Where is the most expensive place to rent a 4+ bedroom home in the UK?

Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 4+ bedroom home at £5,497 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 267 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.

Where is the cheapest place to rent a 4+ bedroom home in the UK?

Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 4+ bedroom home at £812 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 39. Source: ONS, May 2026.

What is the Gera Rent Index for a 4+ bedroom home?

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 4+ bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£2,056), 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.

4+ 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 4+ bedroom home in the UK?

As of May 2026, the average UK private rent for four-or-more-bedroom homes is £2,056 per month, per ONS data published 17 June 2026. Across 334 local authorities it ranges from £5,497 in Kensington and Chelsea to £812 in Hartlepool. GeraRent re-dates this monthly.

Gera Rent Index

Kensington and Chelsea 267 vs UK 100

The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for four-or-more-bedroom homes as a percentage of the UK average (£2,056), so 100 equals the UK average. See the methodology.

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The average rent for four-or-more-bedroom homes in Kensington and Chelsea is £5,497 per month (ONS) — that is 167% above the UK average of £2,056 for 4+ bedroom homes.

Gera Rent Index for Kensington and Chelsea: 267 (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 four-or-more-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 £5,497; Hartlepool the cheapest at £812.

#	Area	Region	Avg rent / month	Gera Rent Index
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£5,497	267
2	Westminster	London	£5,378	262
3	Islington	London	£4,176	203
4	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£4,110	200
5	Camden	London	£3,890	189
6	Richmond upon Thames	London	£3,866	188
7	Wandsworth	London	£3,782	184
8	Lambeth	London	£3,725	181
9	Hackney	London	£3,630	177
10	Southwark	London	£3,491	170
11	Tower Hamlets	London	£3,335	162
12	Ealing	London	£3,217	156
13	Merton	London	£3,188	155
14	Haringey	London	£3,181	155
15	Barnet	London	£3,174	154
16	Hounslow	London	£3,054	149
17	Brent	London	£3,048	148
18	Greenwich	London	£2,941	143
19	Sevenoaks	South East	£2,926	142
20	Bromley	London	£2,915	142
21	St Albans	East of England	£2,897	141
22	Epping Forest	East of England	£2,879	140
23	Oxford	South East	£2,857	139
24	Kingston upon Thames	London	£2,827	138
25	Tandridge	South East	£2,803	136
26	Elmbridge	South East	£2,797	136
27	Lothian	Scotland	£2,768	135
28	Harrow	London	£2,765	134
29	Hertsmere	East of England	£2,761	134
30	Three Rivers	East of England	£2,756	134
31	Enfield	London	£2,752	134
32	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£2,725	133
33	Redbridge	London	£2,714	132
34	Lewisham	London	£2,705	132
35	Woking	South East	£2,694	131
36	Newham	London	£2,664	130
37	Cambridge	East of England	£2,661	129
38	Croydon	London	£2,654	129
39	Watford	East of England	£2,634	128
40	Hillingdon	London	£2,616	127
41	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£2,602	127
42	Mole Valley	South East	£2,575	125
43	Waltham Forest	London	£2,568	125
44	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£2,556	124
45	Bristol, City of	South West	£2,552	124
46	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£2,535	123
47	Guildford	South East	£2,520	123
48	Barking and Dagenham	London	£2,507	122
49	Havering	London	£2,497	121
50	Brighton and Hove	South East	£2,495	121
51	Sutton	London	£2,486	121
52	Broxbourne	East of England	£2,470	120
53	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£2,466	120
54	Slough	South East	£2,457	120
55	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£2,440	119
56	Surrey Heath	South East	£2,422	118
57	Bracknell Forest	South East	£2,421	118
58	Bexley	London	£2,413	117
59	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£2,406	117
60	Brentwood	East of England	£2,402	117
61	Horsham	South East	£2,400	117
62	Spelthorne	South East	£2,397	117
63	Runnymede	South East	£2,393	116
64	Buckinghamshire	South East	£2,364	115
65	Reading	South East	£2,362	115
66	Dartford	South East	£2,352	114
