Which local authoritie in England has the highest asking rent?

Kensington and Chelsea, at £4,378 a month (9,587 observations), over the 12 months to Jul 2026.

Which has the lowest?

Burnley, at £666 a month (886 observations).

What is the median asking rent across England?

£1,209 a month across the 295 local authorities ranked. 1 of the 296 local authorities are not ranked: 1 with no published figure.

Asking rent: local authorities in England ranked (Jul 2026)

Local authorities ranked

295 of 296

Median

£1,209 a month

Highest

Kensington and Chelsea · £4,378 a month

Lowest

Burnley · £666 a month

Asking rent, 12 months to Jul 2026

Asking rent: local authorities in England ranked. Sample and confidence tier beside every value; ties share a rank.
#	Area	Asking rent	Sample	Tier	Change
1	Kensington and Chelsea	£4,378 a month	9,587	measured	—
2	City of Westminster	£4,238 a month	15,969	measured	—
3	Sefton	£3,899 a month	2,001	measured	—
4	Camden	£3,555 a month	6,348	measured	—
5	Elmbridge	£3,435 a month	1,647	measured	—
6	City and County of the City of London	£3,222 a month	677	measured	—
7	Wandsworth	£3,136 a month	16,270	measured	—
8	Hammersmith and Fulham	£3,033 a month	6,064	measured	—
9	Richmond upon Thames	£2,968 a month	3,395	measured	—
10	Hackney	£2,856 a month	3,662	measured	—
11	Islington	£2,826 a month	5,366	measured	—
12	Tower Hamlets	£2,734 a month	16,306	measured	—
13	Southwark	£2,654 a month	7,710	measured	—
14	Lambeth	£2,568 a month	6,924	measured	—
15	Merton	£2,483 a month	4,237	measured	—
16	Windsor and Maidenhead	£2,391 a month	2,125	measured	—
17	Barnet	£2,356 a month	6,901	measured	—
18	Newham	£2,309 a month	7,090	measured	—
19	Haringey	£2,307 a month	4,086	measured	—
20	Three Rivers	£2,230 a month	684	measured	—
21	Runnymede	£2,163 a month	1,399	measured	—
22	Sevenoaks	£2,144 a month	745	measured	—
23	Brent	£2,132 a month	8,147	measured	—
24	Hounslow	£2,111 a month	4,553	measured	—
25	Kingston upon Thames	£2,100 a month	3,101	measured	—
26	Greenwich	£2,087 a month	5,006	measured	—
27	Enfield	£2,072 a month	3,016	measured	—
28	Bath and North East Somerset	£2,059 a month	2,959	measured	—
29	Hertsmere	£2,057 a month	919	measured	—
30	Oxford	£2,035 a month	4,425	measured	—
31	Lewisham	£2,027 a month	5,780	measured	—
32	Ealing	£2,017 a month	7,863	measured	—
33	Tandridge	£2,016 a month	594	measured	—
34	Epsom and Ewell	£2,005 a month	1,179	measured	—
35	Epping Forest	£1,997 a month	1,033	measured	—
36	Waltham Forest	£1,988 a month	2,895	measured	—
37	Guildford	£1,987 a month	2,714	measured	—
38	St. Albans	£1,972 a month	1,277	measured	—
39	Hillingdon	£1,966 a month	9,492	measured	—
40	Surrey Heath	£1,944 a month	850	measured	—
41	Woking	£1,928 a month	1,094	measured	—
42	Redbridge	£1,927 a month	3,096	measured	—
43	Waverley	£1,918 a month	1,224	measured	—
44	Bromley	£1,904 a month	2,562	measured	—
45	Mole Valley	£1,902 a month	927	measured	—
46	Havering	£1,870 a month	1,446	measured	—
47	Harrow	£1,842 a month	3,977	measured	—
48	Barking and Dagenham	£1,839 a month	1,717	measured	—
49	Brentwood	£1,830 a month	686	measured	—
