Rent increases in Cambridge
The average rent in Cambridge is £1,806 a month, up 1.9% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,257 | +2.0% |
| Two bedrooms | £1,614 | +1.9% |
| Three bedrooms | £1,908 | +2.3% |
| Four or more | £2,659 | +1.4% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £2,343 | +1.3% |
| Flats | £1,457 | +1.9% |
| Semi-detached houses | £2,009 | +2.1% |
| Terraced houses | £1,835 | +2.1% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 8 published decisions for Cambridge where the tribunal set a rent. In 8 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAM/00KB/MNR/2024/06069 December 2024 | CB1 | 2-bed detached | £1,125 | £1,050 | -6.7% |
| CAM/12UB/MNR/2024/061613 January 2025 | CB4 | 2-bed flat | £1,500 | £1,400 | -6.7% |
| CAM/12UB/MNR/2025/079626 January 2026 | CB4 | 2-bed flat | £1,499 | £1,450 | -3.3% |
| CAM/12UB/MNR/2026/009512 June 2026 | CB1 | 1-bed flat | £904 | £885 | -2.1% |
| CAM/12UB/MNR/2026/010413 July 2026 | CB1 | 3-bed semi detached | £2,450 | £2,000 | -18.4% |
| CAM/33UG/MNR/2024/06333 February 2025 | CB1 | 3-bed terraced | £925 | £900 | -2.7% |
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Check your rentRents from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. Decisions published by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and placed in this area by the postcode on the decision — a small number carry no postcode we can resolve and are not counted here.