Renting in London

Average Rent in London: £2,400/mo

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Median asking rent across 58,723 live London listings on 6 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£2,400 /month

58,723 live listings · 6 portals

Median monthly rent in London by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£1,800/mo	1,998
1 bed	£1,850/mo	19,842
2 bed	£2,500/mo	17,619
3 bed	£3,000/mo	9,063
4+ bed	£3,987/mo	8,955
Room (house share)	£980/mo	1,246

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 14 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in London

What it costs to rent in London

London currently has 58,723 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £2,400 a month. 714 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 11% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is SE6 at around £1,500/mo, while W1K sits nearer £11,700/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for London around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in London by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 58,723 live listings across 6 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in London

£1,800/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in London is £1,800 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 1,998 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in London

£1,850/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in London is £1,850 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 19,842 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in London

£2,500/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in London is £2,500 a month, 4% above the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 17,619 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in London

£3,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in London is £3,000 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 9,063 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in London

£3,987/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in London is £3,987 a month, 66% above the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 8,955 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in London

£980/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a London house share is £980 a month, 59% below the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 1,246 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How London rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in London. Latest: £2,317/mo (Jul 26, +3.0% YoY).

Latest

£2,317

Jul 26

Annual

+3.0%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£1,706

Aug 21

Total change

+36%

since 2021

Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of London pay goes on rent?

Renters in London spend an estimated 70% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£2,317/mo

£27,804/yr

Median pay

£39,778/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

70%

Severely stretched — most local renters need a flatmate or supplement income.

0%30% threshold80%

Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials.

Property types

What’s on offer in London

Flats & apartments

37671

86% of listings

Houses

4823

11% of listings

Rooms

1246

3% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in London — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 52% of the 4,858 houses currently advertised in London.

Terraced
52%2,550
Other house
24%1,174
Semi-detached
16%788
Detached
6%311
Bungalow
1%35

Rent by postcode

Where London rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 38,911 live listings in 138 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in London

1W1K£11,700/mo44 rentals
2SW1X£8,300/mo52 rentals
3W1S£6,490/mo13 rentals

Cheapest in London

1SE6£1,500/mo259 rentals
2SE27£1,550/mo115 rentals
3SE20£1,600/mo125 rentals

Features · London

Garden, parking, and floor area in London

Live signal across 58,723 London rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

48%

of 25,923 London listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

37%

of 24,898 London listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in London this week

714 homes came onto the London rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

714 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across London

Most London homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 3,815,360 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

3.91

≈ Band C–D

Stock

3815k

3,815,360 properties

A
4%148,840
B
13%496,590
C
27%1,031,450
D
25%970,110
E
15%580,660
F
8%295,540
G
6%224,120
H
2%68,060

Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.

Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations

Broadband coverage across London

75% of London premises can already get full-fibre and 90% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

75%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

90%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

468 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
75%
Gigabit-capable
90%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Greater London (aggregated)), July 2025, covering 3,782,866 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for London homes

52% of London homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.

Bands A–C

52%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

48%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

3.5M

3,479,871 EPCs

A
0%6,305
B
15%518,236
C
37%1,279,530
D
36%1,255,440
E
10%350,695
F
2%53,499
G
0%16,166

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under London. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near London

15 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the London centroid. The five closest:

1
Soho Parish CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · W1D 7LF
0.41 mi
2
St Clement Danes CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WC2B 5SU
0.55 mi
3
Harris Westminster Sixth Form
16 plus · Free schools 16 to 19 · SW1H 9LH
0.56 mi
4
St Josephs Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WC2B 5NA
0.66 mi
5
St Matthew's School, Westminster
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SW1P 2DG
0.71 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the London centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in London

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), London has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 729 reported crimes per area. The most common category in London is Violent crime, accounting for 32% of all incidents.

Crime overview

729 crimes per area (median)
100 of 100 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Violent crime
32% of incidents

London’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.

Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in London

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Lambeth has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in London.

Camden
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (400) · pop. ~270,000
6.3
per 1k
Hackney
Typical for city
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (468) · pop. ~281,000
6.6
per 1k
Islington
Higher crime
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (475) · pop. ~242,000
9.6
per 1k
Lambeth
Typical for city
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (453) · pop. ~317,000
5.8
per 1k
Southwark
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (439) · pop. ~318,000
7.4
per 1k

Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Where we search

London listings by portal

We watch 6 property sites for rentals in London.

OpenRent

37315

Rightmove

15714

PrimeLocation

3797

SpareRoom

1246

OnTheMarket

563

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in London — your questions answered

How much is rent in London?

The average (median) asking rent in London is £2,400 a month — a 1-bed is £1,850 and a 2-bed £2,500, based on 58,723 live listings across 6 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in London?

The median asking rent for a studio in London is £1,800 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 1,998 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in London?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in London is £1,850 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 19,842 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in London?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in London is £2,500 a month, 4% above the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 17,619 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in London?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in London is £3,000 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 9,063 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in London?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in London is £3,987 a month, 66% above the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 8,955 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in London?

The median asking rent for a room in a London house share is £980 a month, 59% below the city-wide median of £2,400, based on 1,246 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in London?

There are currently 58,723 rental properties available in London, with 714 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is London safe for renters?

London has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 729 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in London?

The most commonly reported crime category in London is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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Average rent across London boroughs

London compared with the rest of Greater London — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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