Annual rent change: every council in West Midlands
Redditch had the strongest annual rent change of West Midlands’s 30 councils in August 2026, at 11.1%.
Wyre Forest had the weakest, at −2.4%. The middle council, Rugby, had 5.4%.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| =1 | Redditch | 11.1% |
| =1 | Wolverhampton | 11.1% |
| 3 | Walsall | 9.7% |
| 4 | Malvern Hills | 8.8% |
| 5 | Sandwell | 8.0% |
| 6 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 7.8% |
| =7 | Lichfield | 7.5% |
| =7 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 7.5% |
| 9 | Cannock Chase | 7.2% |
| =10 | East Staffordshire | 6.6% |
| =10 | Stafford | 6.6% |
| =10 | Telford and Wrekin | 6.6% |
| 13 | Stratford-on-Avon | 6.0% |
| 14 | South Staffordshire | 5.8% |
| =15 | Rugby | 5.4% |
| =15 | Stoke-on-Trent | 5.4% |
| 17 | Worcester | 5.3% |
| 18 | North Warwickshire | 4.9% |
| 19 | Shropshire | 4.3% |
| 20 | Wychavon | 3.9% |
| =21 | Dudley | 3.4% |
| =21 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 3.4% |
| 23 | Solihull | 3.2% |
| 24 | Birmingham | 3.0% |
| 25 | Herefordshire | 2.9% |
| 26 | Coventry | 2.4% |
| 27 | Bromsgrove | 2.0% |
| 28 | Warwick | 1.9% |
| 29 | Tamworth | 0.5% |
| 30 | Wyre Forest | −2.4% |