Private rents, annual change by council, England and Wales

Official statistics in development

The ONS's Price Index of Private Rents: how much the average private rent rose over the year to the newest month in each council area of England and Wales.

United Kingdom

3.8%

Sep 2026

Verified against source, 5 November 2026, 00:04 UTC

2026-09

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub Sep 2026

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

1Tewkesbury14.4%
2Oldham13.3%
3Kirklees12.5%
4Redditch11.3%
5Knowsley11.0%
6Wolverhampton10.7%
7Dover10.2%
8Derbyshire Dales10.1%
9Folkestone and Hythe10.0%
10Bolton9.7%
11Walsall9.4%
12West Lindsey9.2%
13Rochdale8.8%
14Powys8.6%
15North West Leicestershire8.2%
=16Flintshire7.9%
=16Newcastle upon Tyne7.9%
18Bridgend7.8%
=19North East Lincolnshire7.6%
=19Staffordshire Moorlands7.6%
=21Bath and North East Somerset7.5%
=21Kingston upon Hull, City of7.5%
=23High Peak7.4%
=23South Tyneside7.4%
=25Sandwell7.3%
=25Southwark7.3%
=27Barnsley7.2%
=27Cannock Chase7.2%
=27Cheshire East7.2%
=27Chorley7.2%
=27Cumberland7.2%
=27East Lindsey7.2%
=27Wyre7.2%
=34Blackpool7.1%
=34Caerphilly7.1%
=34Great Yarmouth7.1%
=34Gwynedd7.1%
=34Malvern Hills7.1%
=34Spelthorne7.1%
=40East Staffordshire7.0%
=40Newcastle-under-Lyme7.0%
=40Northumberland7.0%
=43Halton6.9%
=43Mid Suffolk6.9%
=43Sevenoaks6.9%
=43St. Helens6.9%
=47Gloucester6.8%
=47Isle of Wight6.8%
=49Cheshire West and Chester6.7%
=49Melton6.7%
=49Wirral6.7%
=49York6.7%
=53East Devon6.6%
=53Islington6.6%
=53Lancaster6.6%
=53Lichfield6.6%
=57Carmarthenshire6.5%
=57Stafford6.5%
=57Stroud6.5%
=60North Hertfordshire6.4%
=60North Tyneside6.4%
=60Pendle6.4%
=60Wigan6.4%
=64Cotswold6.3%
=64Neath Port Talbot6.3%
=64Somerset6.3%
=64South Staffordshire6.3%
=64Telford and Wrekin6.3%
=69Darlington6.2%
=69Denbighshire6.2%
=69West Berkshire6.2%
=69Westmorland and Furness6.2%
=73Cheltenham6.1%
=73County Durham6.1%
=73Worcester6.1%
=76Greenwich6.0%
=76Stratford-on-Avon6.0%
=76Swansea6.0%
=79Blaenau Gwent5.9%
=79Isle of Anglesey5.9%
=79Wakefield5.9%
=82Buckinghamshire5.8%
=82Canterbury5.8%
=82East Suffolk5.8%
=82North Lincolnshire5.8%
=82Wiltshire5.8%
=87Bristol, City of5.7%
=87Gateshead5.7%
=87Guildford5.7%
=87Preston5.7%
=87Tandridge5.7%
=92Epping Forest5.5%
=92Mansfield5.5%
=92Merton5.5%
=92North Kesteven5.5%
=92South Ribble5.5%
=97Enfield5.4%
=97Fylde5.4%
=97Lewes5.4%
=97Liverpool5.4%
=97Richmond upon Thames5.4%
=97Stockport5.4%
=103Newark and Sherwood5.3%
=103Ribble Valley5.3%
=103Thurrock5.3%
=103Warrington5.3%
=107Amber Valley5.2%
=107Doncaster5.2%
=107Rugby5.2%
=107South Oxfordshire5.2%
=111Ashfield5.1%
=111Southend-on-Sea5.1%
=111Stoke-on-Trent5.1%
=111Tameside5.1%
=115Gravesham5.0%
=115Rochford5.0%
=115Sefton5.0%
=115Swindon5.0%
=115Tunbridge Wells5.0%
=115West Lancashire5.0%
=121Blaby4.9%
=121Brent4.9%
=121Hammersmith and Fulham4.9%
=121Peterborough4.9%
=121South Derbyshire4.9%
=121South Gloucestershire4.9%
=121Wychavon4.9%
=128Basildon4.8%
=128Charnwood4.8%
=128East Hertfordshire4.8%
=128Horsham4.8%
=128Shropshire4.8%
=128Vale of White Horse4.8%
=128Winchester4.8%
=135Derby4.7%
=135North Northamptonshire4.7%
=135Stevenage4.7%
=138Breckland4.6%
=138Castle Point4.6%
=138East Riding of Yorkshire4.6%
=138Harborough4.6%
=138Manchester4.6%
=138Pembrokeshire4.6%
=138Test Valley4.6%
=145Ipswich4.5%
=145Leeds4.5%
