131	Salford	North West	£1,277	90
132	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£1,265	90
133	Gosport	South East	£1,261	89
134	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,260	89
135	Maldon	East of England	£1,258	89
136	Bedford	East of England	£1,253	89
137	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£1,250	88
138	Stockport	North West	£1,244	88
139	Solihull	West Midlands	£1,242	88
140	Swale	South East	£1,218	86
141	Thanet	South East	£1,217	86
142	Swindon	South West	£1,209	86
143	Gloucester	South West	£1,200	85
144	Wiltshire	South West	£1,198	85
145	Cardiff	Wales	£1,187	84
146	Tendring	East of England	£1,183	84
147	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£1,182	84
148	Stroud	South West	£1,175	83
149	Dorset	South West	£1,172	83
150	Tewkesbury	South West	£1,160	82
151	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£1,158	82
152	Dover	South East	£1,156	82
153	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1,153	82
154	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,151	81
155	Lichfield	West Midlands	£1,151	81
156	Norwich	East of England	£1,145	81
157	East Devon	South West	£1,126	80
158	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,125	80
159	South Hams	South West	£1,124	80
160	Birmingham	West Midlands	£1,121	79
161	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£1,121	79
162	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£1,119	79
163	Babergh	East of England	£1,118	79
164	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£1,110	79
165	Rugby	West Midlands	£1,110	79
166	Somerset	South West	£1,106	78
167	South Norfolk	East of England	£1,106	78
168	Harborough	East Midlands	£1,104	78
169	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£1,100	78
170	Cheshire East	North West	£1,099	78
171	Hastings	South East	£1,099	78
172	West Lothian	Scotland	£1,089	77
173	Isle of Wight	South East	£1,082	77
174	Cornwall	South West	£1,080	76
175	Broadland	East of England	£1,079	76
176	Forth Valley	Scotland	£1,079	76
177	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£1,077	76
178	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£1,077	76
179	Teignbridge	South West	£1,074	76
180	Worcester	West Midlands	£1,073	76
181	Blaby	East Midlands	£1,065	75
182	Coventry	West Midlands	£1,063	75
183	Bury	North West	£1,062	75
184	Monmouthshire	Wales	£1,060	75
185	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1,058	75
186	Wychavon	West Midlands	£1,056	75
187	Plymouth	South West	£1,052	74
188	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£1,051	74
189	Tameside	North West	£1,050	74
190	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£1,045	74
191	Leicester	East Midlands	£1,045	74
192	Peterborough	East of England	£1,044	74
193	Nottingham	East Midlands	£1,043	74
194	Ipswich	East of England	£1,038	73
195	Oldham	North West	£1,037	73
196	Breckland	East of England	£1,035	73
197	Charnwood	East Midlands	£1,022	72
198	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£1,020	72
199	Tamworth	West Midlands	£1,020	72
200	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£1,017	72
201	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£1,004	71
202	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£1,003	71
203	Sandwell	West Midlands	£1,000	71
204	Warrington	North West	£1,000	71
205	Lincoln	East Midlands	£999	71
206	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£997	71
207	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£997	71
208	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£997	71
209	Rutland	East Midlands	£996	70
210	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£996	70
211	North Norfolk	East of England	£995	70
212	Mid Devon	South West	£989	70
213	Torbay	South West	£983	70
214	Dundee and Angus	Scotland	£982	69
215	Sefton	North West	£982	69
216	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£981	69
217	Redditch	West Midlands	£976	69
218	Bolton	North West	£975	69
219	Fenland	East of England	£970	69
220	Aberdeen and Shire	Scotland	£966	68
221	Gedling	East Midlands	£966	68
222	Stafford	West Midlands	£966	68
223	North Devon	South West	£963	68
224	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£960	68
225	High Peak	East Midlands	£959	68
226	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£957	68
227	Newport	Wales	£956	68
228	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£956	68
229	Forest of Dean	South West	£953	67
230	Liverpool	North West	£950	67
231	Erewash	East Midlands	£948	67
232	Fife	Scotland	£948	67
233	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£947	67
234	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£943	67
235	West Devon	South West	£943	67
236	Shropshire	West Midlands	£942	67
237	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£940	67
238	Walsall	West Midlands	£936	66
239	Dudley	West Midlands	£932	66
240	East Suffolk	East of England	£931	66
241	Fylde	North West	£931	66
242	Rochdale	North West	£931	66
243	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£929	66
244	Derby	East Midlands	£927	66
245	Ribble Valley	North West	£927	66
246	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£926	66
