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UK rental yields by area

Average gross rental yield for all 316 local authorities in England and Wales, ranked highest to lowest. Prices are from HM Land Registry (01/04/2026) and rents from ONS (2026-05). Tap any area for the detail, or explore the interactive heatmap.

Highest yield

Newcastle upon Tyne

6.9%

Typical (median)

4.4%

across 316 areas

Lowest yield

Derbyshire Dales

2.8%

#AreaYieldAvg price
1Newcastle upon Tyne6.9%£209,071
2Manchester6.6%£247,344
3Portsmouth6.5%£250,377
4Merthyr Tydfil6.5%£139,322
5Bristol, City of6.4%£353,662
6Southampton6.4%£234,150
7Blackpool6.3%£134,732
8Nottingham6.3%£192,543
9Tower Hamlets6.3%£457,504
10Lincoln6.2%£185,464
11Middlesbrough6.1%£139,005
12Kingston upon Hull, City of6.1%£135,051
13Gosport6%£232,020
14Norwich6%£230,372
15Salford6%£232,391
16Gateshead6%£158,885
17Liverpool5.9%£183,615
18Burnley5.8%£129,556
19Sunderland5.8%£145,293
20Newham5.8%£395,266
21Harlow5.7%£318,143
22Blaenau Gwent5.7%£142,421
23Stoke-on-Trent5.6%£152,101
24Bath and North East Somerset5.6%£400,205
25Slough5.6%£338,287
26Watford5.6%£387,493
27South Tyneside5.6%£156,931
28Coventry5.6%£218,334
29Barking and Dagenham5.6%£360,007
30Plymouth5.5%£216,463
31Reading5.5%£345,112
32County Durham5.5%£138,767
33Exeter5.5%£287,013
34Eastbourne5.5%£252,391
35Gloucester5.5%£239,323
36Hyndburn5.5%£139,800
37Ipswich5.5%£215,893
38Birmingham5.5%£235,682
39Leeds5.5%£246,882
40Brighton and Hove5.4%£406,137
41Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole5.4%£311,309
42Dartford5.4%£345,074
43Stevenage5.4%£319,265
44Lambeth5.4%£558,911
45Rhondda Cynon Taf5.4%£165,745
46Crawley5.3%£338,449
47Worthing5.3%£299,030
48Bolton5.3%£199,946
49Sandwell5.3%£212,547
50Hartlepool5.2%£129,129
51Stockton-on-Tees5.2%£169,540
52Darlington5.2%£156,880
53Leicester5.2%£234,631
54Luton5.2%£283,357
55Rushmoor5.2%£318,817
56Pendle5.2%£150,737
57Oldham5.2%£212,066
58Tameside5.2%£212,609
59Wolverhampton5.2%£215,264
60Neath Port Talbot5.2%£156,817
61Blackburn with Darwen5.1%£165,813
62South Gloucestershire5.1%£338,054
63Hastings5.1%£238,912
64Thanet5.1%£263,199
65Rossendale5.1%£189,086
66Boston5.1%£188,814
67Mansfield5.1%£184,779
68Knowsley5.1%£192,756
69St. Helens5.1%£184,470
70Sefton5.1%£218,893
71North Tyneside5.1%£197,229
72Walsall5.1%£214,922
73Greenwich5.1%£455,805
74Hackney5.1%£612,501
75Islington5.1%£665,067
76Cardiff5.1%£271,166
77Torfaen5.1%£201,797
78Redcar and Cleveland5%£154,422
79Derby5%£205,065
80Swindon5%£260,570
81Peterborough5%£236,378
82Thurrock5%£328,942
83Medway5%£294,322
84Milton Keynes5%£318,038
85Lancaster5%£193,299
86Ashfield5%£188,642
87Newcastle-under-Lyme5%£199,463
88Tamworth5%£226,366
89Bury5%£233,630
90Sheffield5%£222,080
91Southwark5%£572,455
92Newport5%£230,320
93North East Lincolnshire4.9%£149,911
94Torbay4.9%£224,372
95Colchester4.9%£298,311
96Tendring4.9%£255,529
97Broxbourne4.9%£411,091
98Preston4.9%£190,442
99Oxford4.9%£475,481
100Nuneaton and Bedworth4.9%£226,344
101Swansea4.9%£206,254
