Consumer prices inflation (CPI)
The UK CPI 12-month rate: how much prices of a typical basket of goods and services rose over a year.
CPI 12-month rate
3.5%
Sep 2026
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:45 UTCSource: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
120 periods, newest first
| Period | CPI 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 3.5% |
| Aug 2026 | 3.1% |
| Jul 2026 | 2.9% |
| Jun 2026 | 2.6% |
| May 2026 | 2.8% |
| Apr 2026 | 2.8% |
| Mar 2026 | 3.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 3.0% |
| Jan 2026 | 3.0% |
| Dec 2025 | 3.4% |
| Nov 2025 | 3.2% |
| Oct 2025 | 3.6% |
| Sep 2025 | 3.8% |
| Aug 2025 | 3.8% |
| Jul 2025 | 3.8% |
| Jun 2025 | 3.6% |
| May 2025 | 3.4% |
| Apr 2025 | 3.5% |
| Mar 2025 | 2.6% |
| Feb 2025 | 2.8% |
| Jan 2025 | 3.0% |
| Dec 2024 | 2.5% |
| Nov 2024 | 2.6% |
| Oct 2024 | 2.3% |
| Sep 2024 | 1.7% |
| Aug 2024 | 2.2% |
| Jul 2024 | 2.2% |
| Jun 2024 | 2.0% |
| May 2024 | 2.0% |
| Apr 2024 | 2.3% |
| Mar 2024 | 3.2% |
| Feb 2024 | 3.4% |
| Jan 2024 | 4.0% |
| Dec 2023 | 4.0% |
| Nov 2023 | 3.9% |
| Oct 2023 | 4.6% |
| Sep 2023 | 6.7% |
| Aug 2023 | 6.7% |
| Jul 2023 | 6.8% |
| Jun 2023 | 7.9% |
| May 2023 | 8.7% |
| Apr 2023 | 8.7% |
| Mar 2023 | 10.1% |
| Feb 2023 | 10.4% |
| Jan 2023 | 10.1% |
| Dec 2022 | 10.5% |
| Nov 2022 | 10.7% |
| Oct 2022 | 11.1% |
| Sep 2022 | 10.1% |
| Aug 2022 | 9.9% |
| Jul 2022 | 10.1% |
| Jun 2022 | 9.4% |
| May 2022 | 9.1% |
| Apr 2022 | 9.0% |
| Mar 2022 | 7.0% |
| Feb 2022 | 6.2% |
| Jan 2022 | 5.5% |
| Dec 2021 | 5.4% |
| Nov 2021 | 5.1% |
| Oct 2021 | 4.2% |
| Sep 2021 | 3.1% |
| Aug 2021 | 3.2% |
| Jul 2021 | 2.0% |
| Jun 2021 | 2.5% |
| May 2021 | 2.1% |
| Apr 2021 | 1.5% |
| Mar 2021 | 0.7% |
| Feb 2021 | 0.4% |
| Jan 2021 | 0.7% |
| Dec 2020 | 0.6% |
| Nov 2020 | 0.3% |
| Oct 2020 | 0.7% |
| Sep 2020 | 0.5% |
| Aug 2020 | 0.2% |
| Jul 2020 | 1.0% |
| Jun 2020 | 0.6% |
| May 2020 | 0.5% |
| Apr 2020 | 0.8% |
| Mar 2020 | 1.5% |
| Feb 2020 | 1.7% |
| Jan 2020 | 1.8% |
| Dec 2019 | 1.3% |
| Nov 2019 | 1.5% |
| Oct 2019 | 1.5% |
| Sep 2019 | 1.7% |
| Aug 2019 | 1.7% |
| Jul 2019 | 2.1% |
| Jun 2019 | 2.0% |
| May 2019 | 2.0% |
| Apr 2019 | 2.1% |
| Mar 2019 | 1.9% |
| Feb 2019 | 1.9% |
| Jan 2019 | 1.8% |
| Dec 2018 | 2.1% |
| Nov 2018 | 2.3% |
| Oct 2018 | 2.4% |
| Sep 2018 | 2.4% |
| Aug 2018 | 2.7% |
| Jul 2018 | 2.5% |
| Jun 2018 | 2.4% |
| May 2018 | 2.4% |
| Apr 2018 | 2.4% |
| Mar 2018 | 2.5% |
| Feb 2018 | 2.7% |
| Jan 2018 | 3.0% |
| Dec 2017 | 3.0% |
| Nov 2017 | 3.1% |
| Oct 2017 | 3.0% |
| Sep 2017 | 3.0% |
| Aug 2017 | 2.9% |
| Jul 2017 | 2.6% |
| Jun 2017 | 2.6% |
| May 2017 | 2.9% |
| Apr 2017 | 2.7% |
| Mar 2017 | 2.3% |
| Feb 2017 | 2.3% |
| Jan 2017 | 1.8% |
| Dec 2016 | 1.6% |
| Nov 2016 | 1.2% |
| Oct 2016 | 0.9% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
- Check it yourself
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/d7g7/mm23
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 28 October 2026, 12:35 UTC
- Publisher release
- 2026-10-20T23:00:00.000Z; next release 18 November 2026
- Series as published
- CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100 (D7G7, dataset MM23)
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/d7g7/mm23/dataSHA-256 55067412fdf9f5259a07d40abf8a73cbf68e6b08f7201ca933884b9d7ffba294 · 122,413 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 12:45 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 12:45 UTC; 120 of 120 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T12:35:54Z; 1 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 1 of 1 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 120 of 120 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 120 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 120 of 120 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS CSV download agrees | 120 of 120 figures match the CSV at https://www.ons.gov.uk/generator?format=csv&uri=/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/d7g7/mm23 |
| Pass | ONS series is current | last released 2026-10-20, 7 days before retrieval (limit 400); next release 18 November 2026 |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/d7g7/mm23 – HTTP 200 |