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All private rents by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of average rent, £ a month, lowest first, because this layer states that lower is better. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.

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#	Area	£/month	UK percentile
1	Hartlepool E06000001	£556	0
2	Powys W06000023	£622	0
3	Burnley E07000117	£628	1
4	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	£633	1
5	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	£643	1
=6	County Durham E06000047	£645	2
=6	Hyndburn E07000120	£645	2
8	North Lincolnshire E06000013	£653	2
9	Pendle E07000122	£666	3
10	Cumberland E06000063	£675	3
11	Blaenau Gwent W06000019	£679	3
12	Rotherham E08000018	£683	3
13	Carmarthenshire W06000010	£685	4
14	Darlington E06000005	£686	4
15	Neath Port Talbot W06000012	£689	4
=16	Doncaster E08000017	£691	5
=16	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	£691	5
=16	Northumberland E06000057	£691	5
19	Pembrokeshire W06000009	£692	6
20	Barnsley E08000038	£693	6
=21	East Lindsey E07000137	£699	6
=21	Middlesbrough E06000002	£699	6
23	Sunderland E08000024	£704	7
=24	Bolsover E07000033	£710	7
=24	Isle of Anglesey W06000001	£710	7
26	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	£711	8
27	Denbighshire W06000004	£712	8
28	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	£713	9
29	Blackpool E06000009	£714	9
30	Bassetlaw E07000171	£720	9
31	Gwynedd W06000002	£722	10
32	Ceredigion W06000008	£723	10
=33	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	£724	10
=33	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	£724	10
35	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	£735	11
=36	South Tyneside E08000023	£737	11
=36	Wyre E07000128	£737	11
38	Caerphilly W06000018	£743	12
39	West Lindsey E07000142	£744	12
=40	Halton E06000006	£745	12
=40	Wigan E08000010	£745	12
42	Bradford E08000032	£749	13
=43	Calderdale E08000033	£753	13
=43	Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	£753	13
45	Chesterfield E07000034	£754	14
46	Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	£755	14
47	Bridgend W06000013	£759	15
48	Wrexham W06000006	£766	15
49	South Holland E07000140	£768	15
50	Kirklees E08000034	£780	16
51	North East Derbyshire E07000038	£787	16
=52	Mansfield E07000174	£788	16
=52	Preston E07000123	£788	16
=52	Torridge E07000046	£788	16
55	Conwy W06000003	£791	17
56	Chorley E07000118	£792	17
57	Ashfield E07000170	£793	18
58	Amber Valley E07000032	£794	18
59	Melton E07000133	£796	18
60	Gateshead E08000037	£798	19
=61	South Ribble E07000126	£800	19
=61	Wakefield E08000036	£800	19
63	St. Helens E08000013	£802	20
=64	Boston E07000136	£803	20
=64	Flintshire W06000005	£803	20
=64	West Lancashire E07000127	£803	20
67	Rossendale E07000125	£808	21
68	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	£810	21
69	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	£811	22
70	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	£812	22
71	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	£813	22
72	Lancaster E07000121	£815	23
73	Ribble Valley E07000124	£816	23
74	Shropshire E06000051	£819	23
75	North Kesteven E07000139	£820	23
76	Wyre Forest E07000239	£823	24
77	Forest of Dean E07000080	£826	24
78	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	£830	24
79	Erewash E07000036	£834	25
=80	East Suffolk E07000244	£840	25
=80	Fenland E07000010	£840	25
=80	West Devon E07000047	£840	25
83	Great Yarmouth E07000145	£841	26
84	South Kesteven E07000141	£843	26
=85	Knowsley E08000011	£844	27
=85	North Yorkshire E06000065	£844	27
=85	Rochdale E08000005	£844	27
88	North Devon E07000043	£845	28
89	Swansea W06000011	£848	28
=90	East Staffordshire E07000193	£851	28
=90	North Tyneside E08000022	£851	28
92	Wirral E08000015	£852	29
93	Dudley E08000027	£853	29
94	Derby E06000015	£857	30
95	Torfaen W06000020	£858	30
96	Cannock Chase E07000192	£859	30
97	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	£861	30
98	North Norfolk E07000147	£864	31
99	Fylde E07000119	£866	31
100	Mid Devon E07000042	£876	31
101	South Derbyshire E07000039	£879	32
102	Bolton E08000001	£884	32
103	Warrington E06000007	£894	32
104	Stafford E07000197	£898	33
105	Gedling E07000173	£899	33
106	Liverpool E08000012	£909	33
107	North West Leicestershire E07000134	£910	34
108	Walsall E08000030	£916	34