67	Waverley	South East	£2,341	114
68	Wokingham	South East	£2,329	113
69	Hart	South East	£2,312	112
70	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£2,294	112
71	South Oxfordshire	South East	£2,292	111
72	Greater Glasgow	Scotland	£2,275	111
73	Dacorum	East of England	£2,270	110
74	Crawley	South East	£2,255	110
75	Winchester	South East	£2,247	109
76	Chelmsford	East of England	£2,233	109
77	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£2,218	108
78	South Gloucestershire	South West	£2,208	107
79	Vale of White Horse	South East	£2,201	107
80	Mid Sussex	South East	£2,200	107
81	Harlow	East of England	£2,196	107
82	Cherwell	South East	£2,181	106
83	Thurrock	East of England	£2,174	106
84	Rushmoor	South East	£2,168	105
85	Lewes	South East	£2,158	105
86	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£2,149	105
87	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£2,142	104
88	West Berkshire	South East	£2,121	103
89	Stevenage	East of England	£2,110	103
90	Chichester	South East	£2,109	103
91	Basildon	East of England	£2,104	102
92	Trafford	North West	£2,098	102
93	Wealden	South East	£2,096	102
94	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£2,092	102
95	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£2,080	101
96	Milton Keynes	South East	£2,080	101
97	Gravesham	South East	£2,069	101
98	Cotswold	South West	£2,044	99
99	Adur	South East	£2,042	99
100	West Oxfordshire	South East	£2,041	99
101	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£2,039	99
102	Ashford	South East	£2,033	99
103	Uttlesford	East of England	£2,028	99
104	Castle Point	East of England	£2,020	98
105	Braintree	East of England	£2,003	97
106	Fareham	South East	£1,997	97
107	Manchester	North West	£1,989	97
108	New Forest	South East	£1,984	96
109	East Hampshire	South East	£1,976	96
110	Arun	South East	£1,974	96
111	Test Valley	South East	£1,971	96
112	Maidstone	South East	£1,962	95
113	Portsmouth	South East	£1,961	95
114	Worthing	South East	£1,954	95
115	Maldon	East of England	£1,929	94
116	Exeter	South West	£1,917	93
117	Rother	South East	£1,915	93
118	Warwick	West Midlands	£1,906	93
119	Canterbury	South East	£1,900	92
120	Cheltenham	South West	£1,892	92
121	Southampton	South East	£1,882	92
122	Havant	South East	£1,872	91
123	Rochford	East of England	£1,867	91
124	Eastleigh	South East	£1,866	91
125	Solihull	West Midlands	£1,851	90
126	West Suffolk	East of England	£1,848	90
127	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£1,839	89
128	Medway	South East	£1,835	89
129	North Somerset	South West	£1,830	89
130	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£1,825	89
131	Swale	South East	£1,820	89
132	Colchester	East of England	£1,819	88
133	Luton	East of England	£1,811	88
134	West Lothian	Scotland	£1,805	88
135	Bedford	East of England	£1,800	88
136	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£1,794	87
137	Eastbourne	South East	£1,787	87
138	Forth Valley	Scotland	£1,778	86
139	Salford	North West	£1,761	86
140	Dundee and Angus	Scotland	£1,734	84
141	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,725	84
142	Stockport	North West	£1,719	84
143	Gosport	South East	£1,713	83
144	Wiltshire	South West	£1,711	83
145	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£1,699	83
146	Lichfield	West Midlands	£1,690	82
147	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£1,684	82
148	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£1,680	82
149	Cardiff	Wales	£1,677	82
150	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,677	82
151	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,677	82
152	Thanet	South East	£1,669	81
153	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1,665	81
154	Tewkesbury	South West	£1,663	81
155	Dorset	South West	£1,661	81
156	Stroud	South West	£1,660	81
157	Dover	South East	£1,649	80
158	Swindon	South West	£1,648	80
159	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,643	80
160	Gloucester	South West	£1,642	80
161	Rugby	West Midlands	£1,640	80
162	East Devon	South West	£1,624	79
163	South Hams	South West	£1,613	78
164	Babergh	East of England	£1,612	78
165	Cheshire East	North West	£1,603	78
166	Norwich	East of England	£1,594	78
167	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£1,592	77
168	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£1,586	77
169	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£1,585	77