102Isle of Wight4.8%£238,239
103Great Yarmouth4.8%£207,741
104Doncaster4.8%£173,624
105Wakefield4.8%£196,895
106Croydon4.8%£395,442
107Telford and Wrekin4.7%£220,193
108Southend-on-Sea4.7%£327,030
109Cambridge4.7%£462,145
110Basildon4.7%£356,216
111Braintree4.7%£316,637
112Eastleigh4.7%£305,948
113Gravesham4.7%£342,112
114Fylde4.7%£221,288
115Wyre4.7%£186,869
116Oadby and Wigston4.7%£259,309
117Adur4.7%£355,669
118West Suffolk4.7%£298,038
119Rochdale4.7%£211,558
120Wigan4.7%£190,802
121Barnsley4.7%£173,100
122Bradford4.7%£188,505
123Calderdale4.7%£190,555
124Hounslow4.7%£497,276
125Westminster4.7%£814,679
126Halton4.6%£193,435
127York4.6%£308,788
128North Somerset4.6%£313,919
129North Northamptonshire4.6%£254,495
130Cumberland4.6%£172,186
131Bolsover4.6%£185,188
132Erewash4.6%£219,110
133Folkestone and Hythe4.6%£305,770
134South Ribble4.6%£206,485
135Broxtowe4.6%£249,991
136Arun4.6%£321,669
137Worcester4.6%£251,825
138Wirral4.6%£216,862
139Solihull4.6%£330,248
140Enfield4.6%£465,031
141Wandsworth4.6%£670,960
142Bracknell Forest4.5%£397,667
143Fenland4.5%£224,590
144Chelmsford4.5%£381,136
145Cheltenham4.5%£332,502
146Fareham4.5%£325,771
147Canterbury4.5%£339,085
148Swale4.5%£291,124
149Cannock Chase4.5%£227,110
150East Staffordshire4.5%£224,317
151Spelthorne4.5%£436,349
152Rugby4.5%£279,400
153Kirklees4.5%£205,741
154Bexley4.5%£408,488
155Hammersmith and Fulham4.5%£741,612
156Lewisham4.5%£489,995
157Caerphilly4.5%£200,000
158Cheshire West and Chester4.4%£264,715
159West Northamptonshire4.4%£293,021
160Chesterfield4.4%£203,294
161High Peak4.4%£250,081
162Basingstoke and Deane4.4%£361,820
163Dover4.4%£273,349
164Maidstone4.4%£354,594
165Tonbridge and Malling4.4%£403,340
166Chorley4.4%£213,492
167Gedling4.4%£244,054
168Woking4.4%£436,416
169North Warwickshire4.4%£266,756
170Redditch4.4%£247,308
171Dudley4.4%£229,829
172Brent4.4%£547,995
173Ealing4.4%£556,675
174Flintshire4.4%£214,009
175Bridgend4.4%£205,150
176North Lincolnshire4.3%£179,553
177Cornwall4.3%£277,017
178Westmorland and Furness4.3%£223,414
179Somerset4.3%£277,347
180Lewes4.3%£371,860
181Havant4.3%£314,715
182Ashford4.3%£349,027
183King's Lynn and West Norfolk4.3%£259,956
184Cherwell4.3%£355,683
185Wyre Forest4.3%£229,867
186Trafford4.3%£381,052
187Rotherham4.3%£190,256
188Merton4.3%£591,638
189Gwynedd4.3%£199,444
190Conwy4.3%£218,112
191Wrexham4.3%£209,457
192Warrington4.2%£253,219
193Bedford4.2%£330,716
194Central Bedfordshire4.2%£358,992
195Epping Forest4.2%£523,651
196Dacorum4.2%£451,749
197Blaby4.2%£282,579
198Charnwood4.2%£275,765
199Hinckley and Bosworth4.2%£265,209
200Stockport4.2%£311,307
201Camden4.2%£794,527
202Haringey4.2%£629,835
203Havering4.2%£446,877
204Denbighshire4.2%£199,864
205Huntingdonshire4.1%£308,404
206South Derbyshire4.1%£258,893
207Rother4.1%£343,771
208Castle Point4.1%£363,997
209North Hertfordshire4.1%£420,364
210Tunbridge Wells4.1%£448,822
211West Lindsey4.1%£210,718
212Bassetlaw4.1%£209,886
213Stafford4.1%£263,329
214Surrey Heath4.1%£444,858
215Redbridge4.1%£502,501
216Sutton4.1%£452,352