109	Torbay E06000027	£917	34
110	Tamworth E07000199	£920	35
111	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	£921	35
112	Breckland E07000143	£925	35
113	Tameside E08000008	£927	36
114	High Peak E07000037	£928	36
115	Sheffield E08000039	£929	36
116	Oldham E08000004	£931	37
117	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	£933	37
118	Sefton E08000014	£935	37
119	Broadland E07000144	£939	37
120	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	£940	38
121	Wolverhampton E08000031	£942	38
122	Malvern Hills E07000235	£943	38
123	Lincoln E07000138	£944	39
124	Broxtowe E07000172	£945	39
125	Sandwell E08000028	£947	39
126	South Staffordshire E07000196	£949	40
=127	Isle of Wight E06000046	£950	40
=127	Wychavon E07000238	£950	40
129	Redditch E07000236	£951	41
130	Newport W06000022	£956	41
=131	Charnwood E07000130	£958	41
=131	Teignbridge E07000045	£958	41
133	Rutland E06000017	£962	42
134	Harborough E07000131	£963	42
135	East Devon E07000040	£965	43
136	Babergh E07000200	£968	43
137	Bury E08000002	£969	43
138	Worcester E07000237	£974	43
139	North Warwickshire E07000218	£978	44
140	South Norfolk E07000149	£981	44
141	Cheshire East E06000049	£984	44
142	Bromsgrove E07000234	£985	45
143	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	£986	45
144	Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	£987	45
145	North Northamptonshire E06000061	£988	46
=146	Ipswich E07000202	£993	46
=146	Monmouthshire W06000021	£993	46
148	Blaby E07000129	£994	47
=149	Mid Suffolk E07000203	£1,001	47
=149	Plymouth E06000026	£1,001	47
151	Peterborough E06000031	£1,003	48
152	Cornwall E06000052	£1,004	48
=153	Hastings E07000062	£1,006	48
=153	Somerset E06000066	£1,006	48
155	South Hams E07000044	£1,009	49
156	Nottingham E06000018	£1,011	49
157	Coventry E08000026	£1,019	50
158	Leicester E06000016	£1,024	50
159	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	£1,025	50
160	Dover E07000108	£1,029	50
161	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	£1,035	51
162	Stroud E07000082	£1,040	51
163	Rushcliffe E07000176	£1,041	51
164	Rugby E07000220	£1,046	52
165	Huntingdonshire E07000011	£1,050	52
=166	Dorset E06000059	£1,051	52
=166	Tendring E07000076	£1,051	52
168	Wiltshire E06000054	£1,072	53
169	West Northamptonshire E06000062	£1,078	53
170	Tewkesbury E07000083	£1,086	54
171	Swindon E06000030	£1,090	54
172	Birmingham E08000025	£1,093	54
173	Lichfield E07000194	£1,100	55
174	Swale E07000113	£1,103	55
175	Stockport E08000007	£1,111	55
176	Gloucester E07000081	£1,112	56
177	Thanet E07000114	£1,114	56
178	Leeds E08000035	£1,140	56
=179	Maldon E07000074	£1,143	57
=179	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	£1,143	57
=181	Havant E07000090	£1,146	57
=181	Norwich E07000148	£1,146	57
183	Gosport E07000088	£1,165	58
=184	Eastbourne E07000061	£1,166	58
=184	Rother E07000064	£1,166	58
186	Salford E08000006	£1,167	59
187	Cardiff W06000015	£1,169	59
188	Bedford E06000055	£1,170	59
189	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	£1,176	60
190	West Suffolk E07000245	£1,179	60
191	Fareham E07000087	£1,189	60
192	York E06000014	£1,193	61
193	Colchester E07000071	£1,196	61
194	North Somerset E06000024	£1,205	61
195	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	£1,207	62
196	Eastleigh E07000086	£1,214	62
197	Braintree E07000067	£1,217	62
198	Luton E06000032	£1,221	63
199	Arun E07000224	£1,227	63
200	Test Valley E07000093	£1,234	63
201	Medway E06000035	£1,236	63
202	Warwick E07000222	£1,239	64
203	New Forest E07000091	£1,241	64
204	Ashford E07000105	£1,246	64
205	Cotswold E07000079	£1,248	65
206	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	£1,249	65
207	Southampton E06000045	£1,255	65
208	Castle Point E07000069	£1,257	66
209	Cheltenham E07000078	£1,259	66
210	East Hampshire E07000085	£1,262	66
211	Wealden E07000065	£1,266	67
212	Solihull E08000029	£1,269	67
213	Canterbury E07000106	£1,281	67
214	Uttlesford E07000077	£1,286	68
=215	Maidstone E07000110	£1,293	68
=215	West Oxfordshire E07000181	£1,293	68
217	Cherwell E07000177	£1,294	69
218	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	£1,296	69
219	Rochford E07000075	£1,298	69
220	Worthing E07000229	£1,303	70
221	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	£1,307	70
222	West Berkshire E06000037	£1,314	70
223	Exeter E07000041	£1,320	70
224	Lewes E07000063	£1,325	71
225	Chichester E07000225	£1,328	71
