Rent Rises
South East · September 2026

Rent in Swale is up

+1.1%

The average private rent in Swale is now £1,127 a month, £12 more than in September 2025. That's £144 a year more for the average renter. It's 304th of 334 areas, and 57th of 64 in South East.

Since 2015

£635£906£1,177£1,448201520172019202120232025
━ Swale   ┅ UK average · average monthly private rent, all property types

How it compares

AreaAvg rent1 year5 years
Swale£1,127+1.1%+28%
South East£1,438+3.5%+32%
England£1,466+4.0%+35%
UK£1,406+3.8%+35%

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Rent in Swale is up 1.1% in a year

By home size

TypeAvg rent1 year
1 bed£788+1.1%
2 bed£1,042+1.2%
3 bed£1,260+1.3%
4+ bed£1,876+0.5%
Flat / maisonette£878+0.9%
Terraced£1,165+1.2%
Semi-detached£1,258+1.3%
Detached£1,596+0.9%

Nearby in the table

Reading +1.3%Fareham +1.2%Rother +1.1%Basingstoke and Deane +1.1%Runnymede +0.9%Wokingham +0.7%

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (area code E07000113), published 9:30am on 21 October 2026. Averages across all private tenancies, not asking rents. Five-year change compares September 2026 with September 2021. Method · Journalists