UK rent by city — average monthly rent for 334 areas

The average monthly private rent across the UK is £1,383 (May 2026, Office for National Statistics). The table below ranks every UK local authority with a published ONS figure — click any area for bedroom and property-type breakdowns and an affordability calculator.

#	Area	Region	Avg rent / month	YoY
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£3,591	-1.4%
2	Westminster	London	£3,163	-2.9%
3	Islington	London	£2,828	+4.8%
4	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£2,770	+0.5%
5	Camden	London	£2,759	-2.2%
6	Hackney	London	£2,622	+2.8%
7	Wandsworth	London	£2,599	+3.6%
8	Lambeth	London	£2,527	+5.9%
9	Tower Hamlets	London	£2,419	+2.4%
10	Southwark	London	£2,394	+1.6%
11	Richmond upon Thames	London	£2,305	+4.7%
12	Haringey	London	£2,212	+1.9%
13	Merton	London	£2,114	+2.8%
14	Ealing	London	£2,060	+1.1%
15	Brent	London	£2,005	-1.3%
16	Oxford	South East	£1,958	+6.6%
17	Greenwich	London	£1,952	+4.4%
18	Barnet	London	£1,934	+3.6%
19	Hounslow	London	£1,933	+2.9%
20	St Albans	East of England	£1,925	+3.3%
21	Newham	London	£1,923	+5.2%
22	Bristol, City of	South West	£1,883	+7.9%
23	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£1,881	+7.9%
24	Epping Forest	East of England	£1,842	+6.2%
25	Elmbridge	South East	£1,831	-2.0%
26	Lewisham	London	£1,821	+2.9%
27	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£1,818	+3.3%
28	Brighton and Hove	South East	£1,816	-0.4%
29	Watford	East of England	£1,814	+4.0%
30	Three Rivers	East of England	£1,809	+2.9%
31	Cambridge	East of England	£1,805	+2.0%
32	Kingston upon Thames	London	£1,803	+1.3%
33	Hertsmere	East of England	£1,802	+2.6%
34	Sevenoaks	South East	£1,790	+3.5%
35	Enfield	London	£1,788	+4.3%
36	Waltham Forest	London	£1,763	+1.2%
37	Harrow	London	£1,759	+2.9%
38	Guildford	South East	£1,728	+6.1%
39	Redbridge	London	£1,725	+2.9%
40	Barking and Dagenham	London	£1,690	+4.8%
41	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£1,690	+0.4%
42	Bromley	London	£1,675	+3.1%
43	Broxbourne	East of England	£1,665	+2.0%
44	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£1,636	+2.5%
45	Spelthorne	South East	£1,631	+1.1%
46	Tandridge	South East	£1,622	+3.5%
47	Woking	South East	£1,618	-1.5%
48	Brentwood	East of England	£1,613	+2.8%
49	Dacorum	East of England	£1,579	+1.0%
50	Reading	South East	£1,577	+2.6%
51	Runnymede	South East	£1,575	-2.7%
52	Slough	South East	£1,575	+3.2%
53	Croydon	London	£1,572	+3.7%
54	Havering	London	£1,564	+3.7%
55	Dartford	South East	£1,562	+3.4%
56	Hillingdon	London	£1,557	+1.7%
57	Sutton	London	£1,550	+2.4%
58	Mole Valley	South East	£1,548	+1.8%
59	Bexley	London	£1,528	+4.9%
60	Harlow	East of England	£1,517	+5.5%
61	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£1,517	+4.7%
62	Surrey Heath	South East	£1,508	+2.8%
63	Winchester	South East	£1,505	+3.9%
64	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,503	+3.5%
65	Bracknell Forest	South East	£1,490	+4.8%
66	Crawley	South East	£1,482	+4.0%
67	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£1,482	+2.7%
68	Wokingham	South East	£1,482	+3.6%
69	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£1,479	+3.7%
70	Buckinghamshire	South East	£1,477	+5.2%
71	Horsham	South East	£1,455	+3.7%
72	South Gloucestershire	South West	£1,450	+4.3%
73	Chelmsford	East of England	£1,445	+6.2%
74	Waverley	South East	£1,445	-3.1%
75	Stevenage	East of England	£1,426	+4.1%
76	Lothian	Scotland	£1,425	+1.3%
77	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£1,421	+4.6%
78	Hart	South East	£1,418	+4.7%
79	Mid Sussex	South East	£1,415	+3.3%
80	Basildon	East of England	£1,410	+5.8%
81	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,407	+3.9%
82	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	£1,404	+3.7%
83	Adur	South East	£1,383	+2.9%
84	South Oxfordshire	South East	£1,381	-0.3%
85	Rushmoor	South East	£1,380	+7.9%
86	Portsmouth	South East	£1,366	+2.6%
87	Thurrock	East of England	£1,366	+6.2%
