OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Birmingham

Private rents in Birmingham average £1,093 a month across all property sizes, up 2.8% over the last year. These are the official Office for National Statistics figures, not portal asking rents, so they reflect what tenants actually pay.

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All sizes
£1,093
1-bed
£825
2-bed
£997
3-bed
£1,127
4+ bed
£1,569
Flats
£914

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The £1,093 average above is the whole district, every size and condition mixed together. It's a fair sanity check, but it isn't a valuation of one property, and the gap between a 1-bed at £825 and a 3-bed at £1,127 shows why. For an actual figure you need the specific address: its size, its EPC, its street, and what comparable homes nearby genuinely let for.

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Two years of rents in Birmingham
Two-year change: +8%Five-year change: +35.8%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 0.6% over the last six months, against +2.3% in the six before: rises are slowing.
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What next door costs
Birmingham is the 6th cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Dudley£778£937£1,2432Walsall£790£945£1,3163Sandwell£846£1,008£1,3974North Warwickshire£879£1,055£1,5945Bromsgrove£893£1,084£1,593
6BirminghamYou are here£997£1,127£1,569
7Solihull£1,057£1,252£1,863
Nearest by the centre point of each area, so a very large or coastal area can throw up a neighbour that is not a natural comparison.
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Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026, average private rents by local authority. Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Figures are area averages, not valuations of any individual property.