247	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£924	65
248	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£923	65
249	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£921	65
250	Boston	East Midlands	£912	65
251	Highland and Islands	Scotland	£912	65
252	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£907	64
253	Lancaster	North West	£906	64
254	Rossendale	North West	£905	64
255	Torridge	South West	£905	64
256	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£902	64
257	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£898	64
258	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£894	63
259	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£892	63
260	Torfaen	Wales	£889	63
261	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£887	63
262	South Holland	East Midlands	£887	63
263	North Tyneside	North East	£884	63
264	Wirral	North West	£883	62
265	Chorley	North West	£882	62
266	Melton	East Midlands	£882	62
267	St. Helens	North West	£881	62
268	Knowsley	North West	£880	62
269	Swansea	Wales	£880	62
270	South Ribble	North West	£876	62
271	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£874	62
272	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£869	62
273	Renfrewshire/Inverclyde	Scotland	£869	62
274	Flintshire	Wales	£867	61
275	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£859	61
276	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£857	61
277	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£855	61
278	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£851	60
279	Preston	North West	£849	60
280	Conwy	Wales	£845	60
281	West Lancashire	North West	£837	59
282	Ashfield	East Midlands	£835	59
283	Wyre	North West	£835	59
284	Mansfield	East Midlands	£834	59
285	Wigan	North West	£831	59
286	Gateshead	North East	£828	59
287	Wrexham	Wales	£824	58
288	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£820	58
289	Halton	North West	£814	58
290	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£809	57
291	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£809	57
292	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£809	57
293	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£809	57
294	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£807	57
295	Bridgend	Wales	£799	57
296	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£799	57
297	Denbighshire	Wales	£796	56
298	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£795	56
299	Ayrshires	Scotland	£791	56
300	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£790	56
301	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£789	56
302	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£788	56
303	Gwynedd	Wales	£786	56
304	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£778	55
305	Blackpool	North West	£776	55
306	Caerphilly	Wales	£769	54
307	Cumberland	North West	£767	54
308	Sunderland	North East	£766	54
309	Middlesbrough	North East	£761	54
310	Ceredigion	Wales	£757	54
311	South Tyneside	North East	£757	54
312	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£754	53
313	Darlington	North East	£751	53
314	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£751	53
315	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£750	53
316	Northumberland	North East	£748	53
317	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£747	53
318	Bolsover	East Midlands	£745	53
319	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£741	52
320	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£739	52
321	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£736	52
322	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£732	52
323	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£731	52
324	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£724	51
325	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£722	51
326	Pendle	North West	£719	51
327	Hyndburn	North West	£718	51
328	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£715	51
329	Powys	Wales	£698	49
330	Burnley	North West	£685	48
331	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£681	48
332	County Durham	North East	£679	48
333	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£652	46
334	Hartlepool	North East	£611	43

Frequently asked questions

What is the average rent for a 3-bedroom home in the UK?: The average UK monthly private rent for a 3-bedroom home is £1,413, according to the Office for National Statistics (May 2026).
Where is the most expensive place to rent a 3-bedroom home in the UK?: Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 3-bedroom home at £3,959 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 280 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.
Where is the cheapest place to rent a 3-bedroom home in the UK?: Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 3-bedroom home at £611 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 43. Source: ONS, May 2026.
What is the Gera Rent Index for a 3-bedroom home?: The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 3-bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£1,413), 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.