UK CPIH Inflation Rate

Like CPI, but also includes owner-occupiers' housing costs (Council Tax and mortgage-interest-equivalent costs).

3.6%

+0.3pp vs Aug 2026

Sep 2026 · Monthly data

Not seasonally adjusted

Matches the latest releaseNot refreshed recently, awaiting the next release

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CPIH Inflation Rate

Jan 1989 to Sep 2026

Source: ONS series L55O (MM23) · all items, not seasonally adjusted (ONS does not seasonally adjust CPIH).

UK CPIH Inflation Rate in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In the UK, the CPIH inflation rate fell by 0.5pp over the year to Sep 2026, from 4.1% in Sep 2025.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 2.6% in Sep 2024 to 9.6% in Oct 2022.

Its average since Jan 1989 is 2.9%, and the latest reading is above that.

How this series is defined

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Source
ONS
Series
L55O
Frequency
Monthly
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Not seasonally adjusted
Latest observation
Sep 2026
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

This is the ONS's preferred headline measure.

Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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