ONS · 139 periods · 316 of 316 areas in the latest

How far apart are local authorities on average private rent a month?

The distribution of average private rent a month across councils in every period held, from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The gap is a description of dispersion, not a verdict on it.

The gap between the 90th and 10th percentile of local authorities on average private rent a month increased from £712 in January 2015 to £1,083 in July 2026. Relative to the average, the spread (coefficient of variation) decreased from 42.9% to 39.9%.

Money in cash terms: a gap in pounds grows with prices as well as with dispersion. The coefficient of variation column is unaffected by that.

Period	p10	p25	Median	p75	p90	p90 − p10	p90 ÷ p10	CV	Areas
July 2026	£724	£839	£1,025	£1,413	£1,807	£1,083	2.50	39.9%	316
June 2026	£720	£834	£1,026	£1,409	£1,805	£1,086	2.51	39.9%	316
May 2026	£717	£829	£1,019	£1,408	£1,803	£1,086	2.51	39.9%	316
April 2026	£715	£831	£1,013	£1,402	£1,798	£1,083	2.51	39.9%	316
March 2026	£711	£829	£1,012	£1,398	£1,791	£1,081	2.52	39.8%	316
February 2026	£709	£827	£1,012	£1,394	£1,790	£1,082	2.53	39.9%	316
January 2026	£707	£823	£1,010	£1,388	£1,793	£1,086	2.54	40.1%	316
December 2025	£701	£816	£1,008	£1,384	£1,790	£1,089	2.55	40.4%	316
November 2025	£698	£810	£1,001	£1,379	£1,776	£1,078	2.54	40.5%	316
October 2025	£692	£806	£998	£1,373	£1,761	£1,070	2.55	40.6%	316
September 2025	£690	£804	£995	£1,367	£1,756	£1,066	2.54	40.7%	316
August 2025	£687	£800	£993	£1,361	£1,751	£1,064	2.55	40.9%	316
July 2025	£684	£796	£987	£1,359	£1,749	£1,065	2.56	41.0%	316
June 2025	£683	£793	£980	£1,359	£1,749	£1,066	2.56	41.2%	316
May 2025	£681	£790	£975	£1,354	£1,743	£1,062	2.56	41.3%	316
April 2025	£678	£786	£970	£1,348	£1,735	£1,057	2.56	41.5%	316
March 2025	£675	£783	£967	£1,344	£1,728	£1,053	2.56	41.6%	316
February 2025	£672	£779	£960	£1,338	£1,719	£1,047	2.56	41.8%	316
January 2025	£668	£774	£958	£1,334	£1,705	£1,037	2.55	41.8%	316
December 2024	£665	£770	£954	£1,328	£1,694	£1,030	2.55	41.7%	316
November 2024	£661	£769	£950	£1,320	£1,681	£1,021	2.55	41.4%	316
October 2024	£654	£764	£944	£1,310	£1,665	£1,011	2.55	41.1%	316
September 2024	£648	£759	£937	£1,301	£1,654	£1,006	2.55	41.1%	316
August 2024	£646	£756	£926	£1,291	£1,647	£1,001	2.55	41.0%	316
July 2024	£644	£749	£922	£1,283	£1,632	£989	2.54	41.1%	316
June 2024	£640	£740	£915	£1,275	£1,613	£973	2.52	41.1%	316
May 2024	£634	£734	£911	£1,266	£1,598	£965	2.52	41.1%	316
April 2024	£630	£729	£905	£1,261	£1,585	£955	2.52	41.0%	316
March 2024	£627	£724	£900	£1,251	£1,577	£950	2.52	40.9%	316
February 2024	£624	£719	£891	£1,240	£1,571	£947	2.52	40.7%	316
January 2024	£620	£715	£887	£1,232	£1,560	£940	2.52	40.6%	316
December 2023	£615	£713	£881	£1,227	£1,547	£932	2.51	40.6%	316
November 2023	£613	£707	£877	£1,212	£1,535	£922	2.51	40.6%	316
October 2023	£608	£704	£875	£1,207	£1,524	£916	2.51	40.7%	316
September 2023	£602	£702	£870	£1,201	£1,517	£915	2.52	40.7%	316
August 2023	£598	£698	£866	£1,191	£1,508	£910	2.52	40.6%	316
July 2023	£594	£693	£860	£1,177	£1,498	£904	2.52	40.6%	316
June 2023	£589	£691	£853	£1,166	£1,490	£901	2.53	40.4%	316
May 2023	£587	£687	£849	£1,159	£1,485	£898	2.53	40.2%	316
April 2023	£586	£683	£844	£1,153	£1,479	£893	2.53	40.0%	316
March 2023	£581	£679	£836	£1,150	£1,482	£902	2.55	39.9%	316
February 2023	£579	£674	£832	£1,146	£1,479	£900	2.55	39.8%	316
