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Average monthly rent, two bedrooms, every council ranked

Tenancies already running count as well as new ones, so it reads below the asking rent for a new let. Figures for August 2026, published for 316 councils in England and Wales. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Hartlepool, £509 a month. The council in the middle: Monmouthshire, £920 a month. Highest: Kensington and Chelsea, £3,428 a month.

Average monthly rent, two bedrooms, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1HartlepoolNorth East£509 a month
2PowysWales£578 a month
3County DurhamNorth East£579 a month
4North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber£580 a month
5BurnleyNorth West£588 a month
6Blaenau GwentWales£605 a month
7Redcar and ClevelandNorth East£609 a month
8RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber£615 a month
9North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber£616 a month
10 jointHyndburnNorth West£621 a month
10 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber£621 a month
12DarlingtonNorth East£629 a month
13 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber£630 a month
13 jointNorthumberlandNorth East£630 a month
15PendleNorth West£633 a month
16 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East£634 a month
16 jointNeath Port TalbotWales£634 a month
18DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber£636 a month
19 jointMerthyr TydfilWales£640 a month
19 jointPembrokeshireWales£640 a month
21CumberlandNorth West£643 a month
22 jointBolsoverEast Midlands£645 a month
22 jointSouth TynesideNorth East£645 a month
24 jointCarmarthenshireWales£647 a month
24 jointSunderlandNorth East£647 a month
26East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber£650 a month
27BlackpoolNorth West£652 a month
28BassetlawEast Midlands£658 a month
29 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West£662 a month
29 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands£662 a month
31CeredigionWales£663 a month
32East LindseyEast Midlands£666 a month
33Stockton-on-TeesNorth East£668 a month
34West LindseyEast Midlands£673 a month
35 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber£675 a month
35 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales£675 a month
37GwyneddWales£676 a month
38CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber£684 a month
39Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands£685 a month
40HaltonNorth West£686 a month
41CaerphillyWales£689 a month
42Isle of AngleseyWales£693 a month
43ChesterfieldEast Midlands£696 a month
44WiganNorth West£700 a month
45BridgendWales£701 a month
46 jointDenbighshireWales£707 a month
46 jointMansfieldEast Midlands£707 a month
48WrexhamWales£711 a month
49KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber£712 a month
50WyreNorth West£717 a month
51 jointGatesheadNorth East£723 a month
51 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands£723 a month
53AshfieldEast Midlands£725 a month
54WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber£726 a month
55 jointMeltonEast Midlands£731 a month
55 jointPrestonNorth West£731 a month
55 jointWest LancashireNorth West£731 a month
58ConwyWales£734 a month
59North TynesideNorth East£736 a month
60St. HelensNorth West£737 a month
61South RibbleNorth West£738 a month
62 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands£739 a month
62 jointTorridgeSouth West£739 a month
64WirralNorth West£740 a month
65 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands£741 a month
65 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands£741 a month
67Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands£742 a month
68Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands£744 a month
69LancasterNorth West£753 a month
70RossendaleNorth West£755 a month
71 jointFlintshireWales£756 a month
71 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands£756 a month
73North KestevenEast Midlands£758 a month
74Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands£760 a month
75ChorleyNorth West£763 a month
76BostonEast Midlands£764 a month
77TorfaenWales£766 a month
78KnowsleyNorth West£767 a month
79ShropshireWest Midlands£768 a month
80North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber£769 a month
81Great YarmouthEast of England£770 a month
82 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands£771 a month
82 jointWest DevonSouth West£771 a month
84 jointRibble ValleyNorth West£772 a month
84 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West£772 a month
86HerefordshireWest Midlands£773 a month
87East StaffordshireWest Midlands£775 a month
88 jointDerbyEast Midlands£778 a month
88 jointNorth DevonSouth West£778 a month
90Cannock ChaseWest Midlands£781 a month
91DudleyWest Midlands£782 a month
92FyldeNorth West£787 a month
93ErewashEast Midlands£789 a month
