One-bedroom private rent: every council in East of England
Three Rivers had the highest one-bedroom private rent of East of England’s 45 councils in August 2026, at £1,275.
Great Yarmouth had the lowest, at £591. The middle council, Southend-on-Sea, had £878.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Rivers | £1,275 |
| 2 | St Albans | £1,271 |
| 3 | Watford | £1,266 |
| 4 | Hertsmere | £1,258 |
| 5 | Cambridge | £1,256 |
| 6 | Epping Forest | £1,230 |
| 7 | Broxbourne | £1,132 |
| 8 | Brentwood | £1,107 |
| 9 | Dacorum | £1,098 |
| 10 | East Hertfordshire | £1,086 |
| 11 | Welwyn Hatfield | £1,063 |
| 12 | Chelmsford | £1,059 |
| 13 | Stevenage | £1,028 |
| 14 | North Hertfordshire | £1,024 |
| 15 | Harlow | £1,022 |
| 16 | South Cambridgeshire | £1,010 |
| 17 | Basildon | £983 |
| 18 | Castle Point | £943 |
| 19 | Thurrock | £941 |
| 20 | Luton | £907 |
| 21 | Uttlesford | £905 |
| 22 | Rochford | £890 |
| 23 | Southend-on-Sea | £878 |
| 24 | Central Bedfordshire | £865 |
| 25 | Braintree | £850 |
| 26 | Colchester | £820 |
| 27 | West Suffolk | £818 |
| 28 | Bedford | £800 |
| 29 | Maldon | £796 |
| 30 | Norwich | £778 |
| 31 | Tendring | £758 |
| 32 | Huntingdonshire | £745 |
| 33 | Ipswich | £744 |
| 34 | East Cambridgeshire | £732 |
| 35 | Mid Suffolk | £721 |
| 36 | Babergh | £717 |
| 37 | Peterborough | £710 |
| 38 | South Norfolk | £696 |
| 39 | Broadland | £691 |
| 40 | Breckland | £665 |
| 41 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | £650 |
| 42 | Fenland | £627 |
| 43 | North Norfolk | £623 |
| 44 | East Suffolk | £603 |
| 45 | Great Yarmouth | £591 |