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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	Burnley E07000117	£628	1
3	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	£633	1
4	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	£643	1
=5	County Durham E06000047	£645	2
=5	Hyndburn E07000120	£645	2
7	North Lincolnshire E06000013	£653	2
8	Pendle E07000122	£666	3
9	Cumberland E06000063	£675	3
10	Rotherham E08000018	£683	3
11	Darlington E06000005	£686	4
=12	Doncaster E08000017	£691	5
=12	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	£691	5
=12	Northumberland E06000057	£691	5
15	Barnsley E08000038	£693	6
=16	East Lindsey E07000137	£699	6
=16	Middlesbrough E06000002	£699	6
18	Sunderland E08000024	£704	7
19	Bolsover E07000033	£710	7
20	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	£711	8
21	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	£713	9
22	Blackpool E06000009	£714	9
23	Bassetlaw E07000171	£720	9
=24	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	£724	10
=24	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	£724	10
26	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	£735	11
=27	South Tyneside E08000023	£737	11
=27	Wyre E07000128	£737	11
29	West Lindsey E07000142	£744	12
=30	Halton E06000006	£745	12
=30	Wigan E08000010	£745	12
32	Bradford E08000032	£749	13
33	Calderdale E08000033	£753	13
34	Chesterfield E07000034	£754	14
35	South Holland E07000140	£768	15
36	Kirklees E08000034	£780	16
37	North East Derbyshire E07000038	£787	16
=38	Mansfield E07000174	£788	16
=38	Preston E07000123	£788	16
=38	Torridge E07000046	£788	16
41	Chorley E07000118	£792	17
42	Ashfield E07000170	£793	18
43	Amber Valley E07000032	£794	18
44	Melton E07000133	£796	18
45	Gateshead E08000037	£798	19
=46	South Ribble E07000126	£800	19
=46	Wakefield E08000036	£800	19
48	St. Helens E08000013	£802	20
=49	Boston E07000136	£803	20
=49	West Lancashire E07000127	£803	20
51	Rossendale E07000125	£808	21
52	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	£810	21
53	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	£811	22
54	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	£812	22
55	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	£813	22
56	Lancaster E07000121	£815	23
57	Ribble Valley E07000124	£816	23
58	Shropshire E06000051	£819	23
59	North Kesteven E07000139	£820	23
60	Wyre Forest E07000239	£823	24
61	Forest of Dean E07000080	£826	24
62	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	£830	24
63	Erewash E07000036	£834	25
=64	East Suffolk E07000244	£840	25
=64	Fenland E07000010	£840	25
=64	West Devon E07000047	£840	25
67	Great Yarmouth E07000145	£841	26
68	South Kesteven E07000141	£843	26
=69	Knowsley E08000011	£844	27
=69	North Yorkshire E06000065	£844	27
=69	Rochdale E08000005	£844	27
72	North Devon E07000043	£845	28
=73	East Staffordshire E07000193	£851	28
=73	North Tyneside E08000022	£851	28
75	Wirral E08000015	£852	29
76	Dudley E08000027	£853	29
77	Derby E06000015	£857	30
78	Cannock Chase E07000192	£859	30
79	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	£861	30
80	North Norfolk E07000147	£864	31
81	Fylde E07000119	£866	31
82	Mid Devon E07000042	£876	31
83	South Derbyshire E07000039	£879	32
84	Bolton E08000001	£884	32
85	Warrington E06000007	£894	32
86	Stafford E07000197	£898	33
87	Gedling E07000173	£899	33
88	Liverpool E08000012	£909	33
89	North West Leicestershire E07000134	£910	34
90	Walsall E08000030	£916	34
91	Torbay E06000027	£917	34
92	Tamworth E07000199	£920	35
93	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	£921	35
94	Breckland E07000143	£925	35
95	Tameside E08000008	£927	36
96	High Peak E07000037	£928	36
97	Sheffield E08000039	£929	36
98	Oldham E08000004	£931	37
99	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	£933	37