94StaffordWest Midlands£791 a month
95East SuffolkEast of England£792 a month
96GedlingEast Midlands£795 a month
97 jointSwanseaWales£797 a month
97 jointWalsallWest Midlands£797 a month
99RochdaleNorth West£799 a month
100Forest of DeanSouth West£800 a month
101South DerbyshireEast Midlands£801 a month
102FenlandEast of England£807 a month
103 jointMid DevonSouth West£809 a month
103 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England£809 a month
105High PeakEast Midlands£811 a month
106SeftonNorth West£814 a month
107BoltonNorth West£815 a month
108TorbaySouth West£817 a month
109North West LeicestershireEast Midlands£819 a month
110 jointLincolnEast Midlands£828 a month
110 jointTamworthWest Midlands£828 a month
112WarringtonNorth West£835 a month
113 jointLiverpoolNorth West£837 a month
113 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands£837 a month
115 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands£839 a month
115 jointRutlandEast Midlands£839 a month
117SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber£840 a month
118WolverhamptonWest Midlands£842 a month
119Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands£844 a month
120BrecklandEast of England£846 a month
121CharnwoodEast Midlands£847 a month
122King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England£848 a month
123SandwellWest Midlands£851 a month
124South StaffordshireWest Midlands£858 a month
125NewportWales£863 a month
126TeignbridgeSouth West£869 a month
127 jointIsle of WightSouth East£872 a month
127 jointWychavonWest Midlands£872 a month
129Malvern HillsWest Midlands£878 a month
130OldhamNorth West£879 a month
131CornwallSouth West£880 a month
132RedditchWest Midlands£881 a month
133 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands£882 a month
133 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands£882 a month
135TamesideNorth West£885 a month
136PlymouthSouth West£886 a month
137 jointBuryNorth West£888 a month
137 jointVale of GlamorganWales£888 a month
139Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands£889 a month
140South NorfolkEast of England£890 a month
141LeicesterEast Midlands£892 a month
142BroadlandEast of England£893 a month
143PeterboroughEast of England£895 a month
144East DevonSouth West£896 a month
145HastingsSouth East£897 a month
146 jointCheshire EastNorth West£898 a month
146 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands£898 a month
148BromsgroveWest Midlands£899 a month
149WorcesterWest Midlands£908 a month
150HarboroughEast Midlands£911 a month
151BlabyEast Midlands£912 a month
152 jointCoventryWest Midlands£913 a month
152 jointSomersetSouth West£913 a month
154 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West£914 a month
154 jointNottinghamEast Midlands£914 a month
156IpswichEast of England£915 a month
157BaberghEast of England£916 a month
158MonmouthshireWales£920 a month
159South HamsSouth West£921 a month
160Mid SuffolkEast of England£922 a month
161RugbyWest Midlands£933 a month
162DoverSouth East£952 a month
163West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands£954 a month
164East CambridgeshireEast of England£958 a month
165StroudSouth West£961 a month
166 jointDorsetSouth West£967 a month
166 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England£967 a month
166 jointLichfieldWest Midlands£967 a month
169GloucesterSouth West£971 a month
170NorwichEast of England£972 a month
171WiltshireSouth West£973 a month
172 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber£975 a month
172 jointTendringEast of England£975 a month
174TewkesburySouth West£978 a month
175SwindonSouth West£987 a month
176BirminghamWest Midlands£1,003 a month
177ThanetSouth East£1,004 a month
178Newcastle upon TyneNorth East£1,007 a month
179Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands£1,020 a month
180 jointBedfordEast of England£1,029 a month
180 jointSwaleSouth East£1,029 a month
182 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East£1,031 a month
182 jointRotherSouth East£1,031 a month
184MaldonEast of England£1,033 a month
185StockportNorth West£1,036 a month
186GosportSouth East£1,044 a month
187West SuffolkEast of England£1,061 a month
188ColchesterEast of England£1,063 a month
189SolihullWest Midlands£1,065 a month
190FarehamSouth East£1,073 a month
191 jointEastbourneSouth East£1,079 a month
191 jointNorth SomersetSouth West£1,079 a month
193YorkYorkshire and the Humber£1,082 a month
194SalfordNorth West£1,084 a month
195 jointCardiffWales£1,085 a month
195 jointHavantSouth East£1,085 a month
197CheltenhamSouth West£1,096 a month
198Central BedfordshireEast of England£1,097 a month
199BraintreeEast of England£1,099 a month
200 jointCotswoldSouth West£1,105 a month
200 jointWarwickWest Midlands£1,105 a month
202EastleighSouth East£1,111 a month
203 jointLutonEast of England£1,114 a month
203 jointSouthamptonSouth East£1,114 a month