88	Trafford	North West	£1,362	+2.6%
89	Manchester	North West	£1,352	+3.2%
90	Milton Keynes	South East	£1,336	+3.5%
91	Vale of White Horse	South East	£1,333	+0.8%
92	Gravesham	South East	£1,328	+6.5%
93	Chichester	South East	£1,325	+3.1%
94	Lewes	South East	£1,323	+6.2%
95	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£1,317	+3.9%
96	Exeter	South West	£1,314	+1.8%
97	Worthing	South East	£1,311	+2.1%
98	Rochford	East of England	£1,296	+5.4%
99	Maidstone	South East	£1,290	+4.0%
100	West Berkshire	South East	£1,290	+2.8%
101	Cherwell	South East	£1,289	+1.8%
102	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£1,287	+5.2%
103	Uttlesford	East of England	£1,283	+1.0%
104	West Oxfordshire	South East	£1,277	-0.9%
105	Canterbury	South East	£1,276	+5.5%
106	Greater Glasgow	Scotland	£1,272	+3.3%
107	Wealden	South East	£1,266	+2.3%
108	East Hampshire	South East	£1,260	+1.3%
109	Solihull	West Midlands	£1,260	+1.2%
110	Cotswold	South West	£1,255	+7.1%
111	Southampton	South East	£1,250	+3.1%
112	Castle Point	East of England	£1,249	+5.0%
113	Cheltenham	South West	£1,249	+3.0%
114	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£1,247	+5.2%
115	Ashford	South East	£1,243	+4.2%
116	New Forest	South East	£1,240	+1.5%
117	Medway	South East	£1,238	+3.3%
118	Warwick	West Midlands	£1,238	+2.0%
119	Braintree	East of England	£1,232	+4.6%
120	Arun	South East	£1,224	+3.5%
121	Luton	East of England	£1,217	+3.0%
122	Test Valley	South East	£1,215	+7.2%
123	Fareham	South East	£1,213	+4.3%
124	Colchester	East of England	£1,211	+4.5%
125	Eastleigh	South East	£1,210	+3.6%
126	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£1,204	+10.3%
127	North Somerset	South West	£1,197	+3.1%
128	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,182	+5.3%
129	West Suffolk	East of England	£1,177	+3.8%
130	Bedford	East of England	£1,168	+3.9%
131	Rother	South East	£1,165	+0.8%
132	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,163	+4.6%
133	Eastbourne	South East	£1,162	+0.3%
134	Salford	North West	£1,162	+4.2%
135	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£1,161	+10.0%
136	Gosport	South East	£1,158	+7.0%
137	Cardiff	Wales	£1,157	+3.3%
138	Norwich	East of England	£1,152	+2.0%
139	Maldon	East of England	£1,151	+6.8%
140	Havant	South East	£1,135	+1.9%
141	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£1,135	+4.6%
142	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,134	+2.6%
143	Thanet	South East	£1,109	+4.8%
144	Gloucester	South West	£1,105	+7.1%
145	Stockport	North West	£1,100	+5.2%
146	Lichfield	West Midlands	£1,096	+8.7%
147	Swale	South East	£1,091	+1.4%
148	Swindon	South West	£1,089	+3.4%
149	Birmingham	West Midlands	£1,088	+3.3%
150	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£1,072	+3.2%
151	Wiltshire	South West	£1,064	+7.0%
152	Tendring	East of England	£1,051	+6.2%
153	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£1,047	+3.6%
154	Dorset	South West	£1,041	+3.8%
155	Stroud	South West	£1,039	+6.9%
156	Rugby	West Midlands	£1,038	+4.9%
157	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£1,033	+2.8%
158	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£1,024	+0.2%
159	Leicester	East Midlands	£1,024	+3.1%
160	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£1,024	+5.2%
161	Tewkesbury	South West	£1,020	+6.7%
162	Coventry	West Midlands	£1,017	+1.9%
163	Dover	South East	£1,012	+8.3%
164	Hastings	South East	£1,006	+1.7%
165	Nottingham	East Midlands	£1,006	+3.1%
166	Cornwall	South West	£1,003	+4.6%
167	South Hams	South West	£1,000	+3.0%
168	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£994	+5.4%
169	Plymouth	South West	£994	+5.3%
170	Monmouthshire	Wales	£992	+3.5%
171	Somerset	South West	£990	+4.4%
172	Ipswich	East of England	£989	+3.2%
173	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£984	+7.1%
174	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£984	+6.2%
175	Blaby	East Midlands	£982	+5.9%
176	Peterborough	East of England	£981	+1.7%
