Rent increases in Southwark
The average rent in Southwark is £2,431 a month, up 3.8% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,843 | +4.1% |
| Two bedrooms | £2,306 | +3.8% |
| Three bedrooms | £2,683 | +4.0% |
| Four or more | £3,544 | +3.7% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £3,239 | +3.2% |
| Flats | £2,140 | +3.7% |
| Semi-detached houses | £3,354 | +3.6% |
| Terraced houses | £2,798 | +4.2% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 13 published decisions for Southwark where the tribunal set a rent. In 6 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LON/00BE/MNR/2024/071020 February 2025 | SE21 | 2-bed semi detached | £2,175 | £2,175 | 0.0% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2025/091217 November 2025 | SE21 | 3-bed flat | £1,700 | £1,500 | -11.8% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2025/106117 March 2026 | SE22 | 2-bed flat | — | £2,300 | — |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/005830 June 2026 | SE22 | 1-bed flat | £1,750 | £1,750 | 0.0% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/00918 July 2026 | SE21 | 2-bed flat | £2,250 | £2,150 | -4.4% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/015012 June 2026 | SE1 | 2-bed flat | £1,950 | £1,950 | 0.0% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/017528 May 2026 | SE5 | 2-bed flat | £1,349 | £1,800 | +33.5% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/030820 July 2026 | SE1 | 2-bed flat | £1,900 | £1,900 | 0.0% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/034427 July 2026 | SE1 | 2-bed flat | £1,900 | £1,900 | 0.0% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/041511 August 2026 | SE1 | 2-bed flat | £1,900 | £1,850 | -2.6% |
| LON/00BE/MNR/2026/041629 July 2026 | SE1 | — | £1,600 | £1,500 | -6.3% |
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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.