LHA rates by area
152 Broad Rental Market Areas in England. The 3-bed monthly rate, and the best 3-bed LHA yield against terraced sold prices in any postcode district of the area.
| Area | 3-bed LHA / month | Best district yield |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford | £1,095 | 5.3% TN29 |
| Aylesbury | £1,326 | 5.3% HP21 |
| Barnsley | £549 | 5.3% S73 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | £633 | 7.9% LA18 |
| Basingstoke | £1,147 | 5.1% SP10 |
| Bath | £1,197 | 5.4% BA3 |
| Bedford | £997 | 4.2% MK42 |
| Birmingham | £823 | 5.9% B18 |
| Black Country | £748 | 6.0% WV1 |
| Blackwater Valley | £1,291 | 5.1% GU35 |
| Bolton and Bury | £698 | 5.6% BL3 |
| Bournemouth | £1,147 | 5.1% BH17 |
| Bradford & South Dales | £633 | 6.9% BD3 |
| Brighton and Hove | £1,446 | 6.0% BN9 |
| Bristol | £1,296 | 5.7% BS37 |
| Bury St Edmunds | £952 | 6.5% IP27 |
| Cambridge | £1,122 | 5.7% CB9 |
| Canterbury | £1,097 | 4.9% CT3 |
| Central Greater Manchester | £947 | 6.6% M38 |
| Central Lancs | £648 | 6.2% PR1 |
| Central London | £2,154 | 1.3% SW1V |
| Central Norfolk & Norwich | £798 | 5.1% NR12 |
| Chelmsford | £1,197 | 5.1% CM0 |
| Cheltenham | £997 | 5.0% GL20 |
| Cherwell Valley | £1,182 | 5.7% OX16 |
| Chesterfield | £598 | 5.5% S44 |
| Chichester | £1,222 | 5.0% PO20 |
| Chilterns | £1,446 | 4.7% HP14 |
| Colchester | £972 | 6.2% CO15 |
| Coventry | £773 | 5.8% CV1 |
| Crawley & Reigate | £1,361 | 4.9% RH11 |
| Darlington | £529 | 5.8% DL1 |
| Derby | £698 | 6.4% DE55 |
| Doncaster | £549 | 6.8% DN1 |
| Dover-Shepway | £863 | 5.2% CT17 |
| Durham | £474 | 8.5% DL4 |
| East Cheshire | £992 | 5.7% SK11 |
| East Lancs | £593 | 6.2% BB5 |
| East Thames Valley | £1,446 | 4.4% SL1 |
| Eastbourne | £1,080 | 5.1% BN27 |
| Eastern Staffordshire | £723 | 5.8% DE14 |
| Exeter | £947 | 5.2% EX20 |
| Fylde Coast | £623 | 7.9% FY1 |
| Gloucester | £848 | 5.4% GL1 |
| Grantham & Newark | £653 | 4.8% NG33 |
| Greater Liverpool | £648 | 6.4% L28 |
| Grimsby | £520 | 7.7% DN31 |
| Guildford | £1,476 | 4.9% GU30 |
| Halifax | £623 | 6.4% HX1 |
| Harlow & Stortford | £1,207 | 4.5% CM18 |
| Harrogate | £873 | 4.7% HG4 |
| Herefordshire | £748 | 4.9% HR7 |
| High Weald | £1,319 | 5.0% TN22 |
| Hull & East Riding | £549 | 6.3% HU2 |
| Huntingdon | £947 | 4.7% PE29 |
| Inner East London | £2,154 | 3.5% E14 |
| Inner North London | £2,154 | 3.4% NW2 |
| Inner South East London | £1,945 | 4.1% SE6 |
| Inner South West London | £2,154 | 3.2% SW17 |
| Inner West London | £2,044 | 3.6% TW8 |
| Ipswich | £798 | 5.2% IP16 |
| Isle of Wight | £813 | 5.0% PO36 |
| Kendal | £773 | 4.4% LA7 |
| Kernow West | £813 | 5.1% TR9 |
| Kings Lynn | £773 | 6.7% PE13 |
| Kirklees | £648 | 6.3% HD1 |
| Lancaster | £648 | 5.1% LA3 |
| Leeds | £848 | 7.5% LS9 |
| Leicester | £773 | 5.4% LE67 |
| Lincoln | £673 | 7.5% DN21 |
| Lincolnshire Fens | £733 | 6.9% PE21 |
| Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth | £628 | 5.1% NR30 |
| Luton | £1,097 | 5.1% LU1 |
| Maidstone | £1,197 | 5.0% ME6 |
| Medway & Swale | £937 | 5.1% ME12 |
| Mendip | £972 | 4.8% BA4 |
| Mid & East Devon | £823 | 4.7% EX15 |
| Mid & West Dorset | £898 | 4.6% DT5 |
| Mid Staffs | £738 | 5.1% WS11 |
| Milton Keynes | £1,192 | 5.7% MK7 |
| Newbury | £1,197 | 4.8% RG17 |
| North Cheshire | £693 | 5.9% WA7 |
