# Most expensive and cheapest London boroughs to rent a three-bedroom home (September 2026)

Kensington and Chelsea was the most expensive of London’s 32 boroughs in September 2026 (three-bedroom private rent £4,130).

Havering was the cheapest (£1,851). The middle borough, Barnet, had £2,261.

1 borough has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

| Rank | Area | Three-bedroom private rent | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | £4,130 | – |
| 2 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | £3,912 | – |
| 3 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | £3,071 | – |
| 4 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | £3,031 | – |
| 5 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | £3,022 | – |
| 6 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | £2,856 | – |
| 7 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | £2,818 | – |
| 8 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | £2,779 | – |
| 9 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | £2,760 | – |
| 10 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | £2,703 | – |
| 11 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | £2,696 | – |
| 12 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | £2,427 | – |
| 13 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | £2,418 | – |
| 14 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | £2,363 | – |
| 15 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | £2,277 | – |
| 16 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | £2,261 | – |
| 17 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | £2,254 | – |
| 18 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | £2,247 | – |
| 19 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | £2,216 | – |
| 20 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | £2,167 | – |
| 21 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | £2,106 | – |
| 22 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | £2,069 | – |
| 23 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | £2,062 | – |
| 24 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | £2,035 | – |
| 25 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | £2,002 | – |
| 26 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | £1,992 | – |
| 27 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | £1,929 | – |
| 28 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | £1,916 | – |
| 29 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | £1,902 | – |
| 30 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | £1,870 | – |
| 31 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | £1,864 | – |
| 32 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | £1,851 | – |
| – | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | No figure | ONS does not publish private rents for the City of London or the Isles of Scilly because too few rents are collected there. |

Source: Price Index of Private Rents, ONS private rents. Period: September 2026. Period: September 2026.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-3-bed/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/private-rents-3-bed)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/private-rents-3-bed)

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