January 2023	£577	£670	£830	£1,143	£1,470	£893	2.55	39.7%	316
December 2022	£576	£666	£828	£1,139	£1,462	£886	2.54	39.6%	316
November 2022	£572	£664	£827	£1,135	£1,454	£882	2.54	39.5%	316
October 2022	£569	£660	£823	£1,133	£1,449	£880	2.55	39.5%	316
September 2022	£567	£658	£817	£1,127	£1,447	£880	2.55	39.4%	316
August 2022	£565	£655	£813	£1,122	£1,445	£880	2.56	39.4%	316
July 2022	£563	£652	£811	£1,118	£1,442	£879	2.56	39.4%	316
June 2022	£561	£650	£804	£1,110	£1,439	£878	2.57	39.4%	316
May 2022	£558	£647	£800	£1,110	£1,438	£880	2.58	39.4%	316
April 2022	£556	£644	£797	£1,106	£1,432	£876	2.58	39.5%	316
March 2022	£555	£642	£793	£1,099	£1,422	£867	2.56	39.4%	316
February 2022	£554	£639	£792	£1,095	£1,415	£861	2.55	39.4%	316
January 2022	£552	£636	£789	£1,089	£1,411	£859	2.56	39.4%	316
December 2021	£549	£634	£787	£1,080	£1,405	£856	2.56	39.4%	316
November 2021	£548	£633	£784	£1,077	£1,403	£855	2.56	39.4%	316
October 2021	£547	£632	£778	£1,074	£1,400	£853	2.56	39.5%	316
September 2021	£545	£630	£776	£1,070	£1,395	£850	2.56	39.6%	316
August 2021	£544	£628	£775	£1,068	£1,391	£847	2.56	39.7%	316
July 2021	£542	£626	£773	£1,067	£1,386	£844	2.56	39.9%	316
June 2021	£542	£623	£770	£1,060	£1,379	£837	2.55	40.1%	316
May 2021	£540	£621	£769	£1,055	£1,373	£833	2.54	40.4%	316
April 2021	£536	£618	£765	£1,051	£1,369	£833	2.55	40.7%	316
March 2021	£535	£617	£762	£1,048	£1,366	£831	2.55	40.9%	316
February 2021	£532	£615	£759	£1,044	£1,365	£833	2.57	41.1%	316
January 2021	£530	£613	£758	£1,042	£1,362	£832	2.57	41.2%	316
December 2020	£531	£609	£757	£1,038	£1,360	£829	2.56	41.4%	316
November 2020	£530	£609	£754	£1,033	£1,355	£825	2.56	41.6%	316
October 2020	£530	£607	£753	£1,029	£1,350	£821	2.55	41.7%	316
September 2020	£529	£605	£750	£1,028	£1,345	£816	2.54	41.8%	316
August 2020	£529	£604	£746	£1,027	£1,341	£813	2.54	41.9%	316
July 2020	£526	£604	£744	£1,026	£1,340	£814	2.55	41.9%	316
June 2020	£524	£604	£743	£1,026	£1,339	£815	2.56	42.0%	316
May 2020	£523	£603	£739	£1,026	£1,341	£818	2.56	42.1%	316
April 2020	£523	£602	£736	£1,025	£1,346	£823	2.58	42.2%	316
March 2020	£522	£601	£735	£1,025	£1,347	£825	2.58	42.3%	316
February 2020	£522	£600	£734	£1,024	£1,349	£827	2.59	42.3%	316
January 2020	£521	£599	£732	£1,024	£1,348	£828	2.59	42.2%	316
December 2019	£520	£598	£732	£1,023	£1,344	£824	2.58	42.3%	316
November 2019	£519	£597	£732	£1,021	£1,344	£825	2.59	42.2%	316
October 2019	£517	£597	£735	£1,020	£1,345	£828	2.60	42.2%	316
September 2019	£516	£596	£734	£1,021	£1,347	£831	2.61	42.2%	316
August 2019	£515	£594	£734	£1,020	£1,348	£833	2.62	42.2%	316
July 2019	£513	£593	£731	£1,020	£1,348	£835	2.63	42.2%	316
June 2019	£512	£591	£731	£1,019	£1,344	£833	2.63	42.1%	316
May 2019	£512	£592	£729	£1,018	£1,338	£827	2.62	42.1%	316
April 2019	£512	£592	£730	£1,017	£1,331	£819	2.60	42.1%	316
March 2019	£511	£590	£729	£1,016	£1,323	£813	2.59	42.2%	316
February 2019	£510	£589	£729	£1,015	£1,318	£808	2.58	42.2%	316
January 2019	£510	£587	£725	£1,009	£1,316	£807	2.58	42.2%	316
December 2018	£508	£587	£724	£1,007	£1,321	£813	2.60	42.2%	316
November 2018	£507	£586	£723	£1,009	£1,322	£816	2.61	42.1%	316
October 2018	£507	£586	£718	£1,011	£1,324	£817	2.61	42.1%	316
September 2018	£507	£583	£716	£1,007	£1,322	£815	2.61	42.2%	316
August 2018	£507	£582	£714	£1,004	£1,320	£814	2.61	42.2%	316
July 2018	£505	£580	£712	£1,002	£1,320	£815	2.61	42.2%	316
