Rent Evidence Pack · St Albans

Average Private Rent in St Albans

Official statistics · June 2026
Average monthly rent
£1,931
12-month change
+3.3%

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 St Albans, named and dated, with a link to check it at the source.

A one-bedroom home in St Albans averages £1,270 a month and a home with four or more bedrooms £2,905 — a spread of £1,635 across the bedroom categories ONS publishes.

At £1,931, the St Albans figure sits above the East of England average of £1,281 and above the England average of £1,446.

Over the 24 months to June 2026 the all-sizes figure moved to £1,931, up from £1,743 in July 2024.

The St Albans Rent Evidence Pack

Rent by bedroom category

Average monthly private rent in St Albans by bedroom category, June 2026
BedroomsAverage rent12-month change
1 bed £1,270+3.7%
2 bed £1,631+3.6%
3 bed £2,018+3.6%
4+ bed £2,905+2.3%

24-month trend

July 2024£1,743June 2026£1,931

Average monthly rent in St Albans, all property sizes: £1,743 in July 2024 to £1,931 in June 2026.

How St Albans compares

Average monthly private rent, St Albans against its region and England, June 2026
AreaAverage rent12-month change
St Albans £1,931+3.3%
East of England £1,281+3.3%
England £1,446+3.4%

Sources — every figure on this page

  • St Albans average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • St Albans 12-month change — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • St Albans, 1 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • St Albans, 2 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • St Albans, 3 bed average rent — ONS (Price Index of Private Rents), June 2026 (check at source)
  • St Albans, 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 ↗

See St Albans’s gross rental yield and national rank — the UKPP Rental Yield Index covers every English local authority ↗

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