=145South Holland4.5%
=148Central Bedfordshire4.4%
=148Harlow4.4%
=148Plymouth4.4%
=151Mid Sussex4.3%
=151North Warwickshire4.3%
=151Rushmoor4.3%
=154Dorset4.2%
=154West Suffolk4.2%
=156Broadland4.1%
=156Epsom and Ewell4.1%
=156Havant4.1%
=156Sheffield4.1%
=156Sunderland4.1%
=156Wandsworth4.1%
=162Hertsmere4.0%
=162Huntingdonshire4.0%
=162Milton Keynes4.0%
=162North Norfolk4.0%
=162Thanet4.0%
=167Hackney3.9%
=167Lincoln3.9%
=167West Devon3.9%
=170Blackburn with Darwen3.8%
=170Ealing3.8%
=170Gosport3.8%
=170Middlesbrough3.8%
=170Mole Valley3.8%
=170Tower Hamlets3.8%
=176Arun3.7%
=176Ceredigion3.7%
=176Eastleigh3.7%
=176Fenland3.7%
=176Hyndburn3.7%
=176Luton3.7%
=176Rossendale3.7%
=176Southampton3.7%
=176Tendring3.7%
=176Torbay3.7%
=186Gedling3.6%
=186Hounslow3.6%
=186King's Lynn and West Norfolk3.6%
=186North East Derbyshire3.6%
=186Teignbridge3.6%
=186Tonbridge and Malling3.6%
=186West Oxfordshire3.6%
=193Bassetlaw3.5%
=193Broxbourne3.5%
=193Chichester3.5%
=196Chesterfield3.4%
=196Croydon3.4%
=196Hillingdon3.4%
=196Lambeth3.4%
=196Rotherham3.4%
=196Stockton-on-Tees3.4%
=202Adur3.3%
=202Babergh3.3%
=202Birmingham3.3%
=202Solihull3.3%
=202South Norfolk3.3%
=202Welwyn Hatfield3.3%
=202West Northamptonshire3.3%
=209Ashford3.2%
=209Boston3.2%
=209Bromley3.2%
=209Calderdale3.2%
=209Cardiff3.2%
=209Cherwell3.2%
=209Crawley3.2%
=209Dartford3.2%
=209Hart3.2%
=209Reigate and Banstead3.2%
=219Dudley3.1%
=219North Somerset3.1%
=219Salford3.1%
=222Burnley3.0%
=222Erewash3.0%
=222Kensington and Chelsea3.0%
=222Maidstone3.0%
=222Newham3.0%
=222South Cambridgeshire3.0%
=222South Hams3.0%
=222Trafford3.0%
=222Wrexham3.0%
=231Barnet2.9%
=231Herefordshire, County of2.9%
=231Newport2.9%
=231Portsmouth2.9%
=231Sutton2.9%
=236Harrow2.8%
=236Hinckley and Bosworth2.8%
=236Rushcliffe2.8%
=239Conwy2.7%
=239Elmbridge2.7%
=239St Albans2.7%
=242Bolsover2.6%
=242Bromsgrove2.6%
=244Barking and Dagenham2.5%
=244Bedford2.5%
=244Braintree2.5%
=244Dacorum2.5%
=244South Kesteven2.5%
=249Bracknell Forest2.4%
=249Oxford2.4%
=249Waltham Forest2.4%
=252Brentwood2.3%
=252Coventry2.3%
=252North Yorkshire2.3%
=252Slough2.3%
=252Torfaen2.3%
=257Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2.2%
=257Maldon2.2%
=257Oadby and Wigston2.2%
=260Lewisham2.1%
=260Monmouthshire2.1%
=260Redbridge2.1%
=260Rutland2.1%
=260Torridge2.1%
=260Watford2.1%
=266East Hampshire2.0%
=266New Forest2.0%
=266Nuneaton and Bedworth2.0%
=266Surrey Heath2.0%
=266Three Rivers2.0%
=266Warwick2.0%
=272Cambridge1.9%
=272Eastbourne1.9%
274Wealden1.8%
=275Bexley1.7%
=275Colchester1.7%
=275Hastings1.7%
=275Nottingham1.7%
=275Vale of Glamorgan1.7%
=280Bradford1.6%
=280Chelmsford1.6%
=280Medway1.6%
=280Uttlesford1.6%
=284Mid Devon1.5%
=284Redcar and Cleveland1.5%
286Camden1.4%
=287Haringey1.3%
=287Hartlepool1.3%
=287Reading1.3%
290Fareham1.2%
=291Basingstoke and Deane1.1%
=291Rother1.1%
=291Swale1.1%
=294Cornwall0.9%
=294Havering0.9%
=294Leicester0.9%
=294Runnymede0.9%
298Norwich0.8%
=299Bury0.7%
=299Windsor and Maidenhead0.7%
=299Wokingham0.7%
302Rhondda Cynon Taf0.6%
303Tamworth0.4%
304Exeter0.2%
305East Cambridgeshire0.0%
306North Devon−0.3%
=307Kingston upon Thames−0.4%
=307Westminster−0.4%
=309Waverley−0.6%
=309Worthing−0.6%
311Brighton and Hove−0.8%
312Forest of Dean−0.9%
313Woking−1.0%
314Wyre Forest−1.2%
315Broxtowe−1.6%
316Merthyr Tydfil−1.9%

