Average Rent in the UK
Average rent in the UK (Q1 2025) is £744 pcm. If you exclude inner London it's £662 pcm.
Average rents are updated every quarter - last updated April 2025
Average rents by region
| Region | Average monthly room rent | Annual change |
| East Anglia | £678 | 4% |
| East Midlands | £564 | 0% |
| North East | £546 | 0% |
| North West | £606 | 2% |
| Northern Ireland | £564 | 5% |
| Scotland | £675 | 0% |
| South East | £745 | 1% |
| South West | £666 | 2% |
| Wales | £583 | 1% |
| West Midlands | £563 | 0% |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | £557 | 0% |
| London | £982 | -1% |
| UK | £744 | 1% |
| UK (excl London) | £662 | 1% |
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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.