OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in Tower Hamlets

Private rents in Tower Hamlets average £2,439 a month across all property sizes, up 3% 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
£2,439
1-bed
£1,981
2-bed
£2,404
3-bed
£2,733
4+ bed
£3,360
Flats
£2,272

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The £2,439 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 £1,981 and a 3-bed at £2,733 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 Tower Hamlets
Two-year change: +8.1%Five-year change: +38.4%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 2.1% over the last six months, against +0.9% in the six before: rises are speeding up.
What homes sell for, by postcode area
E2259 sales£851,000E1W335 sales£710,000E2455 sales£515,000E141,155 sales£485,000E1462 sales£459,000E3701 sales£450,000
Median sold prices over the last two years, HM Land Registry. District-wide median: £494,000.
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What next door costs
Tower Hamlets is the 5th cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Lewisham£1,789£2,056£2,7132Greenwich£1,918£2,225£2,9793Newham£1,992£2,210£2,6714Southwark£2,306£2,683£3,544
5Tower HamletsYou are here£2,404£2,733£3,360
6Hackney£2,475£2,830£3,6567Islington£2,684£2,989£4,209
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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.