No figure published for City of London (the ONS publishes no figure for it), Isles of Scilly (the ONS publishes no figure for it).

Data table

316 rows

Area	Sep 2026
Tewkesbury E07000083	14.4%
Oldham E08000004	13.3%
Kirklees E08000034	12.5%
Redditch E07000236	11.3%
Knowsley E08000011	11.0%
Wolverhampton E08000031	10.7%
Dover E07000108	10.2%
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	10.1%
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	10.0%
Bolton E08000001	9.7%
Walsall E08000030	9.4%
West Lindsey E07000142	9.2%
Rochdale E08000005	8.8%
Powys W06000023	8.6%
North West Leicestershire E07000134	8.2%
Flintshire W06000005	7.9%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	7.9%
Bridgend W06000013	7.8%
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	7.6%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	7.6%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	7.5%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	7.5%
High Peak E07000037	7.4%
South Tyneside E08000023	7.4%
Southwark E09000028	7.3%
Sandwell E08000028	7.3%
Cumberland E06000063	7.2%
Wyre E07000128	7.2%
Cannock Chase E07000192	7.2%
Barnsley E08000038	7.2%
Chorley E07000118	7.2%
Cheshire East E06000049	7.2%
East Lindsey E07000137	7.2%
Blackpool E06000009	7.1%
Malvern Hills E07000235	7.1%
Caerphilly W06000018	7.1%
Gwynedd W06000002	7.1%
Spelthorne E07000213	7.1%
Great Yarmouth E07000145	7.1%
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	7.0%
Northumberland E06000057	7.0%
East Staffordshire E07000193	7.0%
Mid Suffolk E07000203	6.9%
St. Helens E08000013	6.9%
Halton E06000006	6.9%
Sevenoaks E07000111	6.9%
Gloucester E07000081	6.8%
Isle of Wight E06000046	6.8%
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	6.7%
Wirral E08000015	6.7%
Melton E07000133	6.7%
York E06000014	6.7%
East Devon E07000040	6.6%
Lancaster E07000121	6.6%
Islington E09000019	6.6%
Lichfield E07000194	6.6%
Stroud E07000082	6.5%
Stafford E07000197	6.5%
Carmarthenshire W06000010	6.5%
North Tyneside E08000022	6.4%
Wigan E08000010	6.4%
Pendle E07000122	6.4%
North Hertfordshire E07000099	6.4%
Somerset E06000066	6.3%
Cotswold E07000079	6.3%
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	6.3%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	6.3%
South Staffordshire E07000196	6.3%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	6.2%
Denbighshire W06000004	6.2%
Darlington E06000005	6.2%
West Berkshire E06000037	6.2%
Worcester E07000237	6.1%
County Durham E06000047	6.1%
Cheltenham E07000078	6.1%
Greenwich E09000011	6.0%
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	6.0%
Swansea W06000011	6.0%
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	5.9%
Wakefield E08000036	5.9%
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	5.9%
Buckinghamshire E06000060	5.8%
Canterbury E07000106	5.8%
Wiltshire E06000054	5.8%
East Suffolk E07000244	5.8%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	5.8%
Tandridge E07000215	5.7%
Guildford E07000209	5.7%
Gateshead E08000037	5.7%
Bristol, City of E06000023	5.7%
Preston E07000123	5.7%
South Ribble E07000126	5.5%
Merton E09000024	5.5%
Mansfield E07000174	5.5%
Epping Forest E07000072	5.5%
North Kesteven E07000139	5.5%
Lewes E07000063	5.4%
Liverpool E08000012	5.4%
Stockport E08000007	5.4%
Enfield E09000010	5.4%
Fylde E07000119	5.4%
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	5.4%
