How much are rents rising in the UK?

The ONS Price Index of Private Rents is the official measure of rent changes for private tenants across the UK, published monthly with average rents and annual change by region and local authority.

It tracks rents across all tenancies, not just new lets, so it rises more slowly than advertised rents.

Official sources: ONS private rent and house prices (latest)

The latest figure

The newest value is at HM Land Registry with the ONS, Registers of Scotland and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland (UK House Price Index). More on it: UK average house price.

When is the next figure out?

Monthly, usually a Wednesday in the middle of the month, published with the ONS Private rent and house prices bulletin; figures cover the month two months earlier. Linked-data API pattern: https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/data/ukhpi/region/united-kingdom/month/YYYY-MM.json, or the sorted list endpoint https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/data/ukhpi.json?refRegion=http://landregistry.data.gov.uk/id/region/united-kingdom&_sort=-refMonth&_pageSize=3&_properties=averagePrice,percentageAnnualChange; monthly CSV files at publicdata.landregistry.gov.uk

Every official release due in the next two weeks is on the release calendar.

Terms used in this answer

• Year-on-year change
  The change between a figure for one period and the same period twelve months earlier, such as March this year compared with March last year.
• CPIH
  The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs. The ONS's lead measure of consumer price inflation, it adds housing costs and council tax to CPI.
• Affordable rent
  A type of social housing in England where rent can be set at up to 80% of the local market rent, including service charges.
• Provisional figures
  Early estimates published before all data are in, so users get timely figures. They are expected to be updated when later data arrive.
• Revisions
  Changes to previously published figures, made when more complete data, improved methods or updated seasonal factors become available. A normal part of official statistics.
• Mean
  The total of all values divided by how many there are. Often what people mean by 'average', it can be pulled up or down by a few extreme values.

Where the figures come from

• HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index
  How to use HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, the UK House Price Index and ONS private rent statistics to check claims about house prices and rents.

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This answer says where the official figures are published and how they are defined. It gives no verdict on any claim. To report an error, send a correction request. More questions about housing and house prices: all Housing and house prices questions.