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Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Westminster

Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Westminster was £3,196 in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 0.6% from August 2025.

August 2026, GBP3,196 Provisional
Change on August 2025-0.6%
Series high3,289February 2025
Series low2,361July 2021

Next release: Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 09:30 UK time, announced by Office for National Statistics. Release calendar

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Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Westminster, January 2015 to August 2026

2,2002,4002,6002,8003,0003,2003,4002015-012016-092018-052020-012021-092023-052025-012026-082015-01: 2,419 GBP2015-02: 2,416 GBP2015-03: 2,417 GBP2015-04: 2,440 GBP2015-05: 2,478 GBP2015-06: 2,503 GBP2015-07: 2,506 GBP2015-08: 2,493 GBP2015-09: 2,483 GBP2015-10: 2,464 GBP2015-11: 2,463 GBP2015-12: 2,465 GBP2016-01: 2,469 GBP2016-02: 2,466 GBP2016-03: 2,477 GBP2016-04: 2,488 GBP2016-05: 2,494 GBP2016-06: 2,484 GBP2016-07: 2,492 GBP2016-08: 2,495 GBP2016-09: 2,499 GBP2016-10: 2,494 GBP2016-11: 2,498 GBP2016-12: 2,506 GBP2017-01: 2,502 GBP2017-02: 2,487 GBP2017-03: 2,474 GBP2017-04: 2,469 GBP2017-05: 2,455 GBP2017-06: 2,445 GBP2017-07: 2,443 GBP2017-08: 2,447 GBP2017-09: 2,432 GBP2017-10: 2,422 GBP2017-11: 2,419 GBP2017-12: 2,421 GBP2018-01: 2,412 GBP2018-02: 2,406 GBP2018-03: 2,409 GBP2018-04: 2,416 GBP2018-05: 2,418 GBP2018-06: 2,422 GBP2018-07: 2,426 GBP2018-08: 2,427 GBP2018-09: 2,417 GBP2018-10: 2,409 GBP2018-11: 2,403 GBP2018-12: 2,413 GBP2019-01: 2,421 GBP2019-02: 2,432 GBP2019-03: 2,428 GBP2019-04: 2,428 GBP2019-05: 2,426 GBP2019-06: 2,433 GBP2019-07: 2,441 GBP2019-08: 2,450 GBP2019-09: 2,461 GBP2019-10: 2,477 GBP2019-11: 2,501 GBP2019-12: 2,528 GBP2020-01: 2,548 GBP2020-02: 2,552 GBP2020-03: 2,552 GBP2020-04: 2,546 GBP2020-05: 2,548 GBP2020-06: 2,526 GBP2020-07: 2,520 GBP2020-08: 2,509 GBP2020-09: 2,515 GBP2020-10: 2,512 GBP2020-11: 2,507 GBP2020-12: 2,491 GBP2021-01: 2,464 GBP2021-02: 2,446 GBP2021-03: 2,441 GBP2021-04: 2,428 GBP2021-05: 2,401 GBP2021-06: 2,375 GBP2021-07: 2,361 GBP2021-08: 2,364 GBP2021-09: 2,361 GBP2021-10: 2,361 GBP2021-11: 2,361 GBP2021-12: 2,369 GBP2022-01: 2,380 GBP2022-02: 2,394 GBP2022-03: 2,407 GBP2022-04: 2,427 GBP2022-05: 2,424 GBP2022-06: 2,427 GBP2022-07: 2,423 GBP2022-08: 2,435 GBP2022-09: 2,449 GBP2022-10: 2,466 GBP2022-11: 2,491 GBP2022-12: 2,515 GBP2023-01: 2,543 GBP2023-02: 2,586 GBP2023-03: 2,621 GBP2023-04: 2,655 GBP2023-05: 2,711 GBP2023-06: 2,782 GBP2023-07: 2,858 GBP2023-08: 2,893 GBP2023-09: 2,900 GBP2023-10: 2,889 GBP2023-11: 2,873 GBP2023-12: 2,874 GBP2024-01: 2,895 GBP2024-02: 2,918 GBP2024-03: 2,944 GBP2024-04: 2,963 GBP2024-05: 2,993 GBP2024-06: 3,036 GBP2024-07: 3,071 GBP2024-08: 3,093 GBP2024-09: 3,100 GBP2024-10: 3,118 GBP2024-11: 3,173 GBP2024-12: 3,235 GBP2025-01: 3,284 GBP2025-02: 3,289 GBP2025-03: 3,277 GBP2025-04: 3,267 GBP2025-05: 3,258 GBP2025-06: 3,251 GBP2025-07: 3,244 GBP2025-08: 3,215 GBP2025-09: 3,221 GBP2025-10: 3,223 GBP2025-11: 3,255 GBP2025-12: 3,240 GBP2026-01: 3,181 GBP2026-02: 3,138 GBP2026-03: 3,122 GBP2026-04: 3,149 GBP2026-05: 3,163 GBP2026-06: 3,168 GBP2026-07: 3,179 GBP2026-08: 3,196 GBP
GBP. Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-16.
All 140 values
PeriodGBP
2026-083,196 Provisional
2026-073,179 Provisional
2026-063,168
2026-053,163
2026-043,149
2026-033,122
2026-023,138
2026-013,181
2025-123,240
2025-113,255
2025-103,223
2025-093,221
2025-083,215
2025-073,244
2025-063,251
2025-053,258
2025-043,267
2025-033,277
2025-023,289
2025-013,284
2024-123,235
2024-113,173
2024-103,118
2024-093,100
2024-083,093
2024-073,071
2024-063,036
2024-052,993
2024-042,963
2024-032,944
2024-022,918
2024-012,895
2023-122,874
2023-112,873
2023-102,889
2023-092,900
2023-082,893
2023-072,858
2023-062,782
2023-052,711
2023-042,655
2023-032,621
2023-022,586
2023-012,543
2022-122,515
2022-112,491
2022-102,466
2022-092,449
2022-082,435
2022-072,423
2022-062,427
2022-052,424
2022-042,427
2022-032,407
2022-022,394
2022-012,380
2021-122,369
2021-112,361
2021-102,361
2021-092,361
2021-082,364
2021-072,361
2021-062,375
2021-052,401
2021-042,428
2021-032,441
2021-022,446
2021-012,464
2020-122,491
2020-112,507
2020-102,512
2020-092,515
2020-082,509
2020-072,520
2020-062,526
2020-052,548
2020-042,546
2020-032,552
2020-022,552
2020-012,548
2019-122,528
2019-112,501
2019-102,477
2019-092,461
2019-082,450
2019-072,441
2019-062,433
2019-052,426
2019-042,428
2019-032,428
2019-022,432
2019-012,421
2018-122,413
2018-112,403
2018-102,409
2018-092,417
2018-082,427
2018-072,426
2018-062,422
2018-052,418
2018-042,416
2018-032,409
2018-022,406
2018-012,412
2017-122,421
2017-112,419
2017-102,422
2017-092,432
2017-082,447
2017-072,443
2017-062,445
2017-052,455
2017-042,469
2017-032,474
2017-022,487
2017-012,502
2016-122,506
2016-112,498
2016-102,494
2016-092,499
2016-082,495
2016-072,492
2016-062,484
2016-052,494
2016-042,488
2016-032,477
2016-022,466
2016-012,469
2015-122,465
2015-112,463
2015-102,464
2015-092,483
2015-082,493
2015-072,506
2015-062,503
2015-052,478
2015-042,440
2015-032,417
2015-022,416
2015-012,419