205Southend-on-SeaEast of England£1,116 a month
206ExeterSouth West£1,131 a month
207 jointCanterburySouth East£1,132 a month
207 jointNew ForestSouth East£1,132 a month
209PortsmouthSouth East£1,135 a month
210MedwaySouth East£1,137 a month
211ArunSouth East£1,140 a month
212UttlesfordEast of England£1,142 a month
213 jointAshfordSouth East£1,143 a month
213 jointWealdenSouth East£1,143 a month
215Test ValleySouth East£1,144 a month
216 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West£1,169 a month
216 jointCastle PointEast of England£1,169 a month
216 jointRochfordEast of England£1,169 a month
219East HampshireSouth East£1,180 a month
220WorthingSouth East£1,182 a month
221MaidstoneSouth East£1,193 a month
222GraveshamSouth East£1,201 a month
223TraffordNorth West£1,202 a month
224West OxfordshireSouth East£1,208 a month
225Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East£1,210 a month
226ThurrockEast of England£1,214 a month
227West BerkshireSouth East£1,216 a month
228 jointCherwellSouth East£1,217 a month
228 jointLewesSouth East£1,217 a month
228 jointMilton KeynesSouth East£1,217 a month
231ChichesterSouth East£1,222 a month
232Vale of White HorseSouth East£1,230 a month
233ManchesterNorth West£1,233 a month
234 jointBasildonEast of England£1,269 a month
234 jointRushmoorSouth East£1,269 a month
236South GloucestershireSouth West£1,274 a month
237South CambridgeshireEast of England£1,281 a month
238North HertfordshireEast of England£1,284 a month
239 jointChelmsfordEast of England£1,291 a month
239 jointMid SussexSouth East£1,291 a month
241South OxfordshireSouth East£1,292 a month
242AdurSouth East£1,299 a month
243HartSouth East£1,303 a month
244BuckinghamshireSouth East£1,310 a month
245WinchesterSouth East£1,318 a month
246StevenageEast of England£1,321 a month
247HarlowEast of England£1,327 a month
248Tonbridge and MallingSouth East£1,333 a month
249Surrey HeathSouth East£1,335 a month
250 jointBracknell ForestSouth East£1,345 a month
250 jointWokinghamSouth East£1,345 a month
252HorshamSouth East£1,352 a month
253WaverleySouth East£1,354 a month
254Welwyn HatfieldEast of England£1,375 a month
255DacorumEast of England£1,378 a month
256East HertfordshireEast of England£1,382 a month
257CrawleySouth East£1,385 a month
258ReadingSouth East£1,393 a month
259RunnymedeSouth East£1,394 a month
260BrentwoodEast of England£1,399 a month
261Tunbridge WellsSouth East£1,405 a month
262DartfordSouth East£1,419 a month
263SloughSouth East£1,425 a month
264WokingSouth East£1,443 a month
265BroxbourneEast of England£1,451 a month
266Mole ValleySouth East£1,455 a month
267TandridgeSouth East£1,467 a month
268Epsom and EwellSouth East£1,479 a month
269Reigate and BansteadSouth East£1,483 a month
270Brighton and HoveSouth East£1,518 a month
271Bath and North East SomersetSouth West£1,523 a month
272BexleyLondon£1,526 a month
273GuildfordSouth East£1,541 a month
274HaveringLondon£1,542 a month
275BristolSouth West£1,544 a month
276SuttonLondon£1,554 a month
277Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East£1,567 a month
278CroydonLondon£1,573 a month
279SevenoaksSouth East£1,579 a month
280SpelthorneSouth East£1,582 a month
281Epping ForestEast of England£1,584 a month
282HillingdonLondon£1,586 a month
283Three RiversEast of England£1,588 a month
284ElmbridgeSouth East£1,589 a month
285WatfordEast of England£1,599 a month
286HertsmereEast of England£1,604 a month
287CambridgeEast of England£1,613 a month
288St AlbansEast of England£1,633 a month
289BromleyLondon£1,641 a month
290OxfordSouth East£1,667 a month
291RedbridgeLondon£1,681 a month
292HarrowLondon£1,715 a month
293Barking and DagenhamLondon£1,721 a month
294Waltham ForestLondon£1,723 a month
295Kingston upon ThamesLondon£1,755 a month
296EnfieldLondon£1,764 a month
297LewishamLondon£1,789 a month
298BarnetLondon£1,858 a month
299GreenwichLondon£1,932 a month
300BrentLondon£1,934 a month
301HounslowLondon£1,947 a month
302NewhamLondon£1,993 a month
303MertonLondon£2,024 a month
304EalingLondon£2,033 a month
305HaringeyLondon£2,034 a month
306Richmond upon ThamesLondon£2,222 a month
307LambethLondon£2,342 a month
308SouthwarkLondon£2,348 a month
309Tower HamletsLondon£2,418 a month
310WandsworthLondon£2,463 a month
311HackneyLondon£2,489 a month
312CamdenLondon£2,621 a month
313Hammersmith and FulhamLondon£2,622 a month
314IslingtonLondon£2,697 a month
315WestminsterLondon£3,305 a month
316Kensington and ChelseaLondon£3,428 a month

Not in this list

  • City of London and Isles of Scilly. ONS does not publish rents for this council on its own.
  • Northern Ireland. The latest months for Northern Ireland are not available from ONS.
  • Scotland. ONS publishes Scotland's rents by rental market area, not by council.

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · August 2026 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured

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