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%
| # | Area | Yield | Avg price | Avg rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 6.9% | £209,071 | £1,204/mo |
| 2 | Manchester | 6.6% | £247,344 | £1,352/mo |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 6.5% | £250,377 | £1,366/mo |
| 4 | Merthyr Tydfil | 6.5% | £139,322 | £754/mo |
| 5 | Bristol, City of | 6.4% | £353,662 | £1,883/mo |
| 6 | Southampton | 6.4% | £234,150 | £1,250/mo |
| 7 | Blackpool | 6.3% | £134,732 | £704/mo |
| 8 | Nottingham | 6.3% | £192,543 | £1,006/mo |
| 9 | Tower Hamlets | 6.3% | £457,504 | £2,419/mo |
| 10 | Lincoln | 6.2% | £185,464 | £951/mo |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 6.1% | £139,005 | £707/mo |
| 12 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 6.1% | £135,051 | £690/mo |
| 13 | Gosport | 6% | £232,020 | £1,158/mo |
| 14 | Norwich | 6% | £230,372 | £1,152/mo |
| 15 | Salford | 6% | £232,391 | £1,162/mo |
| 16 | Gateshead | 6% | £158,885 | £790/mo |
| 17 | Liverpool | 5.9% | £183,615 | £901/mo |
| 18 | Burnley | 5.8% | £129,556 | £622/mo |
| 19 | Sunderland | 5.8% | £145,293 | £701/mo |
| 20 | Newham | 5.8% | £395,266 | £1,923/mo |
| 21 | Harlow | 5.7% | £318,143 | £1,517/mo |
| 22 | Blaenau Gwent | 5.7% | £142,421 | £674/mo |
| 23 | Stoke-on-Trent | 5.6% | £152,101 | £709/mo |
| 24 | Bath and North East Somerset | 5.6% | £400,205 | £1,881/mo |
| 25 | Slough | 5.6% | £338,287 | £1,575/mo |
| 26 | Watford | 5.6% | £387,493 | £1,814/mo |
| 27 | South Tyneside | 5.6% | £156,931 | £726/mo |
| 28 | Coventry | 5.6% | £218,334 | £1,017/mo |
| 29 | Barking and Dagenham | 5.6% | £360,007 | £1,690/mo |
| 30 | Plymouth | 5.5% | £216,463 | £994/mo |
| 31 | Reading | 5.5% | £345,112 | £1,577/mo |
| 32 | County Durham | 5.5% | £138,767 | £638/mo |
| 33 | Exeter | 5.5% | £287,013 | £1,314/mo |
| 34 | Eastbourne | 5.5% | £252,391 | £1,162/mo |
| 35 | Gloucester | 5.5% | £239,323 | £1,105/mo |
| 36 | Hyndburn | 5.5% | £139,800 | £640/mo |
| 37 | Ipswich | 5.5% | £215,893 | £989/mo |
| 38 | Birmingham | 5.5% | £235,682 | £1,088/mo |
| 39 | Leeds | 5.5% | £246,882 | £1,134/mo |
| 40 | Brighton and Hove | 5.4% | £406,137 | £1,816/mo |
| 41 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 5.4% | £311,309 | £1,404/mo |
| 42 | Dartford | 5.4% | £345,074 | £1,562/mo |
| 43 | Stevenage | 5.4% | £319,265 | £1,426/mo |
| 44 | Lambeth | 5.4% | £558,911 | £2,527/mo |
| 45 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 5.4% | £165,745 | £748/mo |
| 46 | Crawley | 5.3% | £338,449 | £1,482/mo |
| 47 | Worthing | 5.3% | £299,030 | £1,311/mo |
| 48 | Bolton | 5.3% | £199,946 | £883/mo |
| 49 | Sandwell | 5.3% | £212,547 | £940/mo |
| 50 | Hartlepool | 5.2% | £129,129 | £561/mo |
