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Rental yields by area: England and Wales

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

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Highest yield

Newcastle upon Tyne

7.0%

Typical (median)

4.4%

across 316 areas

Lowest yield

Derbyshire Dales

2.8%

#AreaYieldAvg price
1Newcastle upon Tyne7.0%£207,547
2Tower Hamlets6.6%£447,796
3Portsmouth6.5%£251,220
4Manchester6.5%£252,309
5Nottingham6.4%£190,200
6Bristol, City of6.4%£352,262
7Southampton6.4%£235,977
8Blackpool6.3%£137,386
9Gateshead6.2%£155,550
10Kingston upon Hull, City of6.1%£135,511
11Norwich6.1%£224,323
12Salford6.1%£229,462
13Lincoln6.0%£187,079
14Middlesbrough5.9%£140,909
15Newham5.9%£390,349
16Stoke-on-Trent5.8%£147,377
17Gosport5.8%£240,696
18Liverpool5.8%£189,036
19Sunderland5.8%£147,114
20Merthyr Tydfil5.8%£156,721
21Harlow5.7%£319,860
22Blaenau Gwent5.7%£144,294
23Slough5.6%£335,759
24County Durham5.6%£140,447
25Exeter5.6%£282,696
26Gloucester5.6%£240,718
27Burnley5.6%£135,012
28Birmingham5.6%£234,257
29Sandwell5.6%£205,830
30Lambeth5.6%£536,623
31Bath and North East Somerset5.5%£409,045
32Eastbourne5.5%£254,636
33Hyndburn5.5%£141,430
34Boston5.5%£177,438
35Stevenage5.5%£316,210
36Knowsley5.5%£188,527
37South Tyneside5.5%£161,559
38Leeds5.5%£247,695
39Rhondda Cynon Taf5.5%£164,192
40Leicester5.4%£227,322
41Plymouth5.4%£223,161
42Reading5.4%£349,550
43Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole5.4%£310,094
44Watford5.4%£404,299
45Dartford5.4%£347,773
46Ipswich5.4%£221,445
47Crawley5.4%£332,384
48Coventry5.4%£227,679
49Barking and Dagenham5.4%£375,604
50Brighton and Hove5.3%£408,948
51Pendle5.3%£152,798
52Tameside5.3%£209,723
53Hackney5.3%£605,729
54Stockton-on-Tees5.2%£170,029
55Darlington5.2%£159,988
56Blackburn with Darwen5.2%£165,131
57North East Lincolnshire5.2%£147,727
58Peterborough5.2%£234,690
59Worthing5.2%£297,200
60Bolton5.2%£204,379
61Oldham5.2%£217,171
62St. Helens5.2%£185,154
63Greenwich5.2%£462,589
64Southwark5.2%£572,478
65Cardiff5.2%£272,252
66Torfaen5.2%£199,184
67Redcar and Cleveland5.1%£151,341
68South Gloucestershire5.1%£341,833
69Luton5.1%£284,946
70Thurrock5.1%£321,941
71Hastings5.1%£238,757
72Rushmoor5.1%£326,771
73Mansfield5.1%£185,870
74Sheffield5.1%£219,713
75Walsall5.1%£215,329
76Wolverhampton5.1%£220,559
77Islington5.1%£674,592
78Derby5.0%£207,250
79Torbay5.0%£222,118
80Swindon5.0%£263,611
81Medway5.0%£298,547
82Thanet5.0%£269,708
83Preston5.0%£188,629
84Ashfield5.0%£190,179
85Oxford5.0%£471,667
86Sefton5.0%£224,289
87North Tyneside5.0%£205,744
88Swansea5.0%£205,383
89Newport5.0%£229,200
90Hartlepool4.9%£136,894
91Milton Keynes4.9%£330,419
92Tendring4.9%£259,568
93Broxbourne4.9%£411,689
94Lancaster4.9%£202,966
95Rossendale4.9%£199,759
96Oadby and Wigston4.9%£251,253
97Nuneaton and Bedworth4.9%£228,142
98Rochdale4.9%£209,389
99Bradford4.9%£182,766
100Wakefield4.9%£199,347
101Croydon4.9%£390,041
102Neath Port Talbot4.9%£168,082
