# Rent growth: fastest and slowest places in West Midlands (September 2026)

Redditch had the strongest annual rent change of West Midlands’s 30 councils in September 2026, at 11.3%.

Wyre Forest had the weakest, at −1.2%. The middle council, Stratford-on-Avon, had 6.0%.

| Rank | Area | Annual rent change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 11.3% |
| 2 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 10.7% |
| 3 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 9.4% |
| 4 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 7.6% |
| 5 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 7.3% |
| 6 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 7.2% |
| 7 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 7.1% |
| =8 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 7.0% |
| =8 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 7.0% |
| 10 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 6.6% |
| 11 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 6.5% |
| =12 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 6.3% |
| =12 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 6.3% |
| 14 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 6.1% |
| 15 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 6.0% |
| 16 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 5.2% |
| 17 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 5.1% |
| 18 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 4.9% |
| 19 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 4.8% |
| 20 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 4.3% |
| =21 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 3.3% |
| =21 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 3.3% |
| 23 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 3.1% |
| 24 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 2.9% |
| 25 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 2.6% |
| 26 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 2.3% |
| =27 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 2.0% |
| =27 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 2.0% |
| 29 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 0.4% |
| 30 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | −1.2% |

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)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/rent-change/london)
- [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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