| 51 | Stockton-on-Tees | 5.2% | £169,540 | £738/mo |
| 52 | Darlington | 5.2% | £156,880 | £676/mo |
| 53 | Leicester | 5.2% | £234,631 | £1,024/mo |
| 54 | Luton | 5.2% | £283,357 | £1,217/mo |
| 55 | Rushmoor | 5.2% | £318,817 | £1,380/mo |
| 56 | Pendle | 5.2% | £150,737 | £652/mo |
| 57 | Oldham | 5.2% | £212,066 | £917/mo |
| 58 | Tameside | 5.2% | £212,609 | £920/mo |
| 59 | Wolverhampton | 5.2% | £215,264 | £934/mo |
| 60 | Neath Port Talbot | 5.2% | £156,817 | £681/mo |
| 61 | Blackburn with Darwen | 5.1% | £165,813 | £711/mo |
| 62 | South Gloucestershire | 5.1% | £338,054 | £1,450/mo |
| 63 | Hastings | 5.1% | £238,912 | £1,006/mo |
| 64 | Thanet | 5.1% | £263,199 | £1,109/mo |
| 65 | Rossendale | 5.1% | £189,086 | £808/mo |
| 66 | Boston | 5.1% | £188,814 | £796/mo |
| 67 | Mansfield | 5.1% | £184,779 | £779/mo |
| 68 | Knowsley | 5.1% | £192,756 | £814/mo |
| 69 | St. Helens | 5.1% | £184,470 | £790/mo |
| 70 | Sefton | 5.1% | £218,893 | £928/mo |
| 71 | North Tyneside | 5.1% | £197,229 | £838/mo |
| 72 | Walsall | 5.1% | £214,922 | £908/mo |
| 73 | Greenwich | 5.1% | £455,805 | £1,952/mo |
| 74 | Hackney | 5.1% | £612,501 | £2,622/mo |
| 75 | Islington | 5.1% | £665,067 | £2,828/mo |
| 76 | Cardiff | 5.1% | £271,166 | £1,157/mo |
| 77 | Torfaen | 5.1% | £201,797 | £856/mo |
| 78 | Redcar and Cleveland | 5% | £154,422 | £645/mo |
| 79 | Derby | 5% | £205,065 | £852/mo |
| 80 | Swindon | 5% | £260,570 | £1,089/mo |
| 81 | Peterborough | 5% | £236,378 | £981/mo |
| 82 | Thurrock | 5% | £328,942 | £1,366/mo |
| 83 | Medway | 5% | £294,322 | £1,238/mo |
| 84 | Milton Keynes | 5% | £318,038 | £1,336/mo |
| 85 | Lancaster | 5% | £193,299 | £807/mo |
| 86 | Ashfield | 5% | £188,642 | £785/mo |
| 87 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 5% | £199,463 | £826/mo |
| 88 | Tamworth | 5% | £226,366 | £938/mo |
| 89 | Bury | 5% | £233,630 | £967/mo |
| 90 | Sheffield | 5% | £222,080 | £922/mo |
| 91 | Southwark | 5% | £572,455 | £2,394/mo |
| 92 | Newport | 5% | £230,320 | £952/mo |
| 93 | North East Lincolnshire | 4.9% | £149,911 | £618/mo |
| 94 | Torbay | 4.9% | £224,372 | £908/mo |
| 95 | Colchester | 4.9% | £298,311 | £1,211/mo |
| 96 | Tendring | 4.9% | £255,529 | £1,051/mo |
| 97 | Broxbourne | 4.9% | £411,091 | £1,665/mo |
| 98 | Preston | 4.9% | £190,442 | £782/mo |
| 99 | Oxford | 4.9% | £475,481 | £1,958/mo |
| 100 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 4.9% | £226,344 | £916/mo |
| 101 | Swansea | 4.9% | £206,254 | £838/mo |
| 102 | Isle of Wight | 4.8% | £238,239 | £946/mo |
| 103 | Great Yarmouth | 4.8% | £207,741 | £833/mo |
| 104 | Doncaster | 4.8% | £173,624 | £689/mo |
| 105 | Wakefield | 4.8% | £196,895 | £794/mo |
| 106 | Croydon | 4.8% | £395,442 | £1,572/mo |