100	Sefton E08000014	£935	37
101	Broadland E07000144	£939	37
102	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	£940	38
103	Wolverhampton E08000031	£942	38
104	Malvern Hills E07000235	£943	38
105	Lincoln E07000138	£944	39
106	Broxtowe E07000172	£945	39
107	Sandwell E08000028	£947	39
108	South Staffordshire E07000196	£949	40
=109	Isle of Wight E06000046	£950	40
=109	Wychavon E07000238	£950	40
111	Redditch E07000236	£951	41
=112	Charnwood E07000130	£958	41
=112	Teignbridge E07000045	£958	41
114	Rutland E06000017	£962	42
115	Harborough E07000131	£963	42
116	East Devon E07000040	£965	43
117	Babergh E07000200	£968	43
118	Bury E08000002	£969	43
119	Worcester E07000237	£974	43
120	North Warwickshire E07000218	£978	44
121	South Norfolk E07000149	£981	44
122	Cheshire East E06000049	£984	44
123	Bromsgrove E07000234	£985	45
124	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	£986	45
125	North Northamptonshire E06000061	£988	46
126	Ipswich E07000202	£993	46
127	Blaby E07000129	£994	47
=128	Mid Suffolk E07000203	£1,001	47
=128	Plymouth E06000026	£1,001	47
130	Peterborough E06000031	£1,003	48
131	Cornwall E06000052	£1,004	48
=132	Hastings E07000062	£1,006	48
=132	Somerset E06000066	£1,006	48
134	South Hams E07000044	£1,009	49
135	Nottingham E06000018	£1,011	49
136	Coventry E08000026	£1,019	50
137	Leicester E06000016	£1,024	50
138	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	£1,025	50
139	Dover E07000108	£1,029	50
140	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	£1,035	51
141	Stroud E07000082	£1,040	51
142	Rushcliffe E07000176	£1,041	51
143	Rugby E07000220	£1,046	52
144	Huntingdonshire E07000011	£1,050	52
=145	Dorset E06000059	£1,051	52
=145	Tendring E07000076	£1,051	52
147	Wiltshire E06000054	£1,072	53
148	West Northamptonshire E06000062	£1,078	53
149	Tewkesbury E07000083	£1,086	54
150	Swindon E06000030	£1,090	54
151	Birmingham E08000025	£1,093	54
152	Lichfield E07000194	£1,100	55
153	Swale E07000113	£1,103	55
154	Stockport E08000007	£1,111	55
155	Gloucester E07000081	£1,112	56
156	Thanet E07000114	£1,114	56
157	Leeds E08000035	£1,140	56
=158	Maldon E07000074	£1,143	57
=158	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	£1,143	57
=160	Havant E07000090	£1,146	57
=160	Norwich E07000148	£1,146	57
162	Gosport E07000088	£1,165	58
=163	Eastbourne E07000061	£1,166	58
=163	Rother E07000064	£1,166	58
165	Salford E08000006	£1,167	59
166	Bedford E06000055	£1,170	59
167	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	£1,176	60
168	West Suffolk E07000245	£1,179	60
169	Fareham E07000087	£1,189	60
170	York E06000014	£1,193	61
171	Colchester E07000071	£1,196	61
172	North Somerset E06000024	£1,205	61
173	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	£1,207	62
174	Eastleigh E07000086	£1,214	62
175	Braintree E07000067	£1,217	62
176	Luton E06000032	£1,221	63
177	Arun E07000224	£1,227	63
178	Test Valley E07000093	£1,234	63
179	Medway E06000035	£1,236	63
180	Warwick E07000222	£1,239	64
181	New Forest E07000091	£1,241	64
182	Ashford E07000105	£1,246	64
183	Cotswold E07000079	£1,248	65
184	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	£1,249	65
185	Southampton E06000045	£1,255	65
186	Castle Point E07000069	£1,257	66
187	Cheltenham E07000078	£1,259	66
188	East Hampshire E07000085	£1,262	66
189	Wealden E07000065	£1,266	67
190	Solihull E08000029	£1,269	67
191	Canterbury E07000106	£1,281	67
192	Uttlesford E07000077	£1,286	68
=193	Maidstone E07000110	£1,293	68
=193	West Oxfordshire E07000181	£1,293	68
195	Cherwell E07000177	£1,294	69
196	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	£1,296	69
197	Rochford E07000075	£1,298	69
198	Worthing E07000229	£1,303	70
199	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	£1,307	70
200	West Berkshire E06000037	£1,314	70
201	Exeter E07000041	£1,320	70