226	Gravesham E07000109	£1,331	71
=227	Milton Keynes E06000042	£1,343	72
=227	Vale of White Horse E07000180	£1,343	72
229	Manchester E08000003	£1,365	72
=230	Portsmouth E06000044	£1,367	73
=230	Trafford E08000009	£1,367	73
232	Thurrock E06000034	£1,375	73
233	Rushmoor E07000092	£1,387	74
234	South Oxfordshire E07000179	£1,392	74
=235	Adur E07000223	£1,399	74
=235	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	£1,399	74
237	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	£1,411	75
238	Hart E07000089	£1,417	75
239	Mid Sussex E07000228	£1,420	76
240	Basildon E07000066	£1,421	76
241	North Hertfordshire E07000099	£1,429	76
242	Stevenage E07000243	£1,436	77
243	Chelmsford E07000070	£1,442	77
244	Waverley E07000216	£1,450	77
=245	Bracknell Forest E06000036	£1,456	77
=245	South Gloucestershire E06000025	£1,456	77
247	Horsham E07000227	£1,465	78
248	Wokingham E06000041	£1,470	78
249	Buckinghamshire E06000060	£1,474	79
250	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	£1,484	79
251	Crawley E07000226	£1,486	79
252	Winchester E07000094	£1,505	80
253	Surrey Heath E07000214	£1,508	80
254	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	£1,509	80
255	Harlow E07000073	£1,518	81
256	East Hertfordshire E07000242	£1,519	81
257	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	£1,529	81
258	Bexley E09000004	£1,534	82
259	Mole Valley E07000210	£1,548	82
260	Sutton E09000029	£1,553	82
261	Havering E09000016	£1,564	83
262	Hillingdon E09000017	£1,565	83
263	Slough E06000039	£1,569	83
264	Dartford E07000107	£1,570	83
265	Reading E06000038	£1,573	84
266	Runnymede E07000212	£1,579	84
267	Croydon E09000008	£1,581	84
268	Dacorum E07000096	£1,583	85
269	Brentwood E07000068	£1,618	85
270	Woking E07000217	£1,619	85
271	Tandridge E07000215	£1,634	86
272	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	£1,637	86
273	Spelthorne E07000213	£1,661	86
274	Bromley E09000006	£1,681	87
275	Broxbourne E07000095	£1,687	87
276	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	£1,694	87
277	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	£1,696	88
278	Redbridge E09000026	£1,724	88
279	Guildford E07000209	£1,728	88
280	Waltham Forest E09000031	£1,765	89
281	Harrow E09000015	£1,773	89
282	Sevenoaks E07000111	£1,803	89
283	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	£1,805	90
284	Cambridge E07000008	£1,806	90
285	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	£1,807	90
286	Brighton and Hove E06000043	£1,809	90
287	Hertsmere E07000098	£1,817	91
288	Three Rivers E07000102	£1,820	91
289	Enfield E09000010	£1,821	91
290	Watford E07000103	£1,823	92
291	Lewisham E09000023	£1,828	92
292	Epping Forest E07000072	£1,843	92
293	Elmbridge E07000207	£1,867	93
294	Bristol, City of E06000023	£1,880	93
295	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	£1,881	93
296	Newham E09000025	£1,927	94
297	St Albans E07000240	£1,931	94
=298	Barnet E09000003	£1,945	94
=298	Hounslow E09000018	£1,945	94
300	Oxford E07000178	£1,966	95
301	Greenwich E09000011	£1,980	95
302	Brent E09000005	£2,012	96
303	Ealing E09000009	£2,085	96
304	Merton E09000024	£2,153	96
305	Haringey E09000014	£2,213	97
306	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	£2,318	97
307	Southwark E09000028	£2,431	97
308	Tower Hamlets E09000030	£2,439	97
309	Lambeth E09000022	£2,519	98
310	Wandsworth E09000032	£2,620	98
311	Hackney E09000012	£2,644	98
312	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	£2,796	99
313	Camden E09000007	£2,800	99
314	Islington E09000019	£2,854	99
315	Westminster E09000033	£3,179	100
316	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	£3,629	100

How this ranking is made

Average rent, £ a month: the published figure for the area, unchanged.. Average monthly private rent by local authority from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, for all lets and by number of bedrooms. The newest month published for each area; a mean, so a few expensive lets pull it up.

Source: ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics · August 2026 (rents to July 2026), released 2026-08-19. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Hartlepool has the lowest average rent, £ a month of 316 UK local authorities with a published figure, at £556 (Latest published: July 2026). Source: ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics.

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