Topic
Inflation and price indices
The rate of inflation is the change in prices for goods and services over time. Measures of inflation and prices include consumer price inflation, producer price inflation and the House Price Index.
Headline facts and figures
Household Costs Index
up 2.0%
in 12 months to September 2024
Average UK house price
£290,000
up 3.3% in 12 months to November 2024
Average private rent price in Great Britain
£1,327
up 9.1% in 12 months to December 2024
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Annual CPI inflation eases slightly in December 2024 after two monthly rises
CPIH, owner occupiers’ housing (OOH) costs component and CPI annual inflation rates, UK, December 2014 to December 2024
- The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 3.5% in the year to December 2024 (unchanged from November).
- The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.5% in the year to December 2024 (down from 2.6% in November).
Data
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Consumer price inflation tables
Measures of monthly UK inflation data including CPIH, CPI and RPI. These tables complement the consumer price inflation time series dataset.
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Consumer price inflation time series
Comprehensive database of time series covering measures of inflation data for the UK including CPIH, CPI and RPI.
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Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Private rent price statistics, including indices, annual percentage change and price levels.
Methodology and quality information
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Consumer price indices, a brief guide: 2017
An overview of consumer price statistics. This briefly covers what consumer price indices are, what they are used for and how they are calculated.
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Producer price indices QMI
Quality and Methodology Information (QMI) report for the Producer Price Index, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.
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Price Index of Private Rents QMI
Quality and Methodology Information for the Price Index of Private Rents, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.
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