202	Lewes E07000063	£1,325	71
203	Chichester E07000225	£1,328	71
204	Gravesham E07000109	£1,331	71
=205	Milton Keynes E06000042	£1,343	72
=205	Vale of White Horse E07000180	£1,343	72
207	Manchester E08000003	£1,365	72
=208	Portsmouth E06000044	£1,367	73
=208	Trafford E08000009	£1,367	73
210	Thurrock E06000034	£1,375	73
211	Rushmoor E07000092	£1,387	74
212	South Oxfordshire E07000179	£1,392	74
=213	Adur E07000223	£1,399	74
=213	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	£1,399	74
215	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	£1,411	75
216	Hart E07000089	£1,417	75
217	Mid Sussex E07000228	£1,420	76
218	Basildon E07000066	£1,421	76
219	North Hertfordshire E07000099	£1,429	76
220	Stevenage E07000243	£1,436	77
221	Chelmsford E07000070	£1,442	77
222	Waverley E07000216	£1,450	77
=223	Bracknell Forest E06000036	£1,456	77
=223	South Gloucestershire E06000025	£1,456	77
225	Horsham E07000227	£1,465	78
226	Wokingham E06000041	£1,470	78
227	Buckinghamshire E06000060	£1,474	79
228	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	£1,484	79
229	Crawley E07000226	£1,486	79
230	Winchester E07000094	£1,505	80
231	Surrey Heath E07000214	£1,508	80
232	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	£1,509	80
233	Harlow E07000073	£1,518	81
234	East Hertfordshire E07000242	£1,519	81
235	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	£1,529	81
236	Bexley E09000004	£1,534	82
237	Mole Valley E07000210	£1,548	82
238	Sutton E09000029	£1,553	82
239	Havering E09000016	£1,564	83
240	Hillingdon E09000017	£1,565	83
241	Slough E06000039	£1,569	83
242	Dartford E07000107	£1,570	83
243	Reading E06000038	£1,573	84
244	Runnymede E07000212	£1,579	84
245	Croydon E09000008	£1,581	84
246	Dacorum E07000096	£1,583	85
247	Brentwood E07000068	£1,618	85
248	Woking E07000217	£1,619	85
249	Tandridge E07000215	£1,634	86
250	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	£1,637	86
251	Spelthorne E07000213	£1,661	86
252	Bromley E09000006	£1,681	87
253	Broxbourne E07000095	£1,687	87
254	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	£1,694	87
255	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	£1,696	88
256	Redbridge E09000026	£1,724	88
257	Guildford E07000209	£1,728	88
258	Waltham Forest E09000031	£1,765	89
259	Harrow E09000015	£1,773	89
260	Sevenoaks E07000111	£1,803	89
261	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	£1,805	90
262	Cambridge E07000008	£1,806	90
263	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	£1,807	90
264	Brighton and Hove E06000043	£1,809	90
265	Hertsmere E07000098	£1,817	91
266	Three Rivers E07000102	£1,820	91
267	Enfield E09000010	£1,821	91
268	Watford E07000103	£1,823	92
269	Lewisham E09000023	£1,828	92
270	Epping Forest E07000072	£1,843	92
271	Elmbridge E07000207	£1,867	93
272	Bristol, City of E06000023	£1,880	93
273	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	£1,881	93
274	Newham E09000025	£1,927	94
275	St Albans E07000240	£1,931	94
=276	Barnet E09000003	£1,945	94
=276	Hounslow E09000018	£1,945	94
278	Oxford E07000178	£1,966	95
279	Greenwich E09000011	£1,980	95
280	Brent E09000005	£2,012	96
281	Ealing E09000009	£2,085	96
282	Merton E09000024	£2,153	96
283	Haringey E09000014	£2,213	97
284	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	£2,318	97
285	Southwark E09000028	£2,431	97
286	Tower Hamlets E09000030	£2,439	97
287	Lambeth E09000022	£2,519	98
288	Wandsworth E09000032	£2,620	98
289	Hackney E09000012	£2,644	98
290	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	£2,796	99
291	Camden E09000007	£2,800	99
292	Islington E09000019	£2,854	99
293	Westminster E09000033	£3,179	100
294	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 294 England 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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