170	Tendring	East of England	£1,585	77
171	Aberdeen and Shire	Scotland	£1,584	77
172	Somerset	South West	£1,580	77
173	Harborough	East Midlands	£1,579	77
174	South Norfolk	East of England	£1,574	77
175	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£1,570	76
176	Birmingham	West Midlands	£1,563	76
177	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£1,562	76
178	Bury	North West	£1,559	76
179	Broadland	East of England	£1,550	75
180	Blaby	East Midlands	£1,547	75
181	Wychavon	West Midlands	£1,546	75
182	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£1,545	75
183	Teignbridge	South West	£1,542	75
184	Fife	Scotland	£1,536	75
185	Renfrewshire/Inverclyde	Scotland	£1,530	74
186	Worcester	West Midlands	£1,525	74
187	Rutland	East Midlands	£1,523	74
188	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1,518	74
189	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£1,517	74
190	Hastings	South East	£1,514	74
191	Cornwall	South West	£1,510	73
192	Peterborough	East of England	£1,509	73
193	Isle of Wight	South East	£1,508	73
194	Breckland	East of England	£1,507	73
195	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£1,502	73
196	Monmouthshire	Wales	£1,494	73
197	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£1,485	72
198	Plymouth	South West	£1,479	72
199	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£1,474	72
200	Charnwood	East Midlands	£1,468	71
201	Ipswich	East of England	£1,465	71
202	Tamworth	West Midlands	£1,462	71
203	Leicester	East Midlands	£1,459	71
204	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,457	71
205	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£1,453	71
206	Coventry	West Midlands	£1,452	71
207	Nottingham	East Midlands	£1,452	71
208	Mid Devon	South West	£1,446	70
209	Forest of Dean	South West	£1,442	70
210	Warrington	North West	£1,436	70
211	Bolton	North West	£1,433	70
212	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£1,432	70
213	Highland and Islands	Scotland	£1,429	70
214	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£1,428	69
215	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£1,427	69
216	Oldham	North West	£1,416	69
217	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£1,406	68
218	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£1,406	68
219	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£1,402	68
220	Sefton	North West	£1,400	68
221	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,400	68
222	Tameside	North West	£1,389	68
223	High Peak	East Midlands	£1,388	68
224	Sandwell	West Midlands	£1,388	68
225	Ribble Valley	North West	£1,386	67
226	Fylde	North West	£1,385	67
227	Shropshire	West Midlands	£1,384	67
228	Gedling	East Midlands	£1,381	67
229	Fenland	East of England	£1,378	67
230	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£1,374	67
231	Lincoln	East Midlands	£1,373	67
232	Torfaen	Wales	£1,373	67
233	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£1,361	66
234	Newport	Wales	£1,356	66
235	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£1,351	66
236	North Norfolk	East of England	£1,349	66
237	Melton	East Midlands	£1,345	65
238	West Devon	South West	£1,342	65
239	Redditch	West Midlands	£1,341	65
240	Stafford	West Midlands	£1,341	65
241	Rochdale	North West	£1,338	65
242	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,333	65
243	East Suffolk	East of England	£1,332	65
244	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£1,331	65
245	North Devon	South West	£1,330	65
246	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,327	65
247	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£1,326	64
248	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£1,319	64
249	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£1,316	64
250	Erewash	East Midlands	£1,314	64
251	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£1,313	64
252	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£1,312	64
253	Ayrshires	Scotland	£1,306	64
254	Walsall	West Midlands	£1,305	63
255	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£1,305	63
256	Chorley	North West	£1,301	63
257	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£1,301	63
258	Flintshire	Wales	£1,293	63
259	Derby	East Midlands	£1,291	63
260	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£1,285	63
261	Liverpool	North West	£1,279	62
262	Torbay	South West	£1,279	62
