What is the current UK inflation rate?

The UK's headline inflation rate is the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate, published by the ONS once a month, usually on a Wednesday in the middle of the month. The latest figure, the month it covers and the previous month's rate are at the top of the ONS consumer price inflation bulletin.

The ONS also gives CPIH, which adds owner occupiers' housing costs and council tax and is its lead measure, and RPI, a legacy measure that is no longer accredited. When someone quotes "inflation", check which index and which month they mean.

Official sources: ONS consumer price inflation (latest) · CPI annual rate series (D7G7)

The latest figure

The newest value is at Office for National Statistics (ONS). More on it: UK inflation rate (CPI).

When is the next figure out?

Monthly, usually a Wednesday in the middle of the month, 7am; next release 21 October 2026

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

Terms used in this answer

• Percentage point
  The arithmetic difference between two percentages. A rise from 4% to 5% is one percentage point, but a 25% increase in the rate.
• 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.
• CPI (Consumer Prices Index)
  The UK's main measure of consumer price inflation for the Bank of England's 2% target. It tracks the prices of a basket of goods and services bought by households.
• Core inflation
  Inflation measured without the most volatile items, usually energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, to show underlying price pressure.
• Headline figure
  The main summary number that a statistical release leads with, such as annual CPI inflation or quarterly GDP growth. Other measures in the same release can tell a different story.
• Base effect
  When a rate of change is pushed up or down by what happened in the comparison period, rather than by what is happening now.

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.
• UK poverty and household income statistics (DWP, ONS, DESNZ, Low Pay Commission and devolved governments)
  Where to find official UK poverty, household income, inequality, minimum wage and fuel poverty figures, and how to check claims about them.

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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 inflation and prices: all Inflation and prices questions.