Warrington E06000007	5.3%
Ribble Valley E07000124	5.3%
Thurrock E06000034	5.3%
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	5.3%
Doncaster E08000017	5.2%
South Oxfordshire E07000179	5.2%
Amber Valley E07000032	5.2%
Rugby E07000220	5.2%
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	5.1%
Tameside E08000008	5.1%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	5.1%
Ashfield E07000170	5.1%
Rochford E07000075	5.0%
Swindon E06000030	5.0%
Sefton E08000014	5.0%
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	5.0%
Gravesham E07000109	5.0%
West Lancashire E07000127	5.0%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	4.9%
Blaby E07000129	4.9%
Brent E09000005	4.9%
Peterborough E06000031	4.9%
South Derbyshire E07000039	4.9%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	4.9%
Wychavon E07000238	4.9%
Basildon E07000066	4.8%
Shropshire E06000051	4.8%
Winchester E07000094	4.8%
Horsham E07000227	4.8%
East Hertfordshire E07000242	4.8%
Vale of White Horse E07000180	4.8%
Charnwood E07000130	4.8%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	4.7%
Derby E06000015	4.7%
Stevenage E07000243	4.7%
Test Valley E07000093	4.6%
Pembrokeshire W06000009	4.6%
Castle Point E07000069	4.6%
Manchester E08000003	4.6%
Breckland E07000143	4.6%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	4.6%
Harborough E07000131	4.6%
Ipswich E07000202	4.5%
South Holland E07000140	4.5%
Leeds E08000035	4.5%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	4.4%
Plymouth E06000026	4.4%
Harlow E07000073	4.4%
North Warwickshire E07000218	4.3%
Rushmoor E07000092	4.3%
Mid Sussex E07000228	4.3%
Dorset E06000059	4.2%
West Suffolk E07000245	4.2%
Sunderland E08000024	4.1%
Wandsworth E09000032	4.1%
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	4.1%
Sheffield E08000039	4.1%
Havant E07000090	4.1%
Broadland E07000144	4.1%
Huntingdonshire E07000011	4.0%
Milton Keynes E06000042	4.0%
North Norfolk E07000147	4.0%
Thanet E07000114	4.0%
Hertsmere E07000098	4.0%
Lincoln E07000138	3.9%
Hackney E09000012	3.9%
West Devon E07000047	3.9%
Middlesbrough E06000002	3.8%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	3.8%
Gosport E07000088	3.8%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	3.8%
Ealing E09000009	3.8%
Mole Valley E07000210	3.8%
Tendring E07000076	3.7%
Luton E06000032	3.7%
Ceredigion W06000008	3.7%
Eastleigh E07000086	3.7%
Southampton E06000045	3.7%
Fenland E07000010	3.7%
Torbay E06000027	3.7%
Rossendale E07000125	3.7%
Hyndburn E07000120	3.7%
Arun E07000224	3.7%
Hounslow E09000018	3.6%
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	3.6%
North East Derbyshire E07000038	3.6%
West Oxfordshire E07000181	3.6%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	3.6%
Teignbridge E07000045	3.6%
Gedling E07000173	3.6%
Broxbourne E07000095	3.5%
Bassetlaw E07000171	3.5%
Chichester E07000225	3.5%
Chesterfield E07000034	3.4%
Hillingdon E09000017	3.4%
Croydon E09000008	3.4%
Lambeth E09000022	3.4%
Rotherham E08000018	3.4%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	3.4%
Adur E07000223	3.3%
Birmingham E08000025	3.3%
South Norfolk E07000149	3.3%
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	3.3%
Solihull E08000029	3.3%
Babergh E07000200	3.3%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	3.3%
Boston E07000136	3.2%
Crawley E07000226	3.2%