| 107 | Telford and Wrekin | 4.7% | £220,193 | £856/mo |
| 108 | Southend-on-Sea | 4.7% | £327,030 | £1,287/mo |
| 109 | Cambridge | 4.7% | £462,145 | £1,805/mo |
| 110 | Basildon | 4.7% | £356,216 | £1,410/mo |
| 111 | Braintree | 4.7% | £316,637 | £1,232/mo |
| 112 | Eastleigh | 4.7% | £305,948 | £1,210/mo |
| 113 | Gravesham | 4.7% | £342,112 | £1,328/mo |
| 114 | Fylde | 4.7% | £221,288 | £858/mo |
| 115 | Wyre | 4.7% | £186,869 | £726/mo |
| 116 | Oadby and Wigston | 4.7% | £259,309 | £1,024/mo |
| 117 | Adur | 4.7% | £355,669 | £1,383/mo |
| 118 | West Suffolk | 4.7% | £298,038 | £1,177/mo |
| 119 | Rochdale | 4.7% | £211,558 | £829/mo |
| 120 | Wigan | 4.7% | £190,802 | £741/mo |
| 121 | Barnsley | 4.7% | £173,100 | £678/mo |
| 122 | Bradford | 4.7% | £188,505 | £746/mo |
| 123 | Calderdale | 4.7% | £190,555 | £750/mo |
| 124 | Hounslow | 4.7% | £497,276 | £1,933/mo |
| 125 | Westminster | 4.7% | £814,679 | £3,163/mo |
| 126 | Halton | 4.6% | £193,435 | £738/mo |
| 127 | York | 4.6% | £308,788 | £1,182/mo |
| 128 | North Somerset | 4.6% | £313,919 | £1,197/mo |
| 129 | North Northamptonshire | 4.6% | £254,495 | £984/mo |
| 130 | Cumberland | 4.6% | £172,186 | £666/mo |
| 131 | Bolsover | 4.6% | £185,188 | £704/mo |
| 132 | Erewash | 4.6% | £219,110 | £834/mo |
| 133 | Folkestone and Hythe | 4.6% | £305,770 | £1,161/mo |
| 134 | South Ribble | 4.6% | £206,485 | £793/mo |
| 135 | Broxtowe | 4.6% | £249,991 | £955/mo |
| 136 | Arun | 4.6% | £321,669 | £1,224/mo |
| 137 | Worcester | 4.6% | £251,825 | £965/mo |
| 138 | Wirral | 4.6% | £216,862 | £838/mo |
| 139 | Solihull | 4.6% | £330,248 | £1,260/mo |
| 140 | Enfield | 4.6% | £465,031 | £1,788/mo |
| 141 | Wandsworth | 4.6% | £670,960 | £2,599/mo |
| 142 | Bracknell Forest | 4.5% | £397,667 | £1,490/mo |
| 143 | Fenland | 4.5% | £224,590 | £835/mo |
| 144 | Chelmsford | 4.5% | £381,136 | £1,445/mo |
| 145 | Cheltenham | 4.5% | £332,502 | £1,249/mo |
| 146 | Fareham | 4.5% | £325,771 | £1,213/mo |
| 147 | Canterbury | 4.5% | £339,085 | £1,276/mo |
| 148 | Swale | 4.5% | £291,124 | £1,091/mo |
| 149 | Cannock Chase | 4.5% | £227,110 | £848/mo |
| 150 | East Staffordshire | 4.5% | £224,317 | £838/mo |
| 151 | Spelthorne | 4.5% | £436,349 | £1,631/mo |
| 152 | Rugby | 4.5% | £279,400 | £1,038/mo |
| 153 | Kirklees | 4.5% | £205,741 | £775/mo |
| 154 | Bexley | 4.5% | £408,488 | £1,528/mo |
| 155 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 4.5% | £741,612 | £2,770/mo |
| 156 | Lewisham | 4.5% | £489,995 | £1,821/mo |
| 157 | Caerphilly | 4.5% | £200,000 | £742/mo |
| 158 | Cheshire West and Chester | 4.4% | £264,715 | £974/mo |
| 159 | West Northamptonshire | 4.4% | £293,021 | £1,072/mo |
| 160 | Chesterfield | 4.4% | £203,294 | £738/mo |
