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ONS · Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (ONS)

Average private rent a month

July 2026 Revised

£1,393a month

Average private rent a month was £1,393 in July 2026, up 3.7% (£50) from £1,343 in July 2025.

▲ 3.7% · +£50 against July 2025 (year on year)

  1. ONS estimate
  2. July 2026
  3. published 19 August 2026
  4. Table 1
  5. row “United Kingdom”
  6. column “Rental price”
  7. cell value 1393

July 2026 is the highest figure in the published series: £1,393. Rule: highest of the 139 periods published here (January 2015 to July 2026).

January 2015 to July 2026

Average private rent a month: January 2015 to July 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour£0£500£1k201620182020202220242026January 2015: £910 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2015: £912 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2015: £915 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2015: £918 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2015: £922 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2015: £924 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2015: £926 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2015: £930 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2015: £933 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2015: £935 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2015: £936 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2015: £939 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2016: £941 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2016: £942 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2016: £946 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2016: £949 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2016: £952 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2016: £954 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2016: £958 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2016: £961 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2016: £963 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2016: £966 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2016: £968 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2016: £970 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2017: £972 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2017: £973 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2017: £975 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2017: £977 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2017: £977 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2017: £979 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2017: £982 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2017: £982 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2017: £982 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2017: £983 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2017: £984 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2017: £985 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2018: £984 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2018: £986 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2018: £984 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2018: £984 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2018: £985 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2018: £985 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2018: £987 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2018: £989 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2018: £990 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2018: £993 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2018: £995 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2018: £997 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2019: £997 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2019: £999 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2019: £1,000 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2019: £1,000 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2019: £1,005 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2019: £1,005 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2019: £1,006 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2019: £1,009 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2019: £1,012 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2019: £1,014 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2019: £1,016 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2019: £1,018 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2020: £1,019 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2020: £1,021 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2020: £1,022 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2020: £1,022 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2020: £1,023 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2020: £1,024 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2020: £1,025 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2020: £1,026 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2020: £1,027 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2020: £1,029 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2020: £1,029 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2020: £1,030 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2021: £1,030 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2021: £1,032 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2021: £1,034 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2021: £1,033 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2021: £1,034 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2021: £1,036 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2021: £1,037 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2021: £1,039 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2021: £1,042 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2021: £1,046 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2021: £1,049 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2021: £1,055 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2022: £1,059 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2022: £1,063 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2022: £1,066 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2022: £1,071 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2022: £1,075 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2022: £1,079 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2022: £1,084 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2022: £1,089 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2022: £1,096 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2022: £1,100 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2022: £1,107 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2022: £1,114 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2023: £1,120 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2023: £1,126 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2023: £1,133 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2023: £1,142 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2023: £1,152 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2023: £1,161 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2023: £1,169 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2023: £1,177 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2023: £1,185 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2023: £1,193 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2023: £1,200 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2023: £1,207 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2024: £1,216 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2024: £1,227 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2024: £1,236 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2024: £1,243 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2024: £1,252 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2024: £1,260 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2024: £1,268 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2024: £1,275 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2024: £1,284 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2024: £1,295 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2024: £1,308 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2024: £1,316 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2025: £1,321 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2025: £1,327 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2025: £1,332 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2025: £1,335 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2025: £1,339 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2025: £1,344 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2025: £1,343 £ a month · published 19 August 2026August 2025: £1,348 £ a month · published 19 August 2026September 2025: £1,354 £ a month · published 19 August 2026October 2025: £1,360 £ a month · published 19 August 2026November 2025: £1,366 £ a month · published 19 August 2026December 2025: £1,367 £ a month · published 19 August 2026January 2026: £1,367 £ a month · published 19 August 2026February 2026: £1,374 £ a month · published 19 August 2026March 2026: £1,377 £ a month · published 19 August 2026April 2026: £1,381 £ a month · published 19 August 2026May 2026: £1,383 £ a month · published 19 August 2026June 2026: £1,388 £ a month · published 19 August 2026July 2026: £1,393 £ a month · published 19 August 2026
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What this measures

The average monthly rent for a privately rented property in the area, from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, which models rents across the whole stock of private tenancies from letting-agent and Valuation Office data, not only new lets. Bedroom breakdowns are held on the same series.

What this doesn’t measure

The asking rent for a property advertised today, which is usually higher than the average across all tenancies, nor social rents, nor what any particular tenant pays.

Important caveat

The Price Index of Private Rents estimates the average rent across all private tenancies in an area, new lets and continuing tenancies, modelled from Valuation Office Agency data in England and the equivalent bodies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is not an asking-rent series and usually sits below advertised rents for new lets. Recent months are revised as data arrives. The site holds England and Wales local authorities plus UK, country and region totals; Scottish councils and Northern Ireland districts are in the source but outside the site's geography registry.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
ONS
Publication
Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (ONS)
Release
August 2026 (rents to July 2026), published 19 August 2026
Source file
pipr-monthly-2026-08.xlsx
File SHA-256
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Retrieved
3 September 2026
Sheet
Table 1
Table
Table 1
Row
United Kingdom
Column
Rental price
Cell value
1393
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
£ a month
API
/api/metrics/rent_private_monthly · /series · /vintages

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–£1,260June 2024£1,393July 2026↑ 10.6%
Conservative 2019–2024£1,016November 2019£1,260June 2024↑ 24.0%
Conservative 2017–2019£977May 2017£1,016November 2019↑ 4.0%
Conservative 2015–2017£918April 2015£977May 2017↑ 6.4%

Full comparison with chart

Release
August 2026 (rents to July 2026) · publication page
Last updated
19 August 2026
Next release expected
Not yet announced (estimated from the usual cadence)