Average rents by area
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What is the average rent where I live?
As of September 2026, each page below gives the average private rent for one local authority in England or Wales, by bedrooms and property type, with an illustrative gross yield, from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. Scotland is published only for rental market areas.
Updated
East Midlands
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Amber Valley | £807 |
| Ashfield | £799 |
| Bassetlaw | £735 |
| Blaby | £998 |
| Bolsover | £700 |
| Boston | £809 |
| Broxtowe | £943 |
| Charnwood | £967 |
| Chesterfield | £760 |
| Derby | £871 |
| Derbyshire Dales | £828 |
| East Lindsey | £707 |
| Erewash | £838 |
| Gedling | £909 |
| Harborough | £982 |
| High Peak | £938 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £932 |
| Leicester | £1,020 |
| Lincoln | £947 |
| Mansfield | £797 |
| Melton | £810 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £818 |
| North East Derbyshire | £793 |
| North Kesteven | £826 |
| North Northamptonshire | £995 |
| North West Leicestershire | £920 |
| Nottingham | £1,015 |
| Oadby and Wigston | £1,022 |
| Rushcliffe | £1,050 |
| Rutland | £966 |
| South Derbyshire | £888 |
| South Holland | £779 |
| South Kesteven | £846 |
| West Lindsey | £744 |
| West Northamptonshire | £1,088 |
East of England
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Babergh | £970 |
| Basildon | £1,428 |
| Bedford | £1,177 |
| Braintree | £1,223 |
| Breckland | £935 |
| Brentwood | £1,623 |
| Broadland | £941 |
| Broxbourne | £1,692 |
| Cambridge | £1,805 |
| Castle Point | £1,266 |
| Central Bedfordshire | £1,258 |
| Chelmsford | £1,439 |
| Colchester | £1,200 |
| Dacorum | £1,613 |
| East Cambridgeshire | £1,042 |
| East Hertfordshire | £1,550 |
| East Suffolk | £848 |
| Epping Forest | £1,846 |
| Fenland | £844 |
| Great Yarmouth | £841 |
| Harlow | £1,531 |
| Hertsmere | £1,846 |
| Huntingdonshire | £1,065 |
| Ipswich | £1,002 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | £941 |
| Luton | £1,231 |
| Maldon | £1,137 |
| Mid Suffolk | £1,011 |
| North Norfolk | £865 |
| Norwich | £1,148 |
| Peterborough | £1,014 |
| Rochford | £1,302 |
| South Cambridgeshire | £1,407 |
| South Norfolk | £984 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £1,316 |
| St Albans | £1,934 |
| Tendring | £1,058 |
| Three Rivers | £1,828 |
| Thurrock | £1,389 |
| Uttlesford | £1,305 |
| Watford | £1,834 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £1,510 |
| West Suffolk | £1,188 |
London
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | £1,700 |
| Barnet | £1,953 |
| Bexley | £1,540 |
| Brent | £2,018 |
| Bromley | £1,693 |
| Camden | £2,834 |
| Croydon | £1,586 |
| Ealing | £2,126 |
| Enfield | £1,833 |
| Greenwich | £1,998 |
| Hackney | £2,667 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £2,861 |
| Haringey | £2,225 |
| Harrow | £1,781 |
| Havering | £1,567 |
| Hillingdon | £1,581 |
| Hounslow | £1,962 |
| Islington | £2,884 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £3,739 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £1,821 |
| Lambeth | £2,538 |
| Lewisham | £1,832 |
| Merton | £2,181 |
| Newham | £1,931 |
| Redbridge | £1,734 |
| Richmond upon Thames | £2,349 |
| Southwark | £2,516 |
| Sutton | £1,569 |
| Tower Hamlets | £2,462 |
| Waltham Forest | £1,772 |
| Wandsworth | £2,640 |
| Westminster | £3,209 |
North East
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| County Durham | £653 |
| Darlington | £691 |
| Gateshead | £808 |
| Hartlepool | £562 |
| Middlesbrough | £699 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £1,220 |
| North Tyneside | £860 |
| Northumberland | £696 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £645 |
