Charts & breakdowns
The headline numbers elsewhere on this site are medians across 1600 decisions. These charts show the distributions and breakdowns behind them — including the decisions that never resulted in a rent increase at all, and the ones with no numeric outcome to measure.
What actually happened to the rent
A cut from the landlord’s asking rent isn’t the same as no rent increase — a decision can cut the ask and still raise the tenant’s rent. This splits every decision by what actually happened, not just how it compares to what was asked.
| Outcome | Decisions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| No numeric decision reached | 76 | 4.8% |
| Rent reduced below the existing rent | 51 | 3.2% |
| No increase — rent stayed the same | 497 | 31.1% |
| Increase granted, but less than asked | 638 | 39.9% |
| Full increase granted | 240 | 15.0% |
| Decided rent exceeds what was proposed | 72 | 4.5% |
How big was the cut, when the rent was cut?
Among decisions that came in below the landlord's asking rent — the spread of cut sizes behind the single median-cut figure shown elsewhere on this site.
| Cut from asking rent | Decisions |
|---|---|
| 0–5% | 236 |
| 5–10% | 206 |
| 10–15% | 133 |
| 15–20% | 71 |
| 20–25% | 47 |
| 25–30% | 19 |
| 30%+ | 71 |
How much did the decided rent actually move?
Decided rent compared to the rent the tenant was already paying — including the decisions where the tribunal rejected the increase entirely (0–5%, no change) or reduced the rent below what it was.
| Change from existing rent | Decisions |
|---|---|
| Reduced (below 0%) | 51 |
| 0–5% | 680 |
| 5–10% | 219 |
| 10–15% | 112 |
| 15–20% | 76 |
| 20–25% | 73 |
| 25–30% | 41 |
| 30%+ | 194 |
Does submitting evidence change the outcome?
Median cut from the landlord's asking rent, split by who submitted comparable-rent evidence. Tribunals are meant to decide on the evidence in front of them, so this is the most direct check of whether that shows up in the numbers.
| Evidence submitted | Decisions | Median cut |
|---|---|---|
| Both sides submitted evidence | 810 | 5.2% |
| Only the tenant submitted evidence | 188 | 9.2% |
| Only the landlord submitted evidence | 243 | 1.9% |
| Neither side submitted evidence | 114 | 2.2% |
Median cut by property type
Property type is free text in the source decisions, grouped here into broad categories.
| Property type | Decisions | Median cut |
|---|---|---|
| House | 718 | 3.3% |
| Flat / apartment / maisonette | 690 | 5.0% |
| Other | 75 | 8.2% |
| Room in shared house | 57 | 5.7% |
| Not stated | 39 | 0.0% |
| Studio | 21 | 10.0% |
Median rent change over time
Median change from the existing rent to the decided rent, by month the decision was published. Months with fewer than 3 published decisions are left off the chart as too noisy to read anything into.
| Month | Decisions | Median change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | 14 | 0.0% |
| Oct 23 | 13 | 0.0% |
| Nov 23 | 4 | 5.5% |
| Jan 24 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Feb 24 | 11 | 0.0% |
| Mar 24 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Apr 24 | 4 | 0.0% |
| May 24 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Jun 24 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Jul 24 | 13 | 0.0% |
| Aug 24 | 11 | 0.0% |
| Sep 24 | 12 | 3.3% |
| Oct 24 | 29 | 0.0% |
| Nov 24 | 26 | 9.9% |
| Dec 24 | 40 | 0.0% |
| Jan 25 | 53 | 0.0% |
| Feb 25 | 62 | 0.0% |
| Mar 25 | 46 | 2.1% |
| Apr 25 | 49 | 0.0% |
| May 25 | 73 | 0.0% |
| Jun 25 | 47 | 0.0% |
| Jul 25 | 47 | 6.5% |
| Aug 25 | 53 | 4.7% |
| Sep 25 | 42 | 3.0% |
| Oct 25 | 42 | 0.0% |
| Nov 25 | 31 | 1.8% |
| Dec 25 | 46 | 1.4% |
| Jan 26 | 40 | 9.9% |
| Feb 26 | 39 | 6.7% |
| Mar 26 | 60 | 6.3% |
| Apr 26 | 37 | 5.7% |
| May 26 | 112 | 8.8% |
| Jun 26 | 163 | 9.2% |
| Jul 26 | 191 | 6.2% |
| Aug 26 | 96 | 7.1% |
| Sep 26 | 46 | 5.3% |
Fields are extracted from decision text by an AI model and not manually verified case-by-case — see about the data. Medians and percentages above are computed only over decisions where the relevant figure was extracted; sample sizes are shown alongside each chart.