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	3.2%
Ashford E07000105	3.2%
Dartford E07000107	3.2%
Hart E07000089	3.2%
Bromley E09000006	3.2%
Cardiff W06000015	3.2%
Calderdale E08000033	3.2%
Cherwell E07000177	3.2%
North Somerset E06000024	3.1%
Salford E08000006	3.1%
Dudley E08000027	3.1%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	3.0%
Erewash E07000036	3.0%
Wrexham W06000006	3.0%
Burnley E07000117	3.0%
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	3.0%
Trafford E08000009	3.0%
Maidstone E07000110	3.0%
South Hams E07000044	3.0%
Newham E09000025	3.0%
Sutton E09000029	2.9%
Newport W06000022	2.9%
Portsmouth E06000044	2.9%
Barnet E09000003	2.9%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	2.9%
Rushcliffe E07000176	2.8%
Harrow E09000015	2.8%
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	2.8%
Conwy W06000003	2.7%
St Albans E07000240	2.7%
Elmbridge E07000207	2.7%
Bolsover E07000033	2.6%
Bromsgrove E07000234	2.6%
Bedford E06000055	2.5%
South Kesteven E07000141	2.5%
Braintree E07000067	2.5%
Dacorum E07000096	2.5%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	2.5%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	2.4%
Oxford E07000178	2.4%
Waltham Forest E09000031	2.4%
Slough E06000039	2.3%
North Yorkshire E06000065	2.3%
Torfaen W06000020	2.3%
Brentwood E07000068	2.3%
Coventry E08000026	2.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	2.2%
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	2.2%
Maldon E07000074	2.2%
Redbridge E09000026	2.1%
Torridge E07000046	2.1%
Rutland E06000017	2.1%
Monmouthshire W06000021	2.1%
Lewisham E09000023	2.1%
Watford E07000103	2.1%
Surrey Heath E07000214	2.0%
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	2.0%
New Forest E07000091	2.0%
East Hampshire E07000085	2.0%
Warwick E07000222	2.0%
Three Rivers E07000102	2.0%
Cambridge E07000008	1.9%
Eastbourne E07000061	1.9%
Wealden E07000065	1.8%
Hastings E07000062	1.7%
Bexley E09000004	1.7%
Colchester E07000071	1.7%
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	1.7%
Nottingham E06000018	1.7%
Uttlesford E07000077	1.6%
Bradford E08000032	1.6%
Chelmsford E07000070	1.6%
Medway E06000035	1.6%
Mid Devon E07000042	1.5%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	1.5%
Camden E09000007	1.4%
Haringey E09000014	1.3%
Hartlepool E06000001	1.3%
Reading E06000038	1.3%
Fareham E07000087	1.2%
Rother E07000064	1.1%
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	1.1%
Swale E07000113	1.1%
Leicester E06000016	0.9%
Runnymede E07000212	0.9%
Havering E09000016	0.9%
Cornwall E06000052	0.9%
Norwich E07000148	0.8%
Wokingham E06000041	0.7%
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	0.7%
Bury E08000002	0.7%
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	0.6%
Tamworth E07000199	0.4%
Exeter E07000041	0.2%
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	0.0%
North Devon E07000043	−0.3%
Westminster E09000033	−0.4%
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	−0.4%
Worthing E07000229	−0.6%
Waverley E07000216	−0.6%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	−0.8%
Forest of Dean E07000080	−0.9%
Woking E07000217	−1.0%
Wyre Forest E07000239	−1.2%
Broxtowe E07000172	−1.6%
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	−1.9%
City of London E09000001	the ONS publishes no figure for it
Isles of Scilly E06000053	the ONS publishes no figure for it

