Spotlight
CPIH ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Change over 12 months
4 %
2025 MAY
- Release date:
- 18 June 2025
- Next release:
- 16 July 2025
Consumer price inflation, UK: May 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 4.0% in the 12 months to May 2025, compared with 4.1% in the 12 months to April.
- On a monthly basis, CPIH rose by 0.2% in May 2025, compared with a rise of 0.4% in May 2024.
- The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.4% in the 12 months to May 2025, compared with 3.5% in the 12 months to April.
How is inflation affecting your household costs?
Use our inflation calculator to see how increases in the cost of living have affected you in the past year.
Time series related to Inflation and price indices
-
CPIH ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Change over 12 months
4 % 2025 MAY- Release date:
- 18 June 2025
- Next release:
- 16 July 2025
-
CPIH INDEX 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Index, 2015 = 100
138 Index, base year = 100 2025 MAY- Release date:
- 18 June 2025
- Next release:
- 16 July 2025
-
CPI ANNUAL RATE 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Change over 12 months
3.4 % 2025 MAY- Release date:
- 18 June 2025
- Next release:
- 16 July 2025
-
CPI INDEX 00: ALL ITEMS 2015=100
Index, 2015 = 100
138.4 Index, base year = 100 2025 MAY- Release date:
- 18 June 2025
- Next release:
- 16 July 2025
-
RPI All Items: Percentage change over 12 months: Jan 1987=100
Not a National Statistic. Change over 12 months
4.3 % 2025 MAY- Release date:
- 18 June 2025
- Next release:
- 16 July 2025
-
RPI All Items Index: Jan 1987=100
Not a National Statistic. Index, 1987 = 100
402.9 Index, base year = 100 2025 MAY- Release date:
- 18 June 2025
- Next release:
- 16 July 2025
Datasets related to Inflation and price indices
-
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.
-
Consumer price inflation time series
Comprehensive database of time series covering measures of inflation data for the UK including CPIH, CPI and RPI.
-
Consumer price inflation consumption segment indices and price quotes
Price quote data (for locally collected data only) and consumption segment indices that underpin consumer price inflation statistics, giving users access to the detailed data that are used in the construction of the UK’s inflation figures. The data are being made available for research purposes only and are not an accredited official statistic. From October 2024, private school fees and part-time education classes have been included in the consumption segment indices file. For more information on the introduction of consumption segments, please see the Consumer Prices Indices Technical Manual, 2019. Note that this dataset was previously called the consumer price inflation item indices and price quotes dataset.
-
Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: monthly estimates
Rental price statistics historical data time series (indices and annual percentage change). These are official statistics in development.
-
House price data: quarterly tables
Quarterly house price data based on a sub-sample of the Regulated Mortgage Survey.
Publications related to Inflation and price indices
Statistical bulletins
-
Consumer price inflation, UK: May 2025
Price indices, percentage changes, and weights for the different measures of consumer price inflation.
-
Producer price inflation, UK: January 2025
Changes in the prices of goods bought and sold by UK manufacturers, including price indices of materials and fuels purchased (input prices) and factory gate prices (output prices).
-
Private rent and house prices, UK: June 2025
The Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR) measures private rent inflation for new and existing tenancies. The UK House Price Index measures house price inflation.
-
Household Costs Indices for UK household groups: January to March 2025
Household Costs Indices, 12-month growth rates, expenditure shares and contributions for UK household groups and all-households. These are official statistics in development.
-
Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: January 2024
An experimental price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK.
-
UK House Price Index: December 2023
Monthly house price inflation in the UK, calculated using data from HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland.
Articles
-
What are your wages worth?
Use our calculator to find out if your salary is keeping pace with inflation.
-
What's in the basket of goods? 70 years of shopping history
Explore how the basket of goods has changed over the decades and how the ONS calculates inflation.
-
Train tickets and hybrid cars: understanding spending habits
New data shows the effect of strikes on train ticket sales, and the most popular second-hand cars in Great Britain
-
Cost of living latest insights
The latest data and trends about the cost of living. Explore changes in the cost of everyday items and how this is affecting people.
-
Consumer prices development plan
An update on the proposed development plan for consumer price statistics. Includes the rationale for our priorities and their potential impact.
-
Transformation of consumer price statistics
An update on the programme of transformation across consumer price statistics, including identifying new data sources, improving methods and developing systems.
Methodology related to Inflation and price indices
Find, compare and visualise statistics about places within the United Kingdom.