Area statistics and tribunal decisions
Area statistics show what tribunals did in each postcode district. The decisions list holds every published decision. Both show risk, not a rent.
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Two screens, two jobs. Area statistics summarises outcomes by district. Tribunal decisions lets you read each published case.
Who this is for: letting agencies and landlords.
Area statistics: decisions, cut rate and median by district.
A district: recent determinations, by bedrooms.
Tribunal decisions: proposed and determined rent, outcome and date.
What you are deciding
How much challenge risk a proposal carries in this area.
Your options
- Area statistics. Decisions, how often the rent was cut and the median cut, by district.
- Tribunal decisions. Each case: the home, proposed and determined rent, outcome and date.
- On the review. The like-for-like decisions for this home appear on the rent review itself.
How to do it
- Open Area statistics from Insight.
- Select a district, for example BL9, and filter by bedrooms.
- Select All cases in BL9 to open the decisions.
- Open a decision to read the case summary and the original.
A worked example
Before pricing reviews in Bury, Sarah opens Area statistics on Monday 19 October 2026. BL9 shows three decisions, two of them cutting the rent. She opens MAN/00BM/MNR/2026/0061, a 3-bed terrace, and sees the proposed £1,180.00 cut to £1,100.00.
What Abide.Rent does for you
- Keeps published decisions in one searchable list.
- Shows outcome rates by district.
- Links the relevant decisions from each rent review.
If something goes wrong
- “No locality for that district”
What to do: There are no published decisions there yet. - “Locality insight is an agency and landlord tool”
What to do: Switch to your agency or landlord account.
Common mistakes
- Averaging a few thin decisions into a rent. Use them to judge risk.
What to do next
More in Rent reviews
What the tribunal can and cannot doThe tribunal decides the market rent. It cannot set more than the landlord proposed, cannot backdate, and can delay the start for hardship.
How the rent range is worked outEach rent review shows a defensible range for the home, and where your proposal sits against it, with the evidence behind it.
Using tribunal decisions to sense-check a proposed rentPublished tribunal decisions show how proposed increases have fared when challenged. Use them to judge risk, not to set the price.