Private rental market statistics, maps showing rents recorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017

England summary

The median monthly rent was £675 with an interquartile range of £500 to £950.

London had the highest median monthly rent at £1,495, and the North East had the lowest median monthly rent

at £495. These regions were consistently the highest/lowest across all bedroom categories, apart from Studio

where the North West and East Midlands had the lowest rents. The South East had the second highest median

monthly rent, at £875.

The highest median rents for a borough or district in England were in Kensington and Chelsea, London (£2,611).

The lowest median rent was in City of Kingston upon Hull UA (£412).

Definitions

Median – when a series of numbers

are arranged by size the median

represents the middle value.

Interquartile range – difference

between lower quartile and upper

quartile, representing the middle 50 per

cent of monthly rent values.

Maps

The maps on the following pages show

the median monthly rents for the ‘all’

bedroom category for England and

each region.

The ranges for the maps are produced

using ‘natural breaks’; a method that

separates values into groups which are

naturally present in the data. Similar

values are gathered together in such a

way that the differences between

groups are maximised.

The rents contained within each group

are greater than or equal to the lower

bound and strictly less than the upper

bound. For example, a group with a

range of £400 to £450 would contain

rents greater than or equal to £400 and

strictly less than £450.

Readers should take care as some

categories have small sample sizes.

The full tables can be found on the

GOV.UK page for the release.

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Median and interquartile range of monthly rents by region: All bedroom categories between 1 April 2016 and 31

March 2017

This documents contains, for each region, a map showing the monthly rent for the ‘all’ bedroom category.

This is a reduction in the number of maps that were produced to accompany previous releases.

Please send any feedback on this change to statistics@voa.gsi.gov.uk

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for England

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 North East 495

2 North West 535

3 Yorkshire and the Humber 520

4 East Midlands 550

5 West Midlands 575

6 East 750

7 London 1,495

8 South East 875

9 South West 695

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for the North East

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 County Durham UA 450

2 Darlington UA 450

3 Hartlepool UA 433

4 Middlesbrough UA 450

5 Northumberland UA 475

6 Redcar and Cleveland UA 495

7 Stockton-on-Tees UA 525

8 Gateshead 499

9 Newcastle upon Tyne 625

10 North Tyneside 525

11 South Tyneside 475

12 Sunderland 495

Tyne and Wear (Met County)

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for the North West

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 Blackburn with Darwen UA 450

2 Blackpool UA 525

3 Cheshire East UA 600

4 Cheshire West and Chester UA 600

5 Halton UA 525

6 Warrington UA 575

7 Allerdale 465

8 Barrow-in-Furness 450

9 Carlisle 450

10 Copeland 450

11 Eden 530

12 South Lakeland 620

13 Bolton 500

14 Bury 575

15 Manchester 695

16 Oldham 500

17 Rochdale 465

18 Salford 595

19 Stockport 650

20 Tameside 500

21 Trafford 795

22 Wigan 475

23 Burnley 425

24 Chorley 525

25 Fylde 550

26 Hyndburn 450

27 Lancaster 550

28 Pendle 433

29 Preston 500

30 Ribble Valley 598

31 Rossendale 475

32 South Ribble 550

33 West Lancashire 520

34 Wyre 550

35 Knowsley 550

36 Liverpool 450

37 Sefton 525

38 St. Helens 495

39 Wirral 495

Cumbria

Greater Manchester (Met County)

Lancashire

Merseyside (Met County)

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for Yorkshire and the Humber

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 East Riding of Yorkshire UA 500

2 Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 412

3 North East Lincolnshire UA 433

4 North Lincolnshire UA 477

5 York UA 725

6 Craven 550

7 Hambleton 575

8 Harrogate 710

9 Richmondshire 550

10 Ryedale 550

11 Scarborough 495

12 Selby 550

13 Barnsley 425

14 Doncaster 475

15 Rotherham 475

16 Sheffield 550

17 Bradford 480

18 Calderdale 490

19 Kirklees 475

20 Leeds 650

21 Wakefield 495

West Yorkshire (Met County)

South Yorkshire (Met County)

