London rents map
The London Rents Map shows average monthly private sector rents, for different home types across London. Search the map by entering a location and property type in the box below.
The data on average rents shows per postcode district (SW19 or E7, for example). It's based on a past-12 month sample, so does not reflect the market's most recent short-term trends. If there are too few rents per postcode district to make a reliable average rent estimate (for example, parts of Westminster) the map will show the borough average - marked with an asterisk in data pop-up boxes.
The map is updated twice a year; the latest update was 30 May 2024 and contained data for April 2023 - March 2024.
Definitions and methodology
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data used to produce the London Rents Map is based on private sector letting market rents by the Valuation Office Agency. Landlords, agents and tenants across England send this information. It is mainly used to help rent officers provide Housing Benefit valuations, and Rent Act 1977 Fair Rent registrations. Rent officers continuously track the market while evaluating and refreshing lettings data, for a representative private rental sector sample.
The ONS has provided this site's combined sample data using median, lower quartile and upper quartile monthly rents for each London property type, postcode district and borough. Property type and area combinations (for example, three bedroom properties in SE1) with fewer than five sample examples, are excluded for data confidentiality.
Map figures are now published by the ONS as user-requested data, at the same time they are given to the GLA.
Room
Non self-contained single room with shared facilities. Includes bedsits, single rooms in a shared house or flat, and single rooms rented from a resident landlord.
Studio
Self-contained, one room property with own kitchen and bath/shower/WC facilities.
One bedroom, two bedrooms, three bedrooms, four+ bedrooms
Self-contained propertie,s including houses, flats and maisonettes.
Median
The middle value in a number range, or the value separating the higher half of the range from the lower half.
We decided to use medians because they are not distorted by high values at the top of the range.
Lower quartile
The value that separates the lowest 25 per cent of a number range from the remaining (higher) 75 per cent.
Upper quartile
The value that separates the highest 25 per cent of a number range from the remaining (lower) 75 per cent..
The data covers the last 12 months, tracking rent trends while smoothing out short-term fluctuations.
As the data covers the most recent 12 months available, and is based on a private lettings sample, it should only be interpreted as indicating cross-London rental market patterns, rather than a precise current market predictor. Market conditions fluctuate greatly across London's many localised and specialist markets. Neither the ONS nor Greater London Authority takes responsibility for decisions taken as a result of data shown here.
The data is not suitable for trend analysis, is not drawn from a statistical sample and does not consist of tracked properties. The ONS has developed an experimental private rent index, which is created from a balanced statistical sample. This is suitable for trend analysis at national and regional levels.
Map figures are now published by the ONS as user-requested data, at the same time they are given to the GLA. However, these figures do not compare with the ONS's private rental market releases. Both use collected data from VOA rent officers, landlords and letting agents, but the sample and figure production methodologies used are not the same.
Any sample or methodology queries should go to the ONS.