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Private rents, annual change in Chelmsford

Private rents, annual change in Chelmsford was 2.4% in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 8.7 pts from August 2025.

August 20262.4% Provisional
Change on August 2025-8.7 pts
Series high11August 2025
Series low0.5August 2020

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

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Private rents, annual change in Chelmsford, January 2016 to August 2026

02.557.51012.52016-012017-082019-032020-102022-052023-122026-082016-01: 5.5 %2016-02: 5.5 %2016-03: 5.2 %2016-04: 5 %2016-05: 4.8 %2016-06: 5.2 %2016-07: 5.4 %2016-08: 5.4 %2016-09: 5.2 %2016-10: 4.7 %2016-11: 4.1 %2016-12: 3.8 %2017-01: 4 %2017-02: 4 %2017-03: 4 %2017-04: 4 %2017-05: 4.6 %2017-06: 4.6 %2017-07: 4.5 %2017-08: 4.4 %2017-09: 4.8 %2017-10: 5.2 %2017-11: 5.4 %2017-12: 4.8 %2018-01: 4.4 %2018-02: 4.3 %2018-03: 4.3 %2018-04: 4 %2018-05: 3.5 %2018-06: 3 %2018-07: 2.8 %2018-08: 2.9 %2018-09: 2.7 %2018-10: 2.3 %2018-11: 1.9 %2018-12: 1.9 %2019-01: 1.7 %2019-02: 1.6 %2019-03: 1.5 %2019-04: 1.6 %2019-05: 1.7 %2019-06: 1.7 %2019-07: 1.7 %2019-08: 1.6 %2019-09: 1.3 %2019-10: 1.3 %2019-11: 1.3 %2019-12: 1.4 %2020-01: 1.4 %2020-02: 1.4 %2020-03: 1.2 %2020-04: 1.1 %2020-05: 0.9 %2020-06: 0.7 %2020-07: 0.6 %2020-08: 0.5 %2020-09: 0.7 %2020-10: 0.9 %2020-11: 1.1 %2020-12: 1 %2021-01: 2 %2021-02: 3.1 %2021-03: 4.4 %2021-04: 4.6 %2021-05: 4.8 %2021-06: 4.7 %2021-07: 4.6 %2021-08: 4.7 %2021-09: 4.7 %2021-10: 4.8 %2021-11: 4.9 %2021-12: 5.1 %2022-01: 4.2 %2022-02: 3.3 %2022-03: 2.3 %2022-04: 2.5 %2022-05: 2.7 %2022-06: 3.3 %2022-07: 3.9 %2022-08: 4.4 %2022-09: 4.5 %2022-10: 4.5 %2022-11: 4.4 %2022-12: 4.5 %2023-01: 4.6 %2023-02: 4.5 %2023-03: 4.5 %2023-04: 4 %2023-05: 3.8 %2023-06: 4.2 %2023-07: 5.2 %2023-08: 6.2 %2023-09: 7 %2023-10: 7.6 %2023-11: 7.9 %2023-12: 7.7 %2024-01: 7.6 %2024-02: 7.8 %2024-03: 8.1 %2024-04: 8.3 %2024-05: 8.5 %2024-06: 8 %2024-07: 6.8 %2024-08: 5.6 %2024-09: 5.5 %2024-10: 5.9 %2024-11: 6.7 %2024-12: 7.1 %2025-01: 7.7 %2025-02: 7.6 %2025-03: 7.7 %2025-04: 7.7 %2025-05: 8.7 %2025-06: 9.6 %2025-07: 10.6 %2025-08: 11 %2025-09: 10.7 %2025-10: 10.4 %2025-11: 9.4 %2025-12: 9.2 %2026-01: 8.7 %2026-02: 8.3 %2026-03: 7.7 %2026-04: 7.3 %2026-05: 6.2 %2026-06: 5.1 %2026-07: 3.3 %2026-08: 2.4 %
%. Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: annual change in the index, all property types, percent (ONS). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-16.
All 128 values
Period%
2026-082.4 Provisional
2026-073.3 Provisional
2026-065.1
2026-056.2
2026-047.3
2026-037.7
2026-028.3
2026-018.7
2025-129.2
2025-119.4
2025-1010.4
2025-0910.7
2025-0811
2025-0710.6
2025-069.6
2025-058.7
2025-047.7
2025-037.7
2025-027.6
2025-017.7
2024-127.1
2024-116.7
2024-105.9
2024-095.5
2024-085.6
2024-076.8
2024-068
2024-058.5
2024-048.3
2024-038.1
2024-027.8
2024-017.6
2023-127.7
2023-117.9
2023-107.6
2023-097
2023-086.2
2023-075.2
2023-064.2
2023-053.8
2023-044
2023-034.5
2023-024.5
2023-014.6
2022-124.5
2022-114.4
2022-104.5
2022-094.5
2022-084.4
2022-073.9
2022-063.3
2022-052.7
2022-042.5
2022-032.3
2022-023.3
2022-014.2
2021-125.1
2021-114.9
2021-104.8
2021-094.7
2021-084.7
2021-074.6
2021-064.7
2021-054.8
2021-044.6
2021-034.4
2021-023.1
2021-012
2020-121
2020-111.1
2020-100.9
2020-090.7
2020-080.5
2020-070.6
2020-060.7
2020-050.9
2020-041.1
2020-031.2
2020-021.4
2020-011.4
2019-121.4
2019-111.3
2019-101.3
2019-091.3
2019-081.6
2019-071.7
2019-061.7
2019-051.7
2019-041.6
2019-031.5
2019-021.6
2019-011.7
2018-121.9
2018-111.9
2018-102.3
2018-092.7
2018-082.9
2018-072.8
2018-063
2018-053.5
2018-044
2018-034.3
2018-024.3
2018-014.4
2017-124.8
2017-115.4
2017-105.2
2017-094.8
2017-084.4
2017-074.5
2017-064.6
2017-054.6
2017-044
2017-034
2017-024
2017-014
2016-123.8
2016-114.1
2016-104.7
2016-095.2
2016-085.4
2016-075.4
2016-065.2
2016-054.8
2016-045
2016-035.2
2016-025.5
2016-015.5