North Yorkshire

6

Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for the East Midlands

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 Derby UA 495

2 Leicester UA 515

3 Nottingham UA 525

4 Rutland UA 650

5 Amber Valley 500

6 Bolsover 460

7 Chesterfield 495

8 Derbyshire Dales 625

9 Erewash 495

10 High Peak 500

11 North East Derbyshire 525

12 South Derbyshire 575

13 Blaby 625

14 Charnwood 475

15 Harborough 650

16 Hinckley and Bosworth 550

17 Melton 555

18 North West Leicestershire 575

19 Oadby and Wigston 640

20 Boston 585

21 East Lindsey 475

22 Lincoln 525

23 North Kesteven 550

24 South Holland 575

25 South Kesteven 575

26 West Lindsey 460

27 Corby 595

28 Daventry 700

29 East Northamptonshire 650

30 Kettering 595

31 Northampton 650

32 South Northamptonshire 825

33 Wellingborough 600

34 Ashfield 475

35 Bassetlaw 475

36 Broxtowe 550

37 Gedling 550

38 Mansfield 475

39 Newark and Sherwood 500

40 Rushcliffe 650

Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Derbyshire

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for the West Midlands

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 Herefordshire, County of UA 575

2 Shropshire UA 550

3 Stoke-on-Trent UA 450

4 Telford and Wrekin UA 550

5 Cannock Chase 525

6 East Staffordshire 550

7 Lichfield 650

8 Newcastle-under-Lyme 500

9 South Staffordshire 625

10 Stafford 575

11 Staffordshire Moorlands 495

12 Tamworth 600

13 North Warwickshire 595

14 Nuneaton and Bedworth 530

15 Rugby 650

16 Stratford-on-Avon 750

17 Warwick 750

18 Birmingham 650

19 Coventry 550

20 Dudley 525

21 Sandwell 550

22 Solihull 775

23 Walsall 503

24 Wolverhampton 520

25 Bromsgrove 660

26 Malvern Hills 650

27 Redditch 625

28 Worcester 600

29 Wychavon 675

30 Wyre Forest 550

Warwickshire

Staffordshire

West Midlands (Met County)

