Rent increases in Barking and Dagenham
The average rent in Barking and Dagenham is £1,696 a month, up 2.8% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,376 | +2.7% |
| Two bedrooms | £1,718 | +2.9% |
| Three bedrooms | £1,896 | +3.3% |
| Four or more | £2,516 | +2.7% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £1,881 | +2.7% |
| Flats | £1,612 | +2.6% |
| Semi-detached houses | £1,970 | +3.1% |
| Terraced houses | £1,849 | +3.2% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 15 published decisions for Barking and Dagenham where the tribunal set a rent. In 9 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LON/00AB/MNR/2024/036411 November 2024 | RM9 | 2-bed terraced | — | £1,665 | — |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2024/06287 February 2025 | IG11 | 2-bed flat | — | £1,800 | — |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2024/068028 March 2025 | RM6 | 1-bed room | £1,025 | £900 | -12.2% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2025/065427 May 2025 | IG11 | 4+-bed terraced | £2,200 | £2,200 | 0.0% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2025/068220 October 2025 | RM10 | 2-bed flat | £1,500 | £1,350 | -10.0% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2025/070424 June 2025 | IG11 | 1-bed flat | £1,425 | £1,350 | -5.3% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2025/082619 May 2026 | RM8 | flat | £1,800 | £1,700 | -5.6% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2025/101127 March 2026 | RM8 | 3-bed semi detached | £2,350 | £1,995 | -15.1% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2026/007527 May 2026 | RM9 | 2-bed flat | £1,600 | £1,350 | -15.6% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2026/007817 June 2026 | RM10 | 3-bed terraced | £2,200 | £1,785 | -18.9% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2026/009612 June 2026 | RM8 | 3-bed semi detached | £2,200 | £2,200 | 0.0% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2026/011718 May 2026 | RM8 | 2-bed terraced | £2,000 | £2,000 | 0.0% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2026/01371 July 2026 | IG11 | 1-bed flat | £1,150 | £1,150 | 0.0% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2026/02095 June 2026 | RM10 | 2-bed flat | £1,700 | £1,650 | -2.9% |
| LON/00AB/MNR/2026/026212 June 2026 | IG11 | 2-bed semi detached | £1,850 | £1,526 | -17.5% |
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