| 161 | High Peak | 4.4% | £250,081 | £907/mo |
| 162 | Basingstoke and Deane | 4.4% | £361,820 | £1,317/mo |
| 163 | Dover | 4.4% | £273,349 | £1,012/mo |
| 164 | Maidstone | 4.4% | £354,594 | £1,290/mo |
| 165 | Tonbridge and Malling | 4.4% | £403,340 | £1,479/mo |
| 166 | Chorley | 4.4% | £213,492 | £779/mo |
| 167 | Gedling | 4.4% | £244,054 | £892/mo |
| 168 | Woking | 4.4% | £436,416 | £1,618/mo |
| 169 | North Warwickshire | 4.4% | £266,756 | £975/mo |
| 170 | Redditch | 4.4% | £247,308 | £904/mo |
| 171 | Dudley | 4.4% | £229,829 | £849/mo |
| 172 | Brent | 4.4% | £547,995 | £2,005/mo |
| 173 | Ealing | 4.4% | £556,675 | £2,060/mo |
| 174 | Flintshire | 4.4% | £214,009 | £790/mo |
| 175 | Bridgend | 4.4% | £205,150 | £749/mo |
| 176 | North Lincolnshire | 4.3% | £179,553 | £645/mo |
| 177 | Cornwall | 4.3% | £277,017 | £1,003/mo |
| 178 | Westmorland and Furness | 4.3% | £223,414 | £805/mo |
| 179 | Somerset | 4.3% | £277,347 | £990/mo |
| 180 | Lewes | 4.3% | £371,860 | £1,323/mo |
| 181 | Havant | 4.3% | £314,715 | £1,135/mo |
| 182 | Ashford | 4.3% | £349,027 | £1,243/mo |
| 183 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 4.3% | £259,956 | £935/mo |
| 184 | Cherwell | 4.3% | £355,683 | £1,289/mo |
| 185 | Wyre Forest | 4.3% | £229,867 | £821/mo |
| 186 | Trafford | 4.3% | £381,052 | £1,362/mo |
| 187 | Rotherham | 4.3% | £190,256 | £679/mo |
| 188 | Merton | 4.3% | £591,638 | £2,114/mo |
| 189 | Gwynedd | 4.3% | £199,444 | £708/mo |
| 190 | Conwy | 4.3% | £218,112 | £781/mo |
| 191 | Wrexham | 4.3% | £209,457 | £757/mo |
| 192 | Warrington | 4.2% | £253,219 | £885/mo |
| 193 | Bedford | 4.2% | £330,716 | £1,168/mo |
| 194 | Central Bedfordshire | 4.2% | £358,992 | £1,247/mo |
| 195 | Epping Forest | 4.2% | £523,651 | £1,842/mo |
| 196 | Dacorum | 4.2% | £451,749 | £1,579/mo |
| 197 | Blaby | 4.2% | £282,579 | £982/mo |
| 198 | Charnwood | 4.2% | £275,765 | £955/mo |
| 199 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 4.2% | £265,209 | £926/mo |
| 200 | Stockport | 4.2% | £311,307 | £1,100/mo |
| 201 | Camden | 4.2% | £794,527 | £2,759/mo |
| 202 | Haringey | 4.2% | £629,835 | £2,212/mo |
| 203 | Havering | 4.2% | £446,877 | £1,564/mo |
| 204 | Denbighshire | 4.2% | £199,864 | £706/mo |
| 205 | Huntingdonshire | 4.1% | £308,404 | £1,047/mo |
| 206 | South Derbyshire | 4.1% | £258,893 | £874/mo |
| 207 | Rother | 4.1% | £343,771 | £1,165/mo |
| 208 | Castle Point | 4.1% | £363,997 | £1,249/mo |
| 209 | North Hertfordshire | 4.1% | £420,364 | £1,421/mo |
| 210 | Tunbridge Wells | 4.1% | £448,822 | £1,517/mo |
| 211 | West Lindsey | 4.1% | £210,718 | £728/mo |
| 212 | Bassetlaw | 4.1% | £209,886 | £718/mo |
| 213 | Stafford | 4.1% | £263,329 | £891/mo |
