Check rent prices in your area

Enter your postcode and bedroom count above: the result shows the typical range for similar homes in your area from ONS private rent statistics, and where a specific rent sits inside it. For a city-level view without entering a rent, our average rent pages list the ONS figures by city and, for London, by borough.

ONS publishes quartiles — the spread from the cheaper quarter to the dearer quarter — for London postcode districts, so there the result is a true range. Elsewhere it publishes an average by local authority, so we draw an indicative band around that average and mark the result lower confidence. Either way you can see whether a rent is ordinary for the area.

Across England private rents have risen faster than wages for several years, but the pace varies sharply by area and has slowed in parts of London. The result shows the current ONS figures for your area; our explainer on why rents are rising covers the national picture and what it means for a rent increase you've been given.

Not from official data: ONS publishes by postcode district in London and by local authority elsewhere, never by street. For street-level evidence you need comparables — recent lets or listings of similar homes nearby. Our guide explains where to find them and how to record them so they count as evidence.

Raise it with your landlord with the figures in hand; many increases are withdrawn or reduced when the tenant produces local evidence. If the figure is in a Section 13 rent increase notice, you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal on form MR1 before the new rent is due to start (£47 for notices dated from 1 May 2026; Help with Fees can reduce it). The tribunal can only confirm or lower the proposed rent, never raise it.