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Sep 2026 · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

−1.9% to 2.3%
2.3% to 3.6%
3.6% to 4.9%
4.9% to 6.4%
6.4% to 14.4%

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source and licence

Publisher

Office for National Statistics

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https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics

Licence

Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Retrieved

5 November 2026, 00:01 UTC

Raw files fetched

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Verification

Verified against source, 5 November 2026, 00:04 UTC Run at 5 November 2026, 00:04 UTC; 316 of 316 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-05T00:01:49Z; 4 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	4 of 4 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	316 of 316 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	316 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	316 of 316 figures match exactly after downloading 4 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	ONS edition is current	the 21october2026 edition counts at 2026-09-30, 36 days before retrieval (limit 59)
Pass	No contact left in the stored files	4 stored files searched for mailboxes, telephones, contact links and people's names, and 3 parts with a contact or licence word, each a reviewed one
Pass	The publisher's pinned sentences stand	6 of 6 pinned sentences found
Pass	The publisher's terms are the reviewed ones	30 passages on licence, copyright, reuse or a restriction across 4 stored files, each the OGL's own or a reviewed one
Pass	Two readings of table.xlsx agree	112802 cells of table.xlsx read alike by `sheets` and by its own parse of the package XML
Pass	Within its release clocks	on 2026-11-05: next release 2026-11-18 (Next release: 18 November 2026), held from 2026-11-26; newest period ended 2026-09-30, held from 2026-11-29
Pass	The edition read is the newest the ONS lists	21october2026, the newest of 32 dated editions
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics – HTTP 200

Notes

Official statistics in development, as the ONS labels them. The ONS stores each change to six decimal places and shows it to one, as the hub does.
The ONS publishes no figure for the City of London or the Isles of Scilly. Scotland's and Northern Ireland's rents are published for their own rental areas, not councils, so they are not here.
The headline is the ONS's figure for the United Kingdom, from the same table.