103Southend-on-Sea4.8%£328,383
104Cumberland4.8%£170,966
105Colchester4.8%£297,824
106Great Yarmouth4.8%£209,114
107Newcastle-under-Lyme4.8%£209,112
108Tamworth4.8%£229,251
109Redditch4.8%£245,573
110West Suffolk4.8%£294,810
111Bury4.8%£242,437
112Barnsley4.8%£175,537
113Doncaster4.8%£172,305
114Basildon4.7%£367,233
115Cheltenham4.7%£322,758
116Eastleigh4.7%£310,283
117Folkestone and Hythe4.7%£303,296
118Worcester4.7%£251,221
119Calderdale4.7%£191,385
120Enfield4.7%£470,988
121Halton4.6%£194,727
122York4.6%£310,781
123Telford and Wrekin4.6%£226,893
124North Somerset4.6%£313,638
125Isle of Wight4.6%£245,900
126North Northamptonshire4.6%£257,807
127Cambridge4.6%£475,151
128Bolsover4.6%£182,759
129Erewash4.6%£217,941
130Chelmsford4.6%£378,080
131Canterbury4.6%£337,454
132Gravesham4.6%£344,923
133Wyre4.6%£193,650
134Spelthorne4.6%£439,609
135Rugby4.6%£272,696
136Arun4.6%£321,460
137Wigan4.6%£194,551
138Wirral4.6%£221,849
139Solihull4.6%£337,112
140Hammersmith and Fulham4.6%£738,048
141Wandsworth4.6%£686,076
142West Northamptonshire4.5%£291,929
143Fenland4.5%£225,613
144Chesterfield4.5%£203,367
145Swale4.5%£298,985
146Chorley4.5%£213,246
147South Ribble4.5%£213,267
148Broxtowe4.5%£252,624
149Gedling4.5%£241,473
150East Staffordshire4.5%£227,135
151Adur4.5%£380,120
152Kirklees4.5%£208,987
153Bexley4.5%£413,343
154Hounslow4.5%£525,435
155Lewisham4.5%£488,658
156Flintshire4.5%£215,892
157Caerphilly4.5%£197,542
158North Lincolnshire4.4%£179,954
159Bracknell Forest4.4%£395,413
160Cheshire West and Chester4.4%£270,104
161Cornwall4.4%£275,642
162Braintree4.4%£328,477
163Havant4.4%£315,820
164Dover4.4%£277,750
165Maidstone4.4%£352,722
166Tonbridge and Malling4.4%£407,880
167Fylde4.4%£235,793
168West Lindsey4.4%£203,592
169Cherwell4.4%£356,935
170Cannock Chase4.4%£236,743
171Woking4.4%£439,916
172Dudley4.4%£232,196
173Brent4.4%£546,135
174Westminster4.4%£876,788
175Conwy4.4%£217,829
176Bridgend4.4%£209,569
177Somerset4.3%£282,062
178High Peak4.3%£258,856
179Lewes4.3%£368,408
180Ashford4.3%£347,562
181Hinckley and Bosworth4.3%£260,187
182North Warwickshire4.3%£273,776
183Wyre Forest4.3%£230,984
184Rotherham4.3%£191,496
185Ealing4.3%£585,216
186Redbridge4.3%£481,297
187Denbighshire4.3%£201,452
188Wrexham4.3%£212,778
189Bedford4.2%£333,824
190Central Bedfordshire4.2%£356,758
191Westmorland and Furness4.2%£230,449
192Castle Point4.2%£356,579
193Epping Forest4.2%£525,719
194Basingstoke and Deane4.2%£370,223
195Fareham4.2%£333,599
196Dacorum4.2%£459,235
197Charnwood4.2%£273,945
198King's Lynn and West Norfolk4.2%£265,715
199Newark and Sherwood4.2%£234,764
200Stafford4.2%£258,024
201Stockport4.2%£317,913
202Haringey4.2%£638,690
203Havering4.2%£448,648
204Merton4.2%£615,890
205Gwynedd4.2%£204,974
206Warrington4.1%£260,040
207Huntingdonshire4.1%£308,374
208Amber Valley4.1%£233,295
209Rother4.1%£337,816
210North Hertfordshire4.1%£418,857
211West Lancashire4.1%£236,194
212Blaby4.1%£289,282
213North Kesteven4.1%£242,834