| 214 | Surrey Heath | 4.1% | £444,858 | £1,508/mo |
| 215 | Redbridge | 4.1% | £502,501 | £1,725/mo |
| 216 | Sutton | 4.1% | £452,352 | £1,550/mo |
| 217 | Carmarthenshire | 4.1% | £196,784 | £680/mo |
| 218 | Cheshire East | 4% | £296,091 | £979/mo |
| 219 | Northumberland | 4% | £204,603 | £679/mo |
| 220 | Amber Valley | 4% | £235,323 | £789/mo |
| 221 | Teignbridge | 4% | £288,664 | £951/mo |
| 222 | New Forest | 4% | £370,226 | £1,240/mo |
| 223 | West Lancashire | 4% | £241,925 | £799/mo |
| 224 | North Kesteven | 4% | £246,451 | £828/mo |
| 225 | South Holland | 4% | £225,896 | £762/mo |
| 226 | Breckland | 4% | £275,312 | £920/mo |
| 227 | Newark and Sherwood | 4% | £236,330 | £794/mo |
| 228 | Guildford | 4% | £524,774 | £1,728/mo |
| 229 | Reigate and Banstead | 4% | £496,110 | £1,636/mo |
| 230 | Warwick | 4% | £373,117 | £1,238/mo |
| 231 | Horsham | 4% | £432,927 | £1,455/mo |
| 232 | East Hertfordshire | 4% | £455,458 | £1,503/mo |
| 233 | Barnet | 4% | £587,297 | £1,934/mo |
| 234 | Harrow | 4% | £527,239 | £1,759/mo |
| 235 | Hillingdon | 4% | £469,888 | £1,557/mo |
| 236 | Waltham Forest | 4% | £524,099 | £1,763/mo |
| 237 | Vale of Glamorgan | 4% | £293,277 | £984/mo |
| 238 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 3.9% | £219,544 | £721/mo |
| 239 | West Berkshire | 3.9% | £400,550 | £1,290/mo |
| 240 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 3.9% | £565,201 | £1,818/mo |
| 241 | Wiltshire | 3.9% | £325,267 | £1,064/mo |
| 242 | South Cambridgeshire | 3.9% | £432,985 | £1,407/mo |
| 243 | Wealden | 3.9% | £388,369 | £1,266/mo |
| 244 | Rochford | 3.9% | £403,811 | £1,296/mo |
| 245 | Cotswold | 3.9% | £390,591 | £1,255/mo |
| 246 | Test Valley | 3.9% | £374,341 | £1,215/mo |
| 247 | Winchester | 3.9% | £462,014 | £1,505/mo |
| 248 | Hertsmere | 3.9% | £554,663 | £1,802/mo |
| 249 | Sevenoaks | 3.9% | £547,936 | £1,790/mo |
| 250 | East Lindsey | 3.9% | £213,229 | £694/mo |
| 251 | South Kesteven | 3.9% | £258,553 | £838/mo |
| 252 | Lichfield | 3.9% | £335,981 | £1,096/mo |
| 253 | Runnymede | 3.9% | £479,830 | £1,575/mo |
| 254 | Tandridge | 3.9% | £498,766 | £1,622/mo |
| 255 | Mid Sussex | 3.9% | £432,190 | £1,415/mo |
| 256 | Bromley | 3.9% | £520,379 | £1,675/mo |
| 257 | Pembrokeshire | 3.9% | £213,910 | £690/mo |
| 258 | Rutland | 3.8% | £305,174 | £964/mo |
| 259 | Dorset | 3.8% | £325,696 | £1,041/mo |
| 260 | Tewkesbury | 3.8% | £319,597 | £1,020/mo |
| 261 | North West Leicestershire | 3.8% | £285,265 | £905/mo |
| 262 | South Norfolk | 3.8% | £313,346 | £981/mo |
| 263 | Vale of White Horse | 3.8% | £416,575 | £1,333/mo |
| 264 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 3.8% | £225,917 | £716/mo |
