Renting in Belfast
Median asking rent · all sizes · 81 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Belfast before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Belfast is £1,175 a month, from 81 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £860/moasking · 21 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,190/moasking · 32 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 15 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,700/moasking · 12 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £575/moasking · 71 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Belfast by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/belfast, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Belfast
Belfast currently has 152 rental listings on the property sites we track, 81 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Belfast is £1,175 a month, from 81 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 17 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 42% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £750 a month in BT4 (5 live listings) to £1,825 in BT9 (4 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Belfast (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Belfast, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Belfast is £860 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Belfast is £1,190 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 32 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Belfast is £1,200 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 15 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Belfast is £1,700 a month, 45% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Belfast is £575 a month, from 71 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Property types
27% of listings
19% of listings
54% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 37% of the 27 houses currently advertised in Belfast.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 61 live listings in 6 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Belfast, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/belfast, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Belfast
Live signal across 152 Belfast rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
39%
of 54 Belfast listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
59%
of 53 Belfast listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
17 homes came onto the Belfast rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Mowhan St, BT9
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Princes Dock Street, BT1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Ravenhill Reach, BT6
2 bed terraced house
Carrington Street, Derby
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Finaghy Road South, BT10
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Riverview Street, BT9
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Rosebery Road, BT6
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Shamrock Place, BT6
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Laganvale St, BT9
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Riverview, BT9
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Brighton St, BT12
1 bed flat/apartment
Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4
4 bed terraced house
4 Bed Terraced House, Farnham St, BT7
1 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Nelson St, BT15
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Stranmillis, BT9
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, St. Ives Gardens, BT9
1 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Meyrick Park, BT14
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