| South Tyneside | £746 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £736 |
| Sunderland | £710 |
North West
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen | £715 |
| Blackpool | £723 |
| Bolton | £902 |
| Burnley | £633 |
| Bury | £970 |
| Cheshire East | £992 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £1,000 |
| Chorley | £803 |
| Cumberland | £687 |
| Fylde | £875 |
| Halton | £754 |
| Hyndburn | £650 |
| Knowsley | £860 |
| Lancaster | £830 |
| Liverpool | £916 |
| Manchester | £1,380 |
| Oldham | £951 |
| Pendle | £673 |
| Preston | £791 |
| Ribble Valley | £822 |
| Rochdale | £859 |
| Rossendale | £814 |
| Salford | £1,173 |
| Sefton | £940 |
| South Ribble | £809 |
| St. Helens | £811 |
| Stockport | £1,125 |
| Tameside | £935 |
| Trafford | £1,373 |
| Warrington | £903 |
| West Lancashire | £805 |
| Westmorland and Furness | £819 |
| Wigan | £749 |
| Wirral | £862 |
| Wyre | £747 |
South East
South West
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset | £1,893 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £1,400 |
| Bristol, City of | £1,893 |
| Cheltenham | £1,269 |
| Cornwall | £995 |
| Cotswold | £1,263 |
| Dorset | £1,059 |
| East Devon | £977 |
| Exeter | £1,318 |
| Forest of Dean | £828 |
| Gloucester | £1,122 |
| Mid Devon | £881 |
| North Devon | £848 |
| North Somerset | £1,212 |
| Plymouth | £1,008 |
| Somerset | £1,021 |
| South Gloucestershire | £1,474 |
| South Hams | £1,014 |
| Stroud | £1,047 |
| Swindon | £1,103 |
| Teignbridge | £965 |
| Tewkesbury | £1,106 |
| Torbay | £924 |
| Torridge | £792 |
| West Devon | £854 |
| Wiltshire | £1,091 |
Wales
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | £682 |
| Bridgend | £765 |
| Caerphilly | £752 |
| Cardiff | £1,179 |
| Carmarthenshire | £690 |
| Ceredigion | £724 |
| Conwy | £799 |
| Denbighshire | £723 |
| Flintshire | £817 |
| Gwynedd | £728 |
| Isle of Anglesey | £717 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £754 |
| Monmouthshire | £994 |
| Neath Port Talbot | £692 |
| Newport | £962 |
| Pembrokeshire | £697 |
| Powys | £624 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £747 |
| Swansea | £853 |
| Torfaen | £865 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £978 |
| Wrexham | £773 |
West Midlands
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Birmingham | £1,106 |
| Bromsgrove | £998 |
| Cannock Chase | £868 |
| Coventry | £1,022 |
| Dudley | £855 |
| East Staffordshire | £861 |
| Herefordshire, County of | £831 |
| Lichfield | £1,100 |
| Malvern Hills | £955 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £837 |
| North Warwickshire | £983 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £918 |
| Redditch | £982 |
| Rugby | £1,051 |
| Sandwell | £953 |
| Shropshire | £828 |
| Solihull | £1,284 |
| South Staffordshire | £965 |
| Stafford | £902 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £732 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £718 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £1,150 |
| Tamworth | £930 |
| Telford and Wrekin | £861 |
| Walsall | £930 |
| Warwick | £1,244 |
| Wolverhampton | £948 |
| Worcester | £984 |
| Wychavon | £962 |
| Wyre Forest | £838 |
Yorkshire and The Humber
| Area | Average rent a month |
|---|---|
| Barnsley | £697 |
| Bradford | £739 |
| Calderdale | £760 |
| Doncaster | £699 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £724 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | £695 |
| Kirklees | £784 |
| Leeds | £1,148 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £651 |
| North Lincolnshire | £654 |
| North Yorkshire | £852 |
| Rotherham | £689 |
| Sheffield | £936 |
| Wakefield | £810 |
| York | £1,206 |
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.