Compared with London and United Kingdom

PlaceAugust 2026
Westminster3,196
London2,332
United Kingdom1,400

Definition

Average rent paid per calendar month for homes let by private landlords, in pounds sterling, from the Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR) of the Office for National Statistics. It covers new and existing tenancies, all property sizes and types, and is built from administrative rent data. Not seasonally adjusted. United Kingdom, its nations and English regions, and local authorities in England and Wales.

Rents actually paid, including long-standing tenancies, so it is below the asking rents of new listings on property portals. Rounded to the nearest pound. Scotland figures are mainly advertised new lets and Northern Ireland figures are newly advertised lets, so the ONS advises caution when comparing them with England and Wales. For US median gross rent see median_gross_rent.

How to cite

Office for National Statistics. Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS) (Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Westminster, 2015-01 to 2026-08) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026

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Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS), Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Westminster, 2015-01 to 2026-08. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 16 Sept. 2026, https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/average-private-rent-gbp/westminster-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Westminster, 2015-01 to 2026-08. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/average-private-rent-gbp/westminster-uk.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS), Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling, Westminster, 2015-01 to 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/average-private-rent-gbp/westminster-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Westminster?

Average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Westminster was £3,196 in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 0.6% from August 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: rental price, all property types, pounds per month (ONS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest average monthly private rent, pounds sterling in Westminster?

£3,289 in February 2025, the highest value since January 2015 in this series.

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