# Rent growth: fastest and slowest London boroughs (September 2026)

Southwark had the strongest annual rent change of London’s 32 boroughs in September 2026, at 7.3%.

Kingston upon Thames and Westminster had the joint weakest, at −0.4%. The middle borough, Lambeth, had 3.4%.

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

| Rank | Area | Annual rent change | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | 7.3% | – |
| 2 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | 6.6% | – |
| 3 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | 6.0% | – |
| 4 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | 5.5% | – |
| =5 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | 5.4% | – |
| =5 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | 5.4% | – |
| =7 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | 4.9% | – |
| =7 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | 4.9% | – |
| 9 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | 4.1% | – |
| 10 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | 3.9% | – |
| =11 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | 3.8% | – |
| =11 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | 3.8% | – |
| 13 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | 3.6% | – |
| =14 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | 3.4% | – |
| =14 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | 3.4% | – |
| =14 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | 3.4% | – |
| 17 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | 3.2% | – |
| =18 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | 3.0% | – |
| =18 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | 3.0% | – |
| =20 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | 2.9% | – |
| =20 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | 2.9% | – |
| 22 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | 2.8% | – |
| 23 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | 2.5% | – |
| 24 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | 2.4% | – |
| =25 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | 2.1% | – |
| =25 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | 2.1% | – |
| 27 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | 1.7% | – |
| 28 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | 1.4% | – |
| 29 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | 1.3% | – |
| 30 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | 0.9% | – |
| =31 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | −0.4% | – |
| =31 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | −0.4% | – |
| – | [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/rent-change/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rent-change)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/rent-change)

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