Worcestershire

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for the East

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 Bedford UA 750

2 Central Bedfordshire UA 825

3 Luton UA 775

4 Peterborough UA 595

5 Southend-on-Sea UA 750

6 Thurrock UA 850

7 Cambridge 1,100

8 East Cambridgeshire 780

9 Fenland 575

10 Huntingdonshire 700

11 South Cambridgeshire 900

12 Basildon 850

13 Braintree 750

14 Brentwood 1,100

15 Castle Point 810

16 Chelmsford 860

17 Colchester 700

18 Epping Forest 1,100

19 Harlow 875

20 Maldon 800

21 Rochford 900

22 Tendring 650

23 Uttlesford 900

24 Broxbourne 950

25 Dacorum 995

26 East Hertfordshire 950

27 Hertsmere 1,200

28 North Hertfordshire 850

29 St Albans 1,200

30 Stevenage 795

31 Three Rivers 1,200

32 Watford 1,060

33 Welwyn Hatfield 1,050

34 Breckland 625

35 Broadland 663

36 Great Yarmouth 525

37 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 595

38 North Norfolk 590

39 Norwich 604

40 South Norfolk 625

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Hertfordshire

Norfolk

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

41 Babergh 675

42 Forest Heath 926

43 Ipswich 600

44 Mid Suffolk 650

45 St Edmundsbury 750

46 Suffolk Coastal 625

47 Waveney 533

Suffolk

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for London

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 Camden 1,842

2 City of London 2,058

3 Hackney 1,668

4 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,755

5 Haringey 1,400

6 Islington 1,733

7 Kensington and Chelsea 2,611

8 Lambeth 1,550

9 Lewisham 1,257

10 Newham 1,375

11 Southwark 1,500

12 Tower Hamlets 1,675

13 Wandsworth 1,650

14 Westminster 2,275

15 Barking and Dagenham 1,200

16 Barnet 1,395

17 Bexley 1,095

18 Brent 1,499

19 Bromley 1,200

20 Croydon 1,100

21 Ealing 1,400

22 Enfield 1,300

23 Greenwich 1,300

24 Harrow 1,350

25 Havering 1,050

26 Hillingdon 1,170

27 Hounslow 1,350

28 Kingston upon Thames 1,300

29 Merton 1,400

30 Redbridge 1,200

31 Richmond upon Thames 1,500

32 Sutton 1,100

33 Waltham Forest 1,250

Outer London

Inner London

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for the South East

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 Bracknell Forest UA 895

2 Brighton and Hove UA 1,125

3 Isle of Wight UA 600

4 Medway UA 728

5 Milton Keynes UA 875

6 Portsmouth UA 700

7 Reading UA 900

8 Slough UA 850

9 Southampton UA 775

10 West Berkshire UA 900

11 Windsor and Maidenhead UA 1,250

12 Wokingham UA 1,095

13 Aylesbury Vale 850

14 Chiltern 1,250

15 South Bucks 1,250

16 Wycombe 1,000

Buckinghamshire

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

17 Eastbourne 675

18 Hastings 575

19 Lewes 900

20 Rother 725

21 Wealden 850

22 Basingstoke and Deane 850

23 East Hampshire 800

24 Eastleigh 800

25 Fareham 800

26 Gosport 695

27 Hart 995

28 Havant 764

29 New Forest 840

30 Rushmoor 795

31 Test Valley 850

32 Winchester 1,000

East Sussex

Hampshire

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

33 Ashford 695

34 Canterbury 810

35 Dartford 870

36 Dover 575

37 Gravesham 775

38 Maidstone 800

39 Sevenoaks 1,200

40 Shepway 575

41 Swale 700

42 Thanet 625

43 Tonbridge and Malling 900

44 Tunbridge Wells 945

45 Cherwell 865

46 Oxford 1,230

47 South Oxfordshire 1,000

48 Vale of White Horse 895

49 West Oxfordshire 895

50 Elmbridge 1,295

51 Epsom and Ewell 1,250

52 Guildford 1,250

53 Mole Valley 1,150

54 Reigate and Banstead 1,100

55 Runnymede 1,150

56 Spelthorne 1,150

57 Surrey Heath 1,050

58 Tandridge 1,175

59 Waverley 1,000

60 Woking 1,190

61 Adur 825

62 Arun 745

63 Chichester 875

64 Crawley 950

65 Horsham 985

66 Mid Sussex 925

67 Worthing 750

West Sussex

Kent

Oxfordshire

Surrey

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Private rental market statistics, ‘All’ monthly rentsrecorded between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 for the South West

Statistics derived from fewer than five observations have been suppressed and denoted by ‘-’.

The data used to generate these statistics are based on a sample of rental information, collected by Rent Officers from landlords and letting agents.

The composition of this sample changes over time therefore any differences in median rent may be due to differences in the sample rather than true changes in the rental market.

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

1 Bath and North East Somerset UA 995

2 Bournemouth UA 715

3 Bristol, City of UA 895

4 Cornwall UA 625

5 Isles of Scilly UA -

6 North Somerset UA 675

7 Plymouth UA 550

8 Poole UA 795

9 South Gloucestershire UA 800

10 Swindon UA 675

11 Torbay UA 575

12 Wiltshire UA 750

13 East Devon 675

14 Exeter 750

15 Mid Devon 610

16 North Devon 595

17 South Hams 725

18 Teignbridge 650

19 Torridge 550

20 West Devon 625

21 Christchurch 825

22 East Dorset 850

23 North Dorset 675

24 Purbeck 778

25 West Dorset 725

26 Weymouth and Portland 650

Dorset

Devon

Key Area

Median

Rent (£)

27 Cheltenham 700

28 Cotswold 825

29 Forest of Dean 595

30 Gloucester 525

31 Stroud 650

32 Tewkesbury 675

33 Mendip 650

34 Sedgemoor 595

35 South Somerset 600

36 Taunton Deane 625

37 West Somerset 610

Somerset

Gloucestershire