Average Rent in London
The average rent in London is £982 pcm (Q1 2025) - a decrease of -1% year on year.
Average rents are updated every quarter - last updated April 2025
| London regions | Average monthly room rent | Annual change |
| E | £949 | -2% |
| EC | £1,200 | -4% |
| N | £944 | -1% |
| NW | £990 | 0% |
| SE | £945 | 0% |
| SW | £1,036 | 0% |
| W | £1,035 | -2% |
| WC | £1,302 | 0% |
| London | £982 | -1% |
| UK | £744 | 1% |
| UK (excl London) | £662 | 1% |
Top 20 popular London postcodes
Based on supply
| London postcodes | Average monthly room rent | Annual change |
| E14 (Canary Wharf / Docklands) | £1,038 | 12% |
| E1 (Shoreditch / Whitechapel) | £1,011 | 15% |
| NW10 (Willesden) | £933 | 7% |
| NW2 (Cricklewood / Dollis Hill) | £917 | 11% |
| E3 (Bow) | £939 | 7% |
| N1 (Angel / Islington / Canonbury) | £1,157 | 7% |
| E16 (Canning Town / North Woolwich / Royal Docks) | £1,007 | 15% |
| SW15 (Putney) | £871 | 15% |
| E2 (Bethnal Green) | £1,038 | 8% |
| SE16 (Bermondsey / Rotherhithe) | £1,029 | 9% |
| E15 (Stratford / West Ham) | £916 | 9% |
| W3 (Acton) | £937 | 9% |
| SW11 (Battersea) | £1,166 | 7% |
| E6 (East Ham) | £775 | 9% |
| SW6 (Fulham) | £1,127 | 12% |
| SW16 (Streatham) | £939 | 11% |
| SE1 (London Bridge / Borough / Waterloo) | £1,167 | 1% |
| W12 (Shepherds Bush) | £966 | 6% |
| SE18 (Plumstead / Woolwich) | £831 | 7% |
| SW19 (Wimbledon / Merton / Collier's Wood) | £936 | 6% |
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Methodology
SpareRoom’s Quarterly Rental Index data compares data from Q1 2025 with Q1 2024, based on 375,000+ UK room ads (inclusive of some bills) across both periods. Postcodes with a sample size of less than 25 were excluded. City sample size is 200+ room ads. London data covers E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W & WC postcodes.
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