Cheapest places to rent in West Midlands
These are the most affordable local authorities in West Midlands, ranked by median monthly rent across the constituent neighbourhoods. Region median is £927/month. The table updates as ONS publishes new Private Rents data; year-on-year change shows where pressure is building.
236 National Rail stations in region
Cheapest places to rent in the region — and where rents are moving fastest.
| RegionWest Midlands | £927 | +5.7% | £31,384 | 6.0 /10 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £708 | +7.1% | £29,041 | 2.0 /10 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £718 | +7.7% | £31,065 | 7.0 /10 |
| Shropshire | £803 | +3.3% | £29,603 | 6.0 /10 |
| Herefordshire | £815 | +4.1% | £29,361 | 5.0 /10 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £824 | +9.3% | £31,205 | 6.0 /10 |
| East Staffordshire | £833 | +3.5% | £31,517 | 6.0 /10 |
| Cannock Chase | £841 | +4.7% | £30,178 | 5.0 /10 |
| Dudley | £846 | +7.5% | £30,822 | 5.0 /10 |
| Wyre Forest | £849 | +4.6% | £29,408 | 5.0 /10 |
| Telford and Wrekin | £850 | +8.3% | £31,459 | 5.0 /10 |
| Stafford | £882 | +6.0% | £33,872 | 7.0 /10 |
| Redditch | £898 | +0.3% | £29,113 | 6.0 /10 |
| Walsall | £904 | +7.5% | £29,112 | 3.0 /10 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £914 | +8.8% | £32,402 | 4.0 /10 |
| Wychavon | £925 | +1.4% | £29,661 | 6.0 /10 |
| Wolverhampton | £928 | +11.9% | £31,308 | 3.0 /10 |
| Sandwell | £938 | +10.1% | £27,652 | 2.0 /10 |
| Malvern Hills | £938 | +8.6% | £28,167 | 6.0 /10 |
| South Staffordshire | £942 | +6.4% | £31,766 | 7.0 /10 |
| Worcester | £955 | +4.8% | £32,997 | 6.0 /10 |
| Tamworth | £966 | +7.5% | £33,167 | 6.0 /10 |
| North Warwickshire | £972 | +7.8% | £35,067 | 6.0 /10 |
| Bromsgrove | £977 | +2.0% | £36,409 | 8.0 /10 |
| Coventry | £1,021 | +2.7% | £33,063 | 4.0 /10 |
| Rugby | £1,028 | +5.4% | £41,814 | 7.0 /10 |
| Birmingham | £1,086 | +3.5% | £30,180 | 2.0 /10 |
| Lichfield | £1,091 | +8.9% | £33,763 | 8.0 /10 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £1,120 | +4.7% | £34,847 | 8.0 /10 |
| Warwick | £1,237 | +2.4% | £39,797 | 8.0 /10 |
| Solihull | £1,258 | +1.0% | £36,672 | 7.0 /10 |
Other rankings in West Midlands