What rent tribunals actually decide
Since the Renters’ Rights Act, tenants can challenge a rent increase at the First-tier Tribunal for £47 with no downside — the tribunal can’t set a rent higher than the landlord proposed. This is a structured database of every published market-rent decision, extracted from the tribunal’s own decision documents.
1600 decisions in the database
66.2% of decisions cut the landlord’s proposed rent
4.2% median cut, when the rent was cut
32.6% resulted in no rent increase at all
£1050 median rent set by the tribunal, per calendar month
4.8% median change to the tenant’s actual rent, decided vs. existing
Covering decisions from 2019-07-19 to 2026-10-06.
See the full breakdown, including outcomes, evidence and the trend over time →
Browse by local authority
See all 252 local authorities with decisions →
| Local authority | Decisions | % cut | Median cut | Median rent (pcm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 56 | 65.4% | 4.2% | £950 |
| Manchester | 42 | 65.4% | 5.6% | £930 |
| Westminster | 37 | 63.6% | 4.8% | £1800 |
| Salford | 36 | 66.7% | 3.2% | £998 |
| Newham | 31 | 60.9% | 5.0% | £1600 |
| Liverpool | 22 | 72.7% | 10.0% | £900 |
| Redbridge | 22 | 75.0% | 8.5% | £1558 |
| Leeds | 21 | 61.5% | 2.6% | £875 |
| Croydon | 21 | 63.6% | 5.0% | £1425 |
| Brent | 20 | 60.0% | 2.4% | £1725 |
| Camden | 20 | 61.5% | 2.9% | £1750 |
| Wandsworth | 20 | 69.2% | 2.8% | £2150 |
| Sandwell | 19 | 64.7% | 4.9% | £950 |
| Ealing | 19 | 83.3% | 9.4% | £1608 |
| Enfield | 19 | 66.7% | 1.4% | £1725 |