June 2018	£505	£579	£711	£998	£1,320	£815	2.61	42.3%	316
May 2018	£505	£577	£712	£995	£1,320	£815	2.61	42.4%	316
April 2018	£505	£577	£710	£993	£1,322	£817	2.62	42.7%	316
March 2018	£505	£576	£710	£995	£1,326	£822	2.63	42.9%	316
February 2018	£504	£575	£708	£993	£1,332	£828	2.64	43.1%	316
January 2018	£504	£575	£707	£990	£1,333	£829	2.64	43.2%	316
December 2017	£504	£574	£706	£988	£1,337	£833	2.65	43.4%	316
November 2017	£503	£571	£705	£992	£1,335	£832	2.65	43.5%	316
October 2017	£502	£571	£701	£991	£1,334	£832	2.66	43.6%	316
September 2017	£503	£571	£700	£987	£1,331	£829	2.65	43.8%	316
August 2017	£503	£571	£698	£986	£1,329	£826	2.64	43.9%	316
July 2017	£502	£570	£695	£985	£1,331	£829	2.65	44.0%	316
June 2017	£500	£569	£692	£983	£1,332	£832	2.66	44.0%	316
May 2017	£501	£568	£691	£979	£1,332	£831	2.66	44.1%	316
April 2017	£502	£568	£690	£977	£1,330	£829	2.65	44.2%	316
March 2017	£503	£567	£689	£975	£1,329	£827	2.64	44.2%	316
February 2017	£502	£567	£688	£973	£1,329	£827	2.65	44.3%	316
January 2017	£501	£566	£687	£972	£1,328	£827	2.65	44.3%	316
December 2016	£500	£564	£686	£968	£1,326	£826	2.65	44.4%	316
November 2016	£499	£562	£684	£964	£1,319	£820	2.64	44.4%	316
October 2016	£498	£562	£680	£961	£1,310	£812	2.63	44.4%	316
September 2016	£496	£561	£677	£959	£1,304	£808	2.63	44.4%	316
August 2016	£495	£562	£675	£958	£1,300	£805	2.63	44.4%	316
July 2016	£494	£561	£674	£957	£1,292	£798	2.61	44.3%	316
June 2016	£495	£561	£672	£952	£1,287	£792	2.60	44.2%	316
May 2016	£494	£561	£669	£948	£1,281	£787	2.59	44.1%	316
April 2016	£494	£560	£666	£945	£1,277	£783	2.59	44.1%	316
March 2016	£494	£558	£665	£941	£1,273	£780	2.58	44.0%	316
February 2016	£493	£556	£663	£938	£1,266	£774	2.57	44.0%	316
January 2016	£492	£553	£660	£931	£1,263	£771	2.57	44.0%	316
December 2015	£492	£553	£659	£924	£1,262	£770	2.56	43.9%	316
November 2015	£491	£551	£659	£920	£1,258	£767	2.56	43.9%	316
October 2015	£491	£551	£658	£917	£1,255	£765	2.56	43.9%	316
September 2015	£490	£551	£655	£915	£1,246	£757	2.55	43.8%	316
August 2015	£488	£551	£653	£911	£1,240	£752	2.54	43.7%	316
July 2015	£489	£551	£651	£908	£1,236	£748	2.53	43.6%	316
June 2015	£488	£549	£649	£904	£1,236	£748	2.53	43.5%	316
May 2015	£487	£548	£648	£901	£1,226	£739	2.52	43.3%	316
April 2015	£486	£548	£647	£898	£1,216	£730	2.50	43.1%	316
March 2015	£486	£547	£646	£893	£1,209	£724	2.49	43.0%	316
February 2015	£486	£546	£645	£888	£1,203	£717	2.48	42.9%	316
January 2015	£486	£546	£645	£886	£1,197	£712	2.47	42.9%	316

Between January 2015 and July 2026 the median moved +380, the 10th percentile +238.0 and the 90th +609.5, in the measure’s own unit.

What this establishes, and what it does not

It establishes how dispersed the published figures for councils were in each period, and whether that dispersion is larger or smaller than it was. It does not establish why, whether any council’s figure is high or low for a good reason, or whether a narrower spread would be better: the site does not hold a view on that.

Percentiles are taken over councils with a published figure for the period, by linear interpolation between sorted values. A period is shown only when at least six in ten councils have a figure for it.

The gap between the 90th and 10th percentile of local authorities on average private rent a month increased from £712 in January 2015 to £1,083 in July 2026.

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