263	St. Helens	North West	£1,275	62
264	Boston	East Midlands	£1,271	62
265	Torridge	South West	£1,267	62
266	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£1,266	62
267	Knowsley	North West	£1,260	61
268	Swansea	Wales	£1,257	61
269	South Ribble	North West	£1,251	61
270	Preston	North West	£1,240	60
271	Dudley	West Midlands	£1,239	60
272	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£1,236	60
273	West Lancashire	North West	£1,225	60
274	Rossendale	North West	£1,224	60
275	Wirral	North West	£1,222	59
276	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,221	59
277	Wyre	North West	£1,217	59
278	Conwy	Wales	£1,215	59
279	Wrexham	Wales	£1,206	59
280	Lancaster	North West	£1,203	59
281	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,200	58
282	North Tyneside	North East	£1,197	58
283	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£1,184	58
284	Ashfield	East Midlands	£1,180	57
285	Gateshead	North East	£1,179	57
286	South Holland	East Midlands	£1,174	57
287	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£1,174	57
288	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£1,170	57
289	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,160	56
290	Halton	North West	£1,149	56
291	Mansfield	East Midlands	£1,142	56
292	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£1,141	55
293	Wigan	North West	£1,137	55
294	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£1,131	55
295	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£1,129	55
296	Bolsover	East Midlands	£1,124	55
297	Bridgend	Wales	£1,123	55
298	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£1,121	55
299	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,116	54
300	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,112	54
301	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£1,111	54
302	Northumberland	North East	£1,107	54
303	Denbighshire	Wales	£1,097	53
304	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£1,092	53
305	Caerphilly	Wales	£1,091	53
306	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£1,077	52
307	Ceredigion	Wales	£1,074	52
308	Darlington	North East	£1,074	52
309	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£1,073	52
310	Sunderland	North East	£1,073	52
311	Cumberland	North West	£1,071	52
312	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,070	52
313	Pendle	North West	£1,067	52
314	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,065	52
315	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£1,063	52
316	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,061	52
317	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£1,060	52
318	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,047	51
319	Gwynedd	Wales	£1,035	50
320	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£1,034	50
321	Blackpool	North West	£1,028	50
322	South Tyneside	North East	£1,006	49
323	Middlesbrough	North East	£1,004	49
324	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£991	48
325	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£990	48
326	County Durham	North East	£982	48
327	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£980	48
328	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£967	47
329	Powys	Wales	£951	46
330	Burnley	North West	£940	46
331	Hyndburn	North West	£933	45
332	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£915	45
333	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£897	44
334	Hartlepool	North East	£812	39

Frequently asked questions

What is the average rent for a 4+ bedroom home in the UK?: The average UK monthly private rent for a 4+ bedroom home is £2,056, according to the Office for National Statistics (May 2026).
Where is the most expensive place to rent a 4+ bedroom home in the UK?: Kensington and Chelsea has the highest average rent for a 4+ bedroom home at £5,497 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 267 (UK average = 100). Source: ONS, May 2026.
Where is the cheapest place to rent a 4+ bedroom home in the UK?: Hartlepool has the lowest average rent for a 4+ bedroom home at £812 per month — a Gera Rent Index of 39. Source: ONS, May 2026.
What is the Gera Rent Index for a 4+ bedroom home?: The Gera Rent Index expresses an area's ONS rent for a 4+ bedroom home as a percentage of the UK average (£2,056), 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.