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Private rents, annual change in Kensington and Chelsea

Private rents, annual change in Kensington and Chelsea was 2.1% in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 3.2 pts from August 2025.

August 20262.1% Provisional
Change on August 2025-3.2 pts
Series high15.1May 2023
Series low-11.8September 2018
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Private rents, annual change in Kensington and Chelsea, January 2016 to August 2026

-20-10010202016-012017-082019-032020-102022-052023-122026-082016-01: 5.3 %2016-02: 6.5 %2016-03: 6.8 %2016-04: 6.8 %2016-05: 6.2 %2016-06: 5.8 %2016-07: 6.2 %2016-08: 7.4 %2016-09: 7.8 %2016-10: 7.1 %2016-11: 5.8 %2016-12: 5.4 %2017-01: 4.9 %2017-02: 4.3 %2017-03: 4.3 %2017-04: 4 %2017-05: 4.2 %2017-06: 3.5 %2017-07: 4.1 %2017-08: 3.7 %2017-09: 3.5 %2017-10: 2.4 %2017-11: 2.4 %2017-12: 2.2 %2018-01: 1.6 %2018-02: 0 %2018-03: -2.5 %2018-04: -5.4 %2018-05: -8.8 %2018-06: -10.5 %2018-07: -11.6 %2018-08: -11.5 %2018-09: -11.8 %2018-10: -11.1 %2018-11: -11.1 %2018-12: -10.2 %2019-01: -9.3 %2019-02: -7.6 %2019-03: -5.4 %2019-04: -2.9 %2019-05: 0.9 %2019-06: 3.5 %2019-07: 4.6 %2019-08: 4.5 %2019-09: 4.1 %2019-10: 4.1 %2019-11: 3.5 %2019-12: 2.4 %2020-01: 1.6 %2020-02: 1.2 %2020-03: 1.2 %2020-04: 1.6 %2020-05: 1.5 %2020-06: 1.4 %2020-07: 0.5 %2020-08: -0.4 %2020-09: -0.9 %2020-10: -1.5 %2020-11: -1.2 %2020-12: -1.4 %2021-01: -1.4 %2021-02: -1.7 %2021-03: -2 %2021-04: -3.2 %2021-05: -4.5 %2021-06: -5.8 %2021-07: -6.2 %2021-08: -6.2 %2021-09: -5.8 %2021-10: -5.1 %2021-11: -4.6 %2021-12: -3.8 %2022-01: -3 %2022-02: -1.9 %2022-03: -1.4 %2022-04: -0 %2022-05: 1.6 %2022-06: 3.9 %2022-07: 5.9 %2022-08: 7.4 %2022-09: 8.9 %2022-10: 9.6 %2022-11: 10.4 %2022-12: 10.6 %2023-01: 11.1 %2023-02: 11.5 %2023-03: 13 %2023-04: 14.3 %2023-05: 15.1 %2023-06: 14.7 %2023-07: 13.7 %2023-08: 12.8 %2023-09: 11.5 %2023-10: 11.1 %2023-11: 10.5 %2023-12: 10.4 %2024-01: 10.1 %2024-02: 9.4 %2024-03: 9 %2024-04: 8.9 %2024-05: 9.2 %2024-06: 8.9 %2024-07: 8.8 %2024-08: 8.7 %2024-09: 9.3 %2024-10: 9.5 %2024-11: 10.8 %2024-12: 12 %2025-01: 12.2 %2025-02: 12.1 %2025-03: 10.3 %2025-04: 9.3 %2025-05: 7.1 %2025-06: 5.9 %2025-07: 5.2 %2025-08: 5.3 %2025-09: 5.1 %2025-10: 4.7 %2025-11: 3 %2025-12: 1.6 %2026-01: 0.4 %2026-02: -0.4 %2026-03: -1.1 %2026-04: -1.8 %2026-05: -1.4 %2026-06: -0.5 %2026-07: 0.8 %2026-08: 2.1 %
%. 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%
2026-082.1 Provisional
2026-070.8 Provisional
2026-06-0.5
2026-05-1.4
2026-04-1.8
2026-03-1.1
2026-02-0.4
2026-010.4
2025-121.6
2025-113
2025-104.7
2025-095.1
2025-085.3
2025-075.2
2025-065.9
2025-057.1
2025-049.3
2025-0310.3
2025-0212.1
2025-0112.2
2024-1212
2024-1110.8
2024-109.5
2024-099.3
2024-088.7
2024-078.8
2024-068.9
2024-059.2
2024-048.9
2024-039
2024-029.4
2024-0110.1
2023-1210.4
2023-1110.5
2023-1011.1
2023-0911.5
2023-0812.8
2023-0713.7
2023-0614.7
2023-0515.1
2023-0414.3
2023-0313
2023-0211.5
2023-0111.1
2022-1210.6
2022-1110.4
2022-109.6
2022-098.9
2022-087.4
2022-075.9
2022-063.9
2022-051.6
2022-04-0
2022-03-1.4
2022-02-1.9
2022-01-3
2021-12-3.8
2021-11-4.6
2021-10-5.1
2021-09-5.8
2021-08-6.2
2021-07-6.2
2021-06-5.8
2021-05-4.5
2021-04-3.2
2021-03-2
2021-02-1.7
2021-01-1.4
2020-12-1.4
2020-11-1.2
2020-10-1.5
2020-09-0.9
2020-08-0.4
2020-070.5
2020-061.4
2020-051.5
2020-041.6
2020-031.2
2020-021.2
2020-011.6
2019-122.4
2019-113.5
2019-104.1
2019-094.1
2019-084.5
2019-074.6
2019-063.5
2019-050.9
2019-04-2.9
2019-03-5.4
2019-02-7.6
2019-01-9.3
2018-12-10.2
2018-11-11.1
2018-10-11.1
2018-09-11.8
2018-08-11.5
2018-07-11.6
2018-06-10.5
2018-05-8.8
2018-04-5.4
2018-03-2.5
2018-020
2018-011.6
2017-122.2
2017-112.4
2017-102.4
2017-093.5
2017-083.7
2017-074.1
2017-063.5
2017-054.2
2017-044
2017-034.3
2017-024.3
2017-014.9
2016-125.4
2016-115.8
2016-107.1
2016-097.8
2016-087.4
2016-076.2
2016-065.8
2016-056.2
2016-046.8
2016-036.8
2016-026.5
2016-015.3

Compared with London and United Kingdom

PlaceAugust 2026
Kensington and Chelsea2.1
London3.5
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, Kensington and Chelsea, 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, Kensington and Chelsea, 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/kensington-and-chelsea-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, Kensington and Chelsea, 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/kensington-and-chelsea-uk.

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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, Kensington and Chelsea, 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/kensington-and-chelsea-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the private rents, annual change in Kensington and Chelsea?

Private rents, annual change in Kensington and Chelsea was 2.1% in August 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 3.2 pts from August 2025.

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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 Kensington and Chelsea?

15.1% in May 2023, the highest value since January 2016 in this series.

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