214South Holland4.1%£226,660
215Breckland4.1%£268,905
216Bassetlaw4.1%£214,281
217Reigate and Banstead4.1%£480,824
218Tandridge4.1%£482,599
219Trafford4.1%£400,688
220Camden4.1%£815,159
221Harrow4.1%£526,493
222Sutton4.1%£452,654
223Carmarthenshire4.1%£199,025
224West Berkshire4.0%£403,682
225South Derbyshire4.0%£261,544
226Tewkesbury4.0%£325,898
227Test Valley4.0%£368,131
228Hertsmere4.0%£548,704
229Sevenoaks4.0%£538,714
230Tunbridge Wells4.0%£456,227
231Runnymede4.0%£477,182
232Warwick4.0%£369,220
233Horsham4.0%£441,654
234Mid Sussex4.0%£430,777
235Welwyn Hatfield4.0%£448,681
236East Hertfordshire4.0%£457,417
237Hillingdon4.0%£470,875
238Waltham Forest4.0%£529,102
239Pembrokeshire4.0%£208,615
240East Riding of Yorkshire3.9%£220,408
241Rutland3.9%£298,916
242Wiltshire3.9%£328,746
243Northumberland3.9%£212,563
244Dorset3.9%£325,154
245Wealden3.9%£391,211
246New Forest3.9%£384,977
247Winchester3.9%£463,025
248North West Leicestershire3.9%£280,530
249East Lindsey3.9%£214,508
250South Kesteven3.9%£260,359
251Rushcliffe3.9%£324,012
252Vale of White Horse3.9%£413,773
253Lichfield3.9%£335,799
254Staffordshire Moorlands3.9%£224,415
255Guildford3.9%£532,917
256Surrey Heath3.9%£457,988
257Barnet3.9%£600,560
258Bromley3.9%£511,670
259Vale of Glamorgan3.9%£303,112
260Windsor and Maidenhead3.8%£575,036
261Cheshire East3.8%£309,121
262North Yorkshire3.8%£270,463
263South Cambridgeshire3.8%£439,573
264Teignbridge3.8%£302,368
265Brentwood3.8%£514,480
266Rochford3.8%£412,543
267South Norfolk3.8%£311,587
268Mid Suffolk3.8%£315,898
269Buckinghamshire3.7%£479,736
270North East Derbyshire3.7%£253,810
271Mid Devon3.7%£281,450
272Three Rivers3.7%£590,816
273West Oxfordshire3.7%£418,586
274South Staffordshire3.7%£310,862
275Chichester3.7%£432,078
276East Suffolk3.7%£276,301
277Kingston upon Thames3.7%£591,555
278Isle of Anglesey3.7%£231,943
279Ceredigion3.7%£235,160
280Shropshire3.6%£275,232
281East Cambridgeshire3.6%£346,413
282North Devon3.6%£282,633
283Torridge3.6%£263,378
284West Devon3.6%£285,834
285Cotswold3.6%£421,125
286Stroud3.6%£351,736
287Broadland3.6%£313,407
288Epsom and Ewell3.6%£568,214
289St Albans3.6%£646,781
290Kensington and Chelsea3.6%£1,232,640
291Monmouthshire3.6%£335,093
292Wokingham3.5%£496,537
293Maldon3.5%£389,529
294Forest of Dean3.5%£286,888
295Hart3.5%£481,051
296North Norfolk3.5%£292,563
297South Oxfordshire3.5%£476,026
298Babergh3.5%£330,523
299Stratford-on-Avon3.5%£396,753
300Bromsgrove3.5%£335,607
301Wychavon3.5%£322,623
302Richmond upon Thames3.5%£803,249
303Herefordshire, County of3.4%£289,607
304East Devon3.4%£339,683
305South Hams3.4%£355,483
306East Hampshire3.4%£440,541
307Ribble Valley3.4%£285,610
308Harborough3.4%£347,010
309Melton3.4%£282,521
310Mole Valley3.3%£555,858
311Uttlesford3.2%£476,329
312Waverley3.2%£553,429
313Malvern Hills3.2%£350,772
314Powys3.1%£237,762
315Elmbridge3.0%£748,080
316Derbyshire Dales2.8%£355,387

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.