Private rents, annual change, UK and its nations
Official statistics in development
How much the rents private tenants pay rose over a year, in the UK and each of its four nations, each month since January 2016, from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents.
United Kingdom
3.8%
Sep 2026
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:24 UTC- United Kingdom
- England
- Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
129 periods, newest first
| Period | United Kingdom | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 3.8% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 0.7% | – |
| Aug 2026 | 3.8% | 4.0% | 4.3% | 1.1% | – |
| Jul 2026 | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4.9% | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| May 2026 | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 1.0% | 2.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 3.5% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 2.0% | 2.9% |
| Mar 2026 | 3.4% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 3.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 3.6% | 3.6% | 5.5% | 2.4% | 4.0% |
| Jan 2026 | 3.5% | 3.5% | 5.8% | 2.6% | 5.0% |
| Dec 2025 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 5.7% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Nov 2025 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 6.1% | 3.3% | 5.6% |
| Oct 2025 | 5.0% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 3.4% | 5.7% |
| Sep 2025 | 5.5% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Aug 2025 | 5.7% | 5.8% | 7.8% | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| Jul 2025 | 5.9% | 6.0% | 7.9% | 3.6% | 7.1% |
| Jun 2025 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 8.2% | 4.4% | 7.2% |
| May 2025 | 7.0% | 7.1% | 8.5% | 4.5% | 7.4% |
| Apr 2025 | 7.4% | 7.5% | 8.7% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Mar 2025 | 7.7% | 7.8% | 8.9% | 5.7% | 7.7% |
| Feb 2025 | 8.1% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 5.8% | 7.8% |
| Jan 2025 | 8.7% | 8.8% | 8.4% | 6.2% | 8.2% |
| Dec 2024 | 9.0% | 9.1% | 8.5% | 6.8% | 8.1% |
| Nov 2024 | 9.0% | 9.2% | 8.1% | 6.4% | 8.5% |
| Oct 2024 | 8.6% | 8.7% | 7.9% | 6.5% | 8.8% |
| Sep 2024 | 8.4% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 7.0% | 8.9% |
| Aug 2024 | 8.4% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 7.4% | 9.0% |
| Jul 2024 | 8.5% | 8.5% | 7.9% | 8.0% | 9.2% |
| Jun 2024 | 8.6% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| May 2024 | 8.7% | 8.6% | 8.6% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Apr 2024 | 8.9% | 8.8% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 9.9% |
| Mar 2024 | 9.1% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 10.4% | 9.8% |
| Feb 2024 | 8.9% | 8.8% | 9.1% | 10.9% | 9.7% |
| Jan 2024 | 8.5% | 8.4% | 9.3% | 11.1% | 9.4% |
| Dec 2023 | 8.4% | 8.2% | 9.6% | 10.8% | 9.2% |
| Nov 2023 | 8.4% | 8.1% | 9.9% | 11.1% | 8.9% |
| Oct 2023 | 8.4% | 8.2% | 9.8% | 11.3% | 9.0% |
| Sep 2023 | 8.1% | 7.9% | 9.0% | 11.6% | 8.5% |
| Aug 2023 | 8.1% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 11.7% | 8.6% |
| Jul 2023 | 7.9% | 7.6% | 9.3% | 11.0% | 8.8% |
| Jun 2023 | 7.6% | 7.4% | 8.8% | 10.4% | 8.4% |
| May 2023 | 7.2% | 7.0% | 7.9% | 9.7% | 8.5% |
| Apr 2023 | 6.6% | 6.4% | 8.1% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Mar 2023 | 6.2% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 8.4% | 8.6% |
| Feb 2023 | 6.0% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Jan 2023 | 5.8% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Dec 2022 | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 7.3% | 9.0% |
| Nov 2022 | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 9.2% |
| Oct 2022 | 5.2% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 6.8% | 9.3% |
| Sep 2022 | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 9.4% |
| Aug 2022 | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 9.3% |
| Jul 2022 | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 9.2% |
| Jun 2022 | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 8.9% |
| May 2022 | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 8.5% |
| Apr 2022 | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.0% | 4.3% | 8.5% |
| Mar 2022 | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 4.1% | 8.2% |
| Feb 2022 | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.7% | 8.0% |
| Jan 2022 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 7.6% |
| Dec 2021 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Nov 2021 | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 7.2% |
| Oct 2021 | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 6.8% |
| Sep 2021 | 1.5% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 6.5% |
| Aug 2021 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 5.9% |
| Jul 2021 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 5.6% |
| Jun 2021 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 5.3% |
| May 2021 | 1.0% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Apr 2021 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 4.6% |
| Mar 2021 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 4.3% |
| Feb 2021 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 3.7% |
| Jan 2021 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Dec 2020 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Nov 2020 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3.0% |
| Oct 2020 | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.7% |
| Sep 2020 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| Aug 2020 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| Jul 2020 | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 2.3% |
| Jun 2020 | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| May 2020 | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Apr 2020 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Mar 2020 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 2.1% |
| Feb 2020 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Jan 2020 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 2.1% |
| Dec 2019 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.0% |
| Nov 2019 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.2% |
| Oct 2019 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.0% |
| Sep 2019 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.0% |
| Aug 2019 | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Jul 2019 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 2.0% |
| Jun 2019 | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 1.9% |
| May 2019 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| Apr 2019 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Mar 2019 | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| Feb 2019 | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2.7% |
| Jan 2019 | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Dec 2018 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Nov 2018 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Oct 2018 | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 3.0% |
| Sep 2018 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.9% |
| Aug 2018 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| Jul 2018 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 3.1% |
| Jun 2018 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| May 2018 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Apr 2018 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 3.2% |
| Mar 2018 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| Feb 2018 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Jan 2018 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Dec 2017 | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Nov 2017 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Oct 2017 | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Sep 2017 | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.0% |
| Aug 2017 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 1.4% |
| Jul 2017 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 1.2% |
| Jun 2017 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| May 2017 | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 0.8% |
| Apr 2017 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| Mar 2017 | 3.0% | 3.2% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| Feb 2017 | 3.2% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Jan 2017 | 3.3% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.7% |
| Dec 2016 | 3.4% | 3.6% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.8% |
| Nov 2016 | 3.4% | 3.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Oct 2016 | 3.3% | 3.6% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Sep 2016 | 3.2% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Aug 2016 | 3.3% | 3.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Jul 2016 | 3.4% | 3.7% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Jun 2016 | 3.3% | 3.5% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| May 2016 | 3.2% | 3.3% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| Apr 2016 | 3.3% | 3.5% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| Mar 2016 | 3.4% | 3.6% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| Feb 2016 | 3.3% | 3.5% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Jan 2016 | 3.3% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics
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- https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics
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Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:24 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:24 UTC; 645 of 645 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:18:42Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 645 of 645 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 645 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 645 of 645 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | ONS edition is current | the 21october2026 edition counts at 2026-09-30, 32 days before retrieval (limit 150) |
| Pass | Recomputed from the index | 643 of 643 published figures equal the change in the index over 12 months, rounded half up |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Annual changes are rounded to one decimal place, as the ONS reports them.
- Northern Ireland's figures arrive later than the rest of the UK's, so its latest months stay blank until the ONS publishes them.