Brent

Borough · London · United Kingdom

Diverse north-west London borough stretching from Kilburn and Queens Park to Wembley, where the stadium area has filled with new rental towers.

Median rent, 2-bed home£2,000 per month
Price level£££££
Good forEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Good transport and a mix of old terraces and new flats

Watch out for

Event-day crowds around Wembley; busy main roads

Neighborhoods

  • Wembley
  • Kilburn
  • Willesden
  • Harlesden
  • Kensal Rise
  • Queens Park

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Brent was £2,000 in 2025/26, 2% below the London average. It is the 13th most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£728
Studio£1,300
1 bedroom£1,695
2 bedrooms£2,000
3 bedrooms£2,500
4+ bedrooms£3,250

Median monthly rent of two-bedroom homes let privately, as recorded by Rent Officers (ONS). Rents vary a lot by street and building, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas because the sample is not random. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Rent by postcode district in Brent

Median monthly rent recorded in each postcode district (ONS). Districts are placed in the borough that contains their centre and often spill into neighbouring boroughs; small samples make these figures rougher than the borough ones.

DistrictIncludes (wards)1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms
HA0Alperton, North Greenford, Northwick Park, Perivale, Sudbury, Wembley Central£1,495£1,950£2,350
HA9Barnhill, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton£1,900£2,300£2,600
NW2Brondesbury Park, Childs Hill, Cricklewood, Cricklewood & Mapesbury, Dollis Hill, Fortune Green£1,600£2,000£2,600
NW9Barnhill, Burnt Oak, Colindale North, Colindale South, Kenton, Kenton East£1,456£1,680£2,350
NW10Alperton, Brondesbury Park, College Park & Old Oak, Dollis Hill, Hanger Hill, Harlesden & Kensal Green£1,525£2,040£2,500
Rent £/month (2-bed)
  1. 1,550–1,700
  2. 1,700–1,800
  3. 1,800–2,000
  4. 2,000–2,350
  5. 2,350–3,563

Who lives here

Who lives hereBrentLondon
Population339,8148,799,725
One-person households27.0%29.3%
Children under 1517.9%18.1%
Aged 15–2413.3%12.3%
Aged 65 and over11.6%11.9%
Social housing rentals23.5%23.1%
Private rentals36.0%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes40.3%46.8%

Source: ONS – Census 2021 (Nomis: TS007A, TS054, TS003) (2021).

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Getting around

  • Jubilee, Metropolitan, Bakerloo lines; Overground

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