177	South Norfolk	East of England	£981	+4.2%
178	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£979	+1.6%
179	Cheshire East	North West	£979	+7.2%
180	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£975	+7.4%
181	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£974	+6.0%
182	East Devon	South West	£973	+7.3%
183	Babergh	East of England	£972	+4.5%
184	Bury	North West	£967	+4.2%
185	Worcester	West Midlands	£965	+4.4%
186	Rutland	East Midlands	£964	+3.4%
187	Harborough	East Midlands	£962	+2.5%
188	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£955	+0.6%
189	Charnwood	East Midlands	£955	+4.1%
190	Newport	Wales	£952	+3.1%
191	Lincoln	East Midlands	£951	+6.9%
192	Teignbridge	South West	£951	+3.8%
193	Isle of Wight	South East	£946	+8.0%
194	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£945	+5.7%
195	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£942	+3.7%
196	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£940	+8.3%
197	Sandwell	West Midlands	£940	+8.6%
198	Broadland	East of England	£939	+5.9%
199	Tamworth	West Midlands	£938	+3.3%
200	Wychavon	West Midlands	£938	+1.8%
201	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East of England	£935	+4.5%
202	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£934	+11.6%
203	Sefton	North West	£928	+5.7%
204	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£926	+4.7%
205	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£922	+4.3%
206	Breckland	East of England	£920	+4.6%
207	Tameside	North West	£920	+6.8%
208	Oldham	North West	£917	+11.1%
209	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£916	+8.6%
210	Torbay	South West	£908	+4.3%
211	Walsall	West Midlands	£908	+7.6%
212	High Peak	East Midlands	£907	+4.2%
213	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£905	+9.5%
214	Redditch	West Midlands	£904	+2.4%
215	West Lothian	Scotland	£904	+8.1%
216	Liverpool	North West	£901	+6.2%
217	Forth Valley	Scotland	£898	+1.8%
218	Gedling	East Midlands	£892	+2.9%
219	Stafford	West Midlands	£891	+6.2%
220	Warrington	North West	£885	+4.7%
221	Bolton	North West	£883	+9.8%
222	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£880	+1.0%
223	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£874	+4.3%
224	Mid Devon	South West	£873	+2.1%
225	North Norfolk	East of England	£860	+5.3%
226	Fylde	North West	£858	+6.2%
227	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	£856	+8.0%
228	Torfaen	Wales	£856	+1.2%
229	Aberdeen and Shire	Scotland	£854	+1.3%
230	Derby	East Midlands	£852	+1.9%
231	Dudley	West Midlands	£849	+5.3%
232	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£848	+4.6%
233	North Devon	South West	£845	+1.3%
234	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£840	+0.6%
235	West Devon	South West	£839	+1.3%
236	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£838	+3.7%
237	North Tyneside	North East	£838	+5.4%
238	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£838	+0.2%
239	Swansea	Wales	£838	+5.5%
240	Wirral	North West	£838	+6.0%
241	Fenland	East of England	£835	+3.9%
242	East Suffolk	East of England	£834	+3.2%
243	Erewash	East Midlands	£834	+2.1%
244	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£833	+7.6%
245	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£833	+1.5%
246	Rochdale	North West	£829	+8.4%
247	Dundee and Angus	Scotland	£828	-1.3%
248	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£828	+7.2%
249	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£826	+8.4%
250	Forest of Dean	South West	£823	+1.4%
251	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£821	-1.9%
252	Fife	Scotland	£817	-0.5%
253	Knowsley	North West	£814	+6.1%
254	Shropshire	West Midlands	£813	+3.8%
255	Ribble Valley	North West	£810	+5.4%
256	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	£809	+3.0%
257	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£809	-1.2%
258	Rossendale	North West	£808	+6.3%
259	Lancaster	North West	£807	+6.2%
