Rent Evidence Pack · Luton

Average Private Rent in Luton

Official statistics · June 2026
Average monthly rent
£1,219
12-month change
+2.4%

The East of England stretches from towns within commuting reach of London to historic cathedral cities and the Norfolk and Suffolk coast — a region with a wide spread of rental markets. Every figure below is the published ONS figure for Luton, named and dated, with a link to check it at the source.

A one-bedroom home in Luton averages £905 a month and a home with four or more bedrooms £1,812 — a spread of £907 across the bedroom categories ONS publishes.

At £1,219, the Luton figure sits below the East of England average of £1,281 and below the England average of £1,446.

Over the 24 months to June 2026 the all-sizes figure moved to £1,219, up from £1,101 in July 2024.

The Luton Rent Evidence Pack

Rent by bedroom category

Average monthly private rent in Luton by bedroom category, June 2026
BedroomsAverage rent12-month change
1 bed £905+2.7%
2 bed £1,111+2.6%
3 bed £1,333+2.6%
4+ bed £1,812+1.8%

24-month trend

July 2024£1,101June 2026£1,219

Average monthly rent in Luton, all property sizes: £1,101 in July 2024 to £1,219 in June 2026.

How Luton compares

Average monthly private rent, Luton against its region and England, June 2026
AreaAverage rent12-month change
Luton £1,219+2.4%
East of England £1,281+3.3%
England £1,446+3.4%

Sources — every figure on this page

  • Luton average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Luton 12-month change — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Luton, 1 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Luton, 2 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Luton, 3 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • Luton, 4+ bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • East of England average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • England average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)

ONS revises these series on each monthly release. The reference period above is the edition this page was built from — check the live bulletin before relying on a figure.

This page presents official statistics for context. It is not a valuation of any property, and not advice.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the licence. Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents.

See every published local authority in East of England — the same ONS rent figures, one region at a time ↗

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