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

Kensington and Chelsea was the most expensive of London’s 32 boroughs in September 2026 (four-bedroom or larger private rent £5,728).

Bexley was the cheapest (£2,430). The middle borough, Hounslow, had £3,093.

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

| Rank | Area | Four-bedroom or larger private rent | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | £5,728 | – |
| 2 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | £5,447 | – |
| 3 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | £4,253 | – |
| 4 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | £4,234 | – |
| 5 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | £3,986 | – |
| 6 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | £3,936 | – |
| 7 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | £3,828 | – |
| 8 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | £3,734 | – |
| 9 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | £3,686 | – |
| 10 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | £3,670 | – |
| 11 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | £3,390 | – |
| 12 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | £3,316 | – |
| 13 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | £3,281 | – |
| 14 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | £3,199 | – |
| 15 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | £3,196 | – |
| 16 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | £3,093 | – |
| 17 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | £3,058 | – |
| 18 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | £3,006 | – |
| 19 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | £2,943 | – |
| 20 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | £2,852 | – |
| 21 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | £2,817 | – |
| 22 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | £2,795 | – |
| 23 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | £2,724 | – |
| 24 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | £2,719 | – |
| 25 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | £2,677 | – |
| 26 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | £2,674 | – |
| 27 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | £2,654 | – |
| 28 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | £2,579 | – |
| 29 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | £2,523 | – |
| 30 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | £2,513 | – |
| 31 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | £2,499 | – |
| 32 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | £2,430 | – |
| – | [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-4-bed/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rents-4-bed/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/private-rents-4-bed)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/private-rents-4-bed)

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