260	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£805	+6.8%
261	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£805	+6.5%
262	Renfrewshire/Inverclyde	Scotland	£804	-0.2%
263	West Lancashire	North West	£799	+8.1%
264	Boston	East Midlands	£796	+1.7%
265	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£794	+3.3%
266	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£794	+5.6%
267	South Ribble	North West	£793	+5.5%
268	Melton	East Midlands	£791	+6.2%
269	Flintshire	Wales	£790	+4.3%
270	Gateshead	North East	£790	+4.8%
271	St. Helens	North West	£790	+5.6%
272	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£789	+3.8%
273	Torridge	South West	£787	+2.9%
274	Ashfield	East Midlands	£785	+4.7%
275	Preston	North West	£782	+7.2%
276	Conwy	Wales	£781	+1.4%
277	Chorley	North West	£779	+6.6%
278	Mansfield	East Midlands	£779	+3.4%
279	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£775	+12.3%
280	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£774	+3.2%
281	South Holland	East Midlands	£762	+3.7%
282	Wrexham	Wales	£757	+2.6%
283	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£754	+1.3%
284	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£750	+3.9%
285	Bridgend	Wales	£749	+8.5%
286	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£748	+2.5%
287	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£746	+4.6%
288	Caerphilly	Wales	£742	+8.6%
289	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£741	-2.2%
290	Wigan	North West	£741	+7.5%
291	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£738	+0.9%
292	Halton	North West	£738	+6.9%
293	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£738	+5.0%
294	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£728	+8.6%
295	South Tyneside	North East	£726	+5.8%
296	Wyre	North West	£726	+6.1%
297	Highland and Islands	Scotland	£722	+3.7%
298	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£721	+5.1%
299	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£718	+2.9%
300	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£716	+6.3%
301	Ceredigion	Wales	£714	+5.1%
302	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	£711	+5.9%
303	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£709	-0.8%
304	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£709	+5.4%
305	Gwynedd	Wales	£708	+6.4%
306	Middlesbrough	North East	£707	+7.0%
307	Denbighshire	Wales	£706	+6.2%
308	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£706	+3.2%
309	Blackpool	North West	£704	+6.8%
310	Bolsover	East Midlands	£704	+6.3%
311	Sunderland	North East	£701	+4.4%
312	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£694	+5.3%
313	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£690	+7.4%
314	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£690	+5.6%
315	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£689	+5.7%
316	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£681	+9.1%
317	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£680	+6.8%
318	Northumberland	North East	£679	+5.6%
319	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£679	+4.9%
320	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£678	+5.8%
321	Darlington	North East	£676	+5.6%
322	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£674	+7.0%
323	Cumberland	North West	£666	+6.9%
324	Ayrshires	Scotland	£655	+4.8%
325	Pendle	North West	£652	+5.3%
326	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£645	+6.4%
327	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£645	+3.6%
328	Hyndburn	North West	£640	+4.0%
329	County Durham	North East	£638	+6.1%
330	Burnley	North West	£622	+3.2%
331	Powys	Wales	£620	+9.6%
332	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	£618	+3.2%
333	Hartlepool	North East	£561	+1.9%
334	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£551	+5.3%

Source: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (17 June 2026 edition, reference month May 2026). Open Government Licence v3.0.