217Carmarthenshire4.1%£196,784
218Cheshire East4%£296,091
219Northumberland4%£204,603
220Amber Valley4%£235,323
221Teignbridge4%£288,664
222New Forest4%£370,226
223West Lancashire4%£241,925
224North Kesteven4%£246,451
225South Holland4%£225,896
226Breckland4%£275,312
227Newark and Sherwood4%£236,330
228Guildford4%£524,774
229Reigate and Banstead4%£496,110
230Warwick4%£373,117
231Horsham4%£432,927
232East Hertfordshire4%£455,458
233Barnet4%£587,297
234Harrow4%£527,239
235Hillingdon4%£469,888
236Waltham Forest4%£524,099
237Vale of Glamorgan4%£293,277
238East Riding of Yorkshire3.9%£219,544
239West Berkshire3.9%£400,550
240Windsor and Maidenhead3.9%£565,201
241Wiltshire3.9%£325,267
242South Cambridgeshire3.9%£432,985
243Wealden3.9%£388,369
244Rochford3.9%£403,811
245Cotswold3.9%£390,591
246Test Valley3.9%£374,341
247Winchester3.9%£462,014
248Hertsmere3.9%£554,663
249Sevenoaks3.9%£547,936
250East Lindsey3.9%£213,229
251South Kesteven3.9%£258,553
252Lichfield3.9%£335,981
253Runnymede3.9%£479,830
254Tandridge3.9%£498,766
255Mid Sussex3.9%£432,190
256Bromley3.9%£520,379
257Pembrokeshire3.9%£213,910
258Rutland3.8%£305,174
259Dorset3.8%£325,696
260Tewkesbury3.8%£319,597
261North West Leicestershire3.8%£285,265
262South Norfolk3.8%£313,346
263Vale of White Horse3.8%£416,575
264Staffordshire Moorlands3.8%£225,917
265Mid Suffolk3.8%£316,783
266Welwyn Hatfield3.8%£463,347
267Kingston upon Thames3.8%£571,088
268Wokingham3.7%£485,606
269Buckinghamshire3.7%£478,521
270North Yorkshire3.7%£270,836
271North East Derbyshire3.7%£250,089
272North Devon3.7%£277,169
273Brentwood3.7%£523,144
274Three Rivers3.7%£579,240
275Rushcliffe3.7%£337,922
276West Oxfordshire3.7%£418,246
277South Staffordshire3.7%£309,370
278Chichester3.7%£427,112
279St Albans3.7%£631,152
280Monmouthshire3.7%£322,377
281East Cambridgeshire3.6%£338,848
282Mid Devon3.6%£291,923
283Torridge3.6%£264,588
284Stroud3.6%£345,405
285Hart3.6%£473,396
286Broadland3.6%£312,908
287North Norfolk3.6%£285,303
288South Oxfordshire3.6%£466,091
289Babergh3.6%£326,979
290Epsom and Ewell3.6%£567,096
291Shropshire3.5%£280,197
292Maldon3.5%£390,649
293East Hampshire3.5%£432,571
294Ribble Valley3.5%£280,965
295Stratford-on-Avon3.5%£394,347
296Bromsgrove3.5%£332,471
297Wychavon3.5%£323,344
298East Suffolk3.5%£283,530
299Richmond upon Thames3.5%£794,027
300Isle of Anglesey3.5%£241,717
301Ceredigion3.5%£244,182
302Herefordshire, County of3.4%£288,434
303East Devon3.4%£345,899
304Uttlesford3.4%£456,409
305Forest of Dean3.4%£290,398
306Harborough3.4%£337,960
307Mole Valley3.4%£546,970
308Kensington and Chelsea3.4%£1,272,760
309West Devon3.3%£307,291
310Melton3.3%£286,027
311Malvern Hills3.3%£342,565
312Powys3.3%£223,319
313South Hams3.2%£375,098
314Waverley3.1%£566,729
315Elmbridge3%£741,058
316Derbyshire Dales2.8%£344,689

Gross yield = annual rent divided by average price. Local-authority averages across all property types, indicative only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Not investment advice.

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