Rental Statistics for Watford

Rental Trend and Report for August 2025

Average rent in Watford is £1,782 per month ( 5.2% vs last year)

Monthly Rent

£1,782

Avg across all property types

Annual Change

+5.2%

August 2025

Region

East of England

Regional context

1 Bedroom

£1,235

2 Bedrooms

£1,560

3 Bedrooms

£1,770

4+ Bedrooms

£2,598

Last 10 Years Rental History
Rental Monthly Trend
PeriodRentalvs Prev Periodvs Prev Year
Aug 2025£1,782+1.0%+5.2%
Jul 2025£1,764+0.7%+4.8%
Jun 2025£1,751+0.4%+4.3%
May 2025£1,744+0.3%+4.4%
Apr 2025£1,739+0.3%+4.4%
Mar 2025£1,734+0.2%+4.9%
Feb 2025£1,730+0.1%+5.7%
Jan 2025£1,728+0.3%+7.3%
Dec 2024£1,723+0.3%+8.1%
Nov 2024£1,717+0.4%+8.5%
Oct 2024£1,710+0.5%+8.6%
Sep 2024£1,702+0.4%+9.0%
Aug 2024£1,695+0.7%+9.5%
Jul 2024£1,684+0.4%+9.6%
Jun 2024£1,678+0.4%+9.9%
May 2024£1,671+0.4%+10.1%
Apr 2024£1,665+0.8%+10.5%
Mar 2024£1,652+1.0%+10.2%
Feb 2024£1,636+1.6%+9.6%
Jan 2024£1,611+1.1%+8.6%
Dec 2023£1,594+0.8%+8.2%
Nov 2023£1,582+0.4%+8.2%
Oct 2023£1,575+0.9%+8.1%
Sep 2023£1,561+0.8%+7.5%
Aug 2023£1,548+0.8%+6.8%
Jul 2023£1,536+0.5%+6.1%
Jun 2023£1,528+0.7%+5.6%
May 2023£1,517+0.6%+5.4%
Apr 2023£1,508+0.6%+5.4%
Mar 2023£1,499+0.4%+5.6%
Feb 2023£1,493+0.7%+5.7%
Jan 2023£1,483+0.7%+5.5%
Dec 2022£1,473+0.8%+5.1%
Nov 2022£1,462+0.4%+4.6%
Oct 2022£1,456+0.3%+4.4%
Sep 2022£1,452+0.1%+4.5%
Aug 2022£1,450+0.1%+4.6%
Jul 2022£1,448+0.1%+4.7%
Jun 2022£1,446+0.5%+4.9%
May 2022£1,439+0.6%+4.8%
Apr 2022£1,431+0.8%+4.5%
Mar 2022£1,419+0.5%+4.4%
Feb 2022£1,412+0.4%+4.7%
Jan 2022£1,406+0.3%+5.1%
Dec 2021£1,402+0.3%+5.1%
Nov 2021£1,398+0.3%+4.9%
Oct 2021£1,394+0.3%+4.9%
Sep 2021£1,390+0.2%+4.8%
Aug 2021£1,387+0.4%+4.9%
Jul 2021£1,382+0.3%+4.7%
Jun 2021£1,378+0.4%+4.5%
May 2021£1,373+0.2%+4.3%
Apr 2021£1,370+0.7%+4.1%
Mar 2021£1,360+0.8%+3.4%
Feb 2021£1,349+0.8%+2.6%
Jan 2021£1,338+0.3%+1.8%
Dec 2020£1,334+0.1%+1.6%
Nov 2020£1,333+0.2%+1.6%
Oct 2020£1,330+0.3%+1.4%
Sep 2020£1,326+0.3%+1.1%
Aug 2020£1,322+0.2%+0.8%
Jul 2020£1,320+0.2%+0.6%
Jun 2020£1,318+0.1%+0.5%
May 2020£1,317+0.2%+0.5%
Apr 2020£1,315+0.0%+0.5%
Mar 2020£1,315+0.1%+0.4%
Feb 2020£1,314+0.0%+0.3%
Jan 2020£1,314+0.1%+0.3%
Dec 2019£1,313+0.1%+0.0%
Nov 2019£1,312+0.1%-0.4%
Oct 2019£1,311-0.1%-0.7%
Sep 2019£1,312+0.0%-0.5%
Aug 2019£1,312+0.0%-0.6%
Jul 2019£1,312+0.1%-0.5%
Jun 2019£1,311+0.1%-0.6%
May 2019£1,310+0.1%-0.4%
Apr 2019£1,309+0.0%-0.4%
Mar 2019£1,309-0.1%-0.3%
Feb 2019£1,310-0.1%-0.3%
Jan 2019£1,311-0.2%-0.2%
Dec 2018£1,313-0.3%-0.2%
Nov 2018£1,317-0.2%-0.1%
Oct 2018£1,320+0.1%+0.0%
Sep 2018£1,319+0.0%+0.2%
Aug 2018£1,319+0.0%+0.3%
Jul 2018£1,319+0.0%+0.4%
Jun 2018£1,319+0.3%+0.2%
May 2018£1,315+0.1%+0.1%
Apr 2018£1,314+0.1%+0.3%
Mar 2018£1,313+0.0%+0.6%
Feb 2018£1,313+0.0%+1.0%
Jan 2018£1,313-0.2%+1.1%
Dec 2017£1,316-0.2%+1.3%
Nov 2017£1,319-0.2%+1.6%
Oct 2017£1,321+0.3%+2.2%
Sep 2017£1,317+0.2%+2.8%
Aug 2017£1,315+0.1%+3.3%
Jul 2017£1,314-0.1%+3.9%
Jun 2017£1,315+0.1%+4.4%
May 2017£1,314+0.3%+4.7%
Apr 2017£1,310+0.4%+5.5%
Mar 2017£1,305+0.4%+6.7%
Feb 2017£1,300+0.1%+7.9%
Jan 2017£1,299+0.0%+8.6%
Dec 2016£1,299+0.0%+9.1%
Nov 2016£1,299+0.5%+9.6%
Oct 2016£1,292+0.9%+9.6%
Sep 2016£1,281+0.7%+9.0%
Aug 2016£1,272+0.6%+8.4%
Jul 2016£1,264+0.3%+7.6%
Jun 2016£1,260+0.5%+8.1%
May 2016£1,254+1.0%+8.5%
Apr 2016£1,242+1.5%+8.4%
Mar 2016£1,224+1.6%+7.1%
Feb 2016£1,205+0.8%+5.9%
Jan 2016£1,196+0.4%+6.1%
Dec 2015£1,191+0.5%-
Nov 2015£1,185+0.5%-
Oct 2015£1,179+0.3%-
Sep 2015£1,175+0.1%-
Aug 2015£1,174-0.1%-
Jul 2015£1,175+0.8%-
Jun 2015£1,166+0.9%-
May 2015£1,156+0.9%-
Apr 2015£1,146+0.3%-
Mar 2015£1,143+0.4%-
Feb 2015£1,138+1.0%-
Jan 2015£1,127--

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Data represents average achieved rents for all property types.