| 265 | Mid Suffolk | 3.8% | £316,783 | £994/mo |
| 266 | Welwyn Hatfield | 3.8% | £463,347 | £1,482/mo |
| 267 | Kingston upon Thames | 3.8% | £571,088 | £1,803/mo |
| 268 | Wokingham | 3.7% | £485,606 | £1,482/mo |
| 269 | Buckinghamshire | 3.7% | £478,521 | £1,477/mo |
| 270 | North Yorkshire | 3.7% | £270,836 | £833/mo |
| 271 | North East Derbyshire | 3.7% | £250,089 | £774/mo |
| 272 | North Devon | 3.7% | £277,169 | £845/mo |
| 273 | Brentwood | 3.7% | £523,144 | £1,613/mo |
| 274 | Three Rivers | 3.7% | £579,240 | £1,809/mo |
| 275 | Rushcliffe | 3.7% | £337,922 | £1,033/mo |
| 276 | West Oxfordshire | 3.7% | £418,246 | £1,277/mo |
| 277 | South Staffordshire | 3.7% | £309,370 | £945/mo |
| 278 | Chichester | 3.7% | £427,112 | £1,325/mo |
| 279 | St Albans | 3.7% | £631,152 | £1,925/mo |
| 280 | Monmouthshire | 3.7% | £322,377 | £992/mo |
| 281 | East Cambridgeshire | 3.6% | £338,848 | £1,024/mo |
| 282 | Mid Devon | 3.6% | £291,923 | £873/mo |
| 283 | Torridge | 3.6% | £264,588 | £787/mo |
| 284 | Stroud | 3.6% | £345,405 | £1,039/mo |
| 285 | Hart | 3.6% | £473,396 | £1,418/mo |
| 286 | Broadland | 3.6% | £312,908 | £939/mo |
| 287 | North Norfolk | 3.6% | £285,303 | £860/mo |
| 288 | South Oxfordshire | 3.6% | £466,091 | £1,381/mo |
| 289 | Babergh | 3.6% | £326,979 | £972/mo |
| 290 | Epsom and Ewell | 3.6% | £567,096 | £1,690/mo |
| 291 | Shropshire | 3.5% | £280,197 | £813/mo |
| 292 | Maldon | 3.5% | £390,649 | £1,151/mo |
| 293 | East Hampshire | 3.5% | £432,571 | £1,260/mo |
| 294 | Ribble Valley | 3.5% | £280,965 | £810/mo |
| 295 | Stratford-on-Avon | 3.5% | £394,347 | £1,135/mo |
| 296 | Bromsgrove | 3.5% | £332,471 | £979/mo |
| 297 | Wychavon | 3.5% | £323,344 | £938/mo |
| 298 | East Suffolk | 3.5% | £283,530 | £834/mo |
| 299 | Richmond upon Thames | 3.5% | £794,027 | £2,305/mo |
| 300 | Isle of Anglesey | 3.5% | £241,717 | £706/mo |
| 301 | Ceredigion | 3.5% | £244,182 | £714/mo |
| 302 | Herefordshire, County of | 3.4% | £288,434 | £809/mo |
| 303 | East Devon | 3.4% | £345,899 | £973/mo |
| 304 | Uttlesford | 3.4% | £456,409 | £1,283/mo |
| 305 | Forest of Dean | 3.4% | £290,398 | £823/mo |
| 306 | Harborough | 3.4% | £337,960 | £962/mo |
| 307 | Mole Valley | 3.4% | £546,970 | £1,548/mo |
| 308 | Kensington and Chelsea | 3.4% | £1,272,760 | £3,591/mo |
| 309 | West Devon | 3.3% | £307,291 | £839/mo |
| 310 | Melton | 3.3% | £286,027 | £791/mo |
| 311 | Malvern Hills | 3.3% | £342,565 | £940/mo |
| 312 | Powys | 3.3% | £223,319 | £620/mo |
| 313 | South Hams | 3.2% | £375,098 | £1,000/mo |
| 314 | Waverley | 3.1% | £566,729 | £1,445/mo |
| 315 | Elmbridge | 3% | £741,058 | £1,831/mo |
| 316 | Derbyshire Dales | 2.8% | £344,689 | £805/mo |
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.