| North Cornwall & Devon Borders | £723 | 5.0% PL32 |
| North Cumbria | £588 | 5.5% CA2 |
| North Devon | £773 | 5.6% EX18 |
| North Nottingham | £583 | 6.2% S80 |
| North West Kent | £1,197 | 4.6% DA11 |
| North West London | £1,675 | 4.2% UB5 |
| Northampton | £898 | 4.9% NN2 |
| Northants Central | £793 | 5.1% NN16 |
| Northumberland | £529 | 6.0% NE63 |
| Nottingham | £748 | 5.9% NG16 |
| Oldham & Rochdale | £693 | 5.5% OL1 |
| Outer East London | £1,670 | 4.6% E16 |
| Outer North East London | £1,496 | 4.7% RM10 |
| Outer North London | £1,690 | 4.8% N9 |
| Outer South East London | £1,546 | 5.0% SE28 |
| Outer South London | £1,496 | 4.3% CR8 |
| Outer South West London | £1,795 | 4.3% KT5 |
| Outer West London | £1,471 | 4.0% TW13 |
| Oxford | £1,321 | 5.5% OX12 |
| Peaks & Dales | £693 | 3.9% DE4 |
| Peterborough | £808 | 5.5% PE1 |
| Plymouth | £798 | 5.8% PL17 |
| Portsmouth | £997 | 5.2% PO12 |
| Reading | £1,296 | 4.8% RG1 |
| Richmond & Hambleton | £648 | 5.8% DL9 |
| Rotherham | £549 | 5.9% S64 |
| Rugby & East | £848 | 5.1% CV21 |
| Salisbury | £913 | 4.9% SP7 |
| Scarborough | £648 | 5.3% YO12 |
| Scunthorpe | £573 | 6.9% DN15 |
| Sheffield | £678 | 8.1% S4 |
| Shropshire | £723 | 6.5% TF7 |
| Solihull | £997 | 4.3% B92 |
| South Cheshire | £678 | 5.9% CW7 |
| South Devon | £838 | 5.0% TQ3 |
| South East Herts | £1,366 | 4.6% AL10 |
| South West Essex | £1,197 | 4.8% SS13 |
| South West Herts | £1,496 | 4.6% HP2 |
| Southampton | £1,072 | 5.1% SO14 |
| Southend | £1,097 | 4.4% SS8 |
| Southern Greater Manchester | £898 | 5.5% M31 |
| Southport | £773 | 5.5% PR9 |
| St Helens | £623 | 6.0% WA9 |
| Staffordshire North | £593 | 6.8% ST6 |
| Stevenage & North Herts | £1,247 | 4.8% SG15 |
| Sunderland | £549 | 8.8% SR8 |
| Sussex East | £947 | 4.5% TN38 |
| Swindon | £947 | 5.0% SN5 |
| Tameside & Glossop | £748 | 5.6% OL6 |
| Taunton & West Somerset | £848 | 5.2% TA23 |
| Teesside | £549 | 9.0% TS1 |
| Thanet | £898 | 4.6% CT12 |
| Tyneside | £648 | 9.7% NE17 |
| Wakefield | £723 | 6.5% WF9 |
| Walton | £1,446 | 4.3% KT15 |
| Warwickshire South | £1,042 | 5.5% B50 |
| West Cheshire | £793 | 6.8% CH65 |
| West Cumbria | £549 | 7.5% CA25 |
| West Pennine | £504 | 6.5% BB11 |
| West Wiltshire | £898 | 4.9% BA13 |
| Weston-S-Mare | £922 | 5.1% TA9 |
| Wigan | £593 | 5.6% WN8 |
| Winchester | £1,271 | 4.8% SO32 |
| Wirral | £648 | 6.6% CH41 |
| Wolds and Coast | £598 | 5.2% LN13 |
| Worcester North | £748 | 5.3% WR15 |
| Worcester South | £823 | 4.5% WR4 |
| Worthing | £1,177 | 5.1% BN17 |
| Yeovil | £848 | 5.6% TA20 |
| York | £823 | 5.5% YO8 |
What the yield figure is
Local Housing Allowance is the most housing benefit will pay towards rent in an area, set by the Valuation Office Agency for each Broad Rental Market Area and bedroom count. It is a floor for rent, not a forecast: a tenant on benefits can pay it, and market rents usually sit above it. The yield here is the 3-bedroom LHA rate for the year, divided by the median price paid for a terraced house in the district over the last 12 months (HM Land Registry). Gross, before costs, before voids, before finance. It is a screening number for comparing areas, not an appraisal of any house.
April 2026 to March 2027 (the same figures as April 2024, per the 2026 Modification Order).
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