The Consumer Price Index of the United Kingdom was 139.2 in the third quarter of 2025, indicating that consumer prices have increased by 39.2 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2015. As of September 2025, the inflation rate for the CPI was 3.8 percent, an uptick from the start of 2025, when prices were rising by three percent. A long period of elevated inflation between 2021 and 2023 peaked in October 2022 and saw prices increase by over 20 percent in just three years. Uptick in inflation expected in 2025 In late 2024, the UK's main economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, predicted that the annual inflation rate for 2025 would average out at around 2.6 percent. In March 2025, however, the OBR revised this figure upward, with annual inflation now expected to be 3.2 percent. This uptick in inflation is predicted to peak in the third quarter of the year at 3.7 percent before falling to two percent by the second quarter of 2026. Although this period of higher inflation is predicted to be far less severe than in 2022, it will no doubt put further pressure on households already struggling with their cost of living. Cost of living woes continue The share of UK households reporting that their cost of living was increasing has been steadily rising since Summer 2024. At that time, less than half of UK households reported rising costs, down from 91 percent two years earlier. As of March 2025, however, 59 percent of households said their costs were rising, the highest figure since 2023. Of these households, 93 percent reported that their food shop was increasing, with three quarters of them reporting higher energy costs. With higher inflation predicted in 2025, the pressure on UK households will likely continue, although a crisis on the scale of 2021-2023 will hopefully be avoided.

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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In July 2025, the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the United Kingdom (UK) reached 142.2, slightly up from the previous month. Consumer price indices are designed to measure changes in the price of everything consumers buy. More information on CPI can be found here.

The UK inflation rate was 3.8 percent in September 2025, unchanged from the previous two months, and the fastest rate of inflation since January 2024. Between September 2022 and March 2023, the UK experienced seven months of double-digit inflation, which peaked at 11.1 percent in October 2022. Due to this long period of high inflation, UK consumer prices have increased by over 20 percent in the last three years. As of the most recent month, prices were rising fastest in the education sector, at 7.5 percent, with prices increasing at the slowest rate in the clothing and footwear sector. The Cost of Living Crisis High inflation is one of the main factors behind the ongoing Cost of Living Crisis in the UK, which, despite subsiding somewhat in 2024, is still impacting households going into 2025. In December 2024, for example, 56 percent of UK households reported their cost of living was increasing compared with the previous month, up from 45 percent in July, but far lower than at the height of the crisis in 2022. After global energy prices spiraled that year, the UK's energy price cap increased substantially. The cap, which limits what suppliers can charge consumers, reached 3,549 British pounds per year in October 2022, compared with 1,277 pounds a year earlier. Along with soaring food costs, high-energy bills have hit UK households hard, especially lower income ones that spend more of their earnings on housing costs. As a result of these factors, UK households experienced their biggest fall in living standards in decades in 2022/23. Global inflation crisis causes rapid surge in prices The UK's high inflation, and cost of living crisis in 2022 had its origins in the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the initial waves of the virus, global supply chains struggled to meet the renewed demand for goods and services. Food and energy prices, which were already high, increased further in 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought an end to the era of cheap gas flowing to European markets from Russia. The war also disrupted global food markets, as both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of cereal crops. As a result of these factors, inflation surged across Europe and in other parts of the world, but typically declined in 2023, and approached more usual levels by 2024.

This statistic shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food in the United Kingdom (UK) from May 2016 to September 2022, where the year 2015 equals 100. In September 2022, the consumer price index of food reached a high of ******Consumer price indices are designed to measure changes in the price of everything consumers buy. More information on CPI can be found here.

United Kingdom UK: Consumer Price Index (CPI): % Change over Previous Period data was reported at 2.558 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.008 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Consumer Price Index (CPI): % Change over Previous Period data is updated yearly, averaging 3.484 % from Dec 1956 (Median) to 2017, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.207 % in 1975 and a record low of 0.368 % in 2015. United Kingdom UK: Consumer Price Index (CPI): % Change over Previous Period data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.IFS: Consumer and Producer Price Index: Annual.

United Kingdom UK: Harmonized Consumer Price Index data was reported at 115.570 2010=100 in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 112.542 2010=100 for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Harmonized Consumer Price Index data is updated yearly, averaging 90.412 2010=100 from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2017, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 115.570 2010=100 in 2017 and a record low of 76.947 2010=100 in 1996. United Kingdom UK: Harmonized Consumer Price Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.IFS: Consumer and Producer Price Index: Annual.

Key information about UK Core CPI Change

• United Kingdom Core CPI Change was reported at 3.662 % in Oct 2025.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.737 % for Sep 2025.
• United Kingdom Core CPI Change data is updated monthly, averaging -2.543 % from Jan 1989 to Oct 2025, with 442 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 10.836 % in Mar 2016 and a record low of -12.214 % in Sep 2022.
• United Kingdom Core CPI Change data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Core CPI: Y-o-Y Growth: Monthly.

In February 2025, the index value of fruit prices was measured at ***** in the UK. This figure is a new high after consistent increases in the second half of 2024.Consumer price indices are designed to measure changes in the price of everything consumers buy. More information on CPI can be found here.

United Kingdom UK: Retail Price Index: All Items data was reported at 117.665 2010=100 in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 115.663 2010=100 for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Retail Price Index: All Items data is updated yearly, averaging 36.329 2010=100 from Dec 1948 (Median) to 2016, with 69 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 117.665 2010=100 in 2016 and a record low of 3.801 2010=100 in 1948. United Kingdom UK: Retail Price Index: All Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.IMF.IFS: Consumer and Producer Price Index: Annual.

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The statistic shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for meat in the United Kingdom (UK), from August 2016 to February, where the year 2015 equals 100. The CPI of meat was at 103.8 index points as of February 2022.

The statistic shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for fish in the United Kingdom (UK), from *********** to ********. In ********, the index reached ***** points.

In February 2025, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for vegetables (including potatoes and tubers) in the United Kingdom had climbed to a new high ***** points. In February 2017, the index was at **** points.Consumer price indices are designed to measure changes in the price of everything consumers buy. More information on CPI can be found here.

EU UK: HICP: Weights: Communications data was reported at 24.000 Per 1000 in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.000 Per 1000 for 2017. EU UK: HICP: Weights: Communications data is updated yearly, averaging 25.000 Per 1000 from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2018, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.000 Per 1000 in 2016 and a record low of 21.000 Per 1000 in 1997. EU UK: HICP: Weights: Communications data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Eurostat: Harmonized Index of Consumer Price: Weights .

EU UK: HICP: Weights: Health data was reported at 24.000 Per 1000 in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.000 Per 1000 for 2017. EU UK: HICP: Weights: Health data is updated yearly, averaging 24.000 Per 1000 from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2018, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.000 Per 1000 in 2016 and a record low of 7.000 Per 1000 in 1999. EU UK: HICP: Weights: Health data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.Eurostat: Harmonized Index of Consumer Price: Weights .