UK Rent inflation: 4.2% (September 2026) – latest figures and trend
Are rents still rising?
Yes. In September 2026, rents in the UK were 4.2% higher than a year earlier. The rate was the same in August 2026.
The latest rent inflation for UK is 4.2% (September 2026), according to Office for National Statistics (UK). The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value4.2% Reference period: September 2026
Previous (August 2026): 4.2% · 0 percentage points
Office for National Statistics (UK) · Sources · Last checked with the source
About this indicator
- Official series
- rent prices (CPI, 12-month change)
- Unit
- %
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Sources
- Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — license
- We record revisions when the source changes a value we already collected.
- We do not receive a provisional/final flag from the source, so recent values may still be revised.
Questions people ask
What is the latest rent inflation in the UK?
4.2% in September 2026, according to Office for National Statistics (UK).
Is the rent inflation in the UK rising or falling?
It was unchanged from August 2026. A year earlier (September 2025) it was 4.3%.
How does the UK compare with other countries on rent inflation?
In September 2026, it ranked 3rd of 19 countries compared here, from highest to lowest: Ireland 6.3%, Netherlands 4.4%, UK 4.2%, Austria 4.1%, Australia 3.6%, Norway 3.6%, Italy 3.4%, Sweden 3.3%, Belgium 3%, U.S. 2.8%, Canada 2.8%, Spain 2.5%, Denmark 2.5%, Germany 2.2%, France 1.6%, South Korea 1.34%, Switzerland 1.3%, Japan 0.5%, Finland -0.2%.