ONS · 13 December 20195 July 2024

Private rent annual change during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

November 2019June 2024 · 55 periods

300.7%+6.4% percent

Private rent annual change rose by 300.7% over the period, from 2.1% percent (November 2019, the level when the government took office) to 8.6% (June 2024, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level November 2019: 2.1%
  2. Level when it left June 2024: 8.6%
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Private rent annual change: January 2016 to July 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0%2.5%5%7.5%201620182020202220242026January 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2016: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2016: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2017: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2017: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2017: 3% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2017: 3% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2017: 2.7% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2017: 2.6% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2017: 2.5% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2017: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2017: 1.9% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2017: 1.8% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2017: 1.6% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2017: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2018: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2018: 1.3% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2018: 1% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2018: 0.8% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2018: 0.8% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2018: 0.7% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2018: 0.6% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2018: 0.7% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2018: 0.9% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2018: 1% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2018: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2018: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2019: 1.4% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2019: 1.4% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2019: 1.6% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2019: 1.6% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2019: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2019: 2% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2019: 1.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2019: 2% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2019: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2019: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2019: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2019: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2020: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2020: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2020: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2020: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2020: 1.8% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2020: 1.8% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2020: 1.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2020: 1.7% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2020: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2020: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2020: 1.3% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2020: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2021: 1% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2021: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2021: 1.3% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2021: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2021: 1.7% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2021: 2% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2021: 2.5% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2022: 2.7% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2022: 3% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2022: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2022: 3.6% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2022: 4% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2022: 4.1% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2022: 4.5% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2022: 4.8% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2022: 5.1% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2022: 5.2% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2022: 5.5% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2022: 5.6% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2023: 5.8% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2023: 6% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2023: 6.2% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2023: 6.6% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2023: 7.2% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2023: 7.6% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2023: 7.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2023: 8.1% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2023: 8.1% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2023: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2023: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2023: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2024: 8.5% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2024: 8.9% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2024: 9.1% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2024: 8.9% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2024: 8.7% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2024: 8.6% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2024: 8.5% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2024: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2024: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2024: 8.6% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2024: 9% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2024: 9% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2025: 8.7% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2025: 8.1% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2025: 7.7% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2025: 7.4% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2025: 7% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2025: 6.7% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2025: 5.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2025: 5.7% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2025: 5.5% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2025: 5% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2025: 4.4% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2025: 3.9% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2026: 3.5% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2026: 3.6% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2026: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2026: 3.5% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2026: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2026: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2026: 3.7% percent · published 19 August 2026

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Definition and caveats

The percentage change in the Price Index of Private Rents for the area compared with the same month a year earlier.

Doesn’t measure: The rise a sitting tenant or a new tenant faced: the index blends new lets and continuing tenancies across the whole private rented stock.