Compared with East of England and United Kingdom

PlaceAugust 2026
Chelmsford2.4
East of England3.5
United Kingdom3.8

Definition

Percentage change in the Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR) of the Office for National Statistics compared with the same month a year earlier. The index follows rents paid on new and existing private tenancies. Not seasonally adjusted. United Kingdom, its nations and English regions, and local authorities in England and Wales.

Rent inflation for sitting and new tenants together, so it moves more slowly than asking rents on new listings. It is not the actual rents component of consumer price inflation (CPI or CPIH), which also covers social housing.

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Office for National Statistics. Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: annual change in the index, all property types, percent (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: annual change in the index, all property types, percent (ONS) (Private rents, annual change, Chelmsford, 2016-01 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: annual change in the index, all property types, percent (ONS), Private rents, annual change, Chelmsford, 2016-01 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/private-rent-annual-change/chelmsford-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: annual change in the index, all property types, percent (ONS). Private rents, annual change, Chelmsford, 2016-01 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/private-rent-annual-change/chelmsford-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1: annual change in the index, all property types, percent (ONS), Private rents, annual change, Chelmsford, 2016-01 to 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/priceindexofprivaterentsukmonthlypricestatistics/16september2026, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/private-rent-annual-change/chelmsford-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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What is the private rents, annual change in Chelmsford?

Private rents, annual change in Chelmsford was 2.4% in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 8.7 pts 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: annual change in the index, all property types, percent (ONS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest private rents, annual change in Chelmsford?

11% in August 2025, the highest value since January 2016 in this series.

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