50	Reigate and Banstead	£1,819 a month	1,379	measured	—
51	Sutton	£1,786 a month	1,996	measured	—
52	Cotswold	£1,765 a month	756	measured	—
53	Welwyn Hatfield	£1,764 a month	1,470	measured	—
54	City of Bristol	£1,740 a month	10,652	measured	—
55	Bexley	£1,736 a month	1,599	measured	—
56	Broxbourne	£1,721 a month	641	measured	—
57	The City of Brighton and Hove	£1,710 a month	7,234	measured	—
58	Wokingham	£1,700 a month	1,679	measured	—
59	Tonbridge and Malling	£1,685 a month	962	measured	—
60	Hart	£1,679 a month	697	measured	—
61	South Oxfordshire	£1,664 a month	1,456	measured	—
62	Spelthorne	£1,662 a month	1,207	measured	—
63	Bracknell Forest	£1,662 a month	1,440	measured	—
64	Winchester	£1,649 a month	1,646	measured	—
65	Dacorum	£1,647 a month	1,404	measured	—
66	Croydon	£1,634 a month	5,620	measured	—
67	Uttlesford	£1,634 a month	787	measured	—
68	Exeter	£1,634 a month	2,849	measured	—
69	Buckinghamshire	£1,621 a month	5,258	measured	—
70	Horsham	£1,608 a month	1,540	measured	—
71	Cambridge	£1,603 a month	3,401	measured	—
72	Reading	£1,601 a month	5,095	measured	—
73	Mid Sussex	£1,595 a month	1,084	measured	—
74	Tunbridge Wells	£1,578 a month	1,159	measured	—
75	East Hertfordshire	£1,576 a month	1,334	measured	—
76	East Hampshire	£1,574 a month	756	measured	—
77	Wealden	£1,564 a month	1,028	measured	—
78	Warwick	£1,552 a month	3,017	measured	—
79	Dartford	£1,549 a month	1,480	measured	—
80	Watford	£1,535 a month	1,703	measured	—
81	South Cambridgeshire	£1,533 a month	1,705	measured	—
82	Castle Point	£1,518 a month	311	measured	—
83	Vale of White Horse	£1,515 a month	1,496	measured	—
84	Rochford	£1,510 a month	383	measured	—
85	Chichester	£1,490 a month	1,219	measured	—
86	Slough	£1,486 a month	1,594	measured	—
87	Thurrock	£1,482 a month	901	measured	—
88	North Hertfordshire	£1,477 a month	1,344	measured	—
89	Manchester	£1,476 a month	19,113	measured	—
90	Gravesham	£1,472 a month	687	measured	—
91	West Berkshire	£1,466 a month	1,138	measured	—
92	Basildon	£1,464 a month	1,202	measured	—
93	Adur	£1,457 a month	346	measured	—
94	West Oxfordshire	£1,457 a month	1,302	measured	—
95	Maldon	£1,455 a month	248	measured	—
96	New Forest	£1,446 a month	935	measured	—
97	Harlow	£1,443 a month	883	measured	—
98	Lewes	£1,442 a month	660	measured	—
99	South Gloucestershire	£1,441 a month	3,812	measured	—
100	Milton Keynes	£1,432 a month	3,835	measured	—

The bottom of the table

276	Boston	£800 a month	716	measured
277	Doncaster	£793 a month	2,899	measured
278	Barnsley	£781 a month	1,681	measured
279	Stockton-on-Tees	£778 a month	1,928	measured
280	City of Stoke-on-Trent	£774 a month	2,204	measured
281	East Lindsey	£768 a month	966	measured
282	Cumberland	£768 a month	1,836	measured
283	Hartlepool	£758 a month	642	measured
284	North Lincolnshire	£738 a month	661	measured
285	Redcar and Cleveland	£738 a month	739	measured
286	City of Kingston upon Hull	£736 a month	2,787	measured

Asking rent: local authorities in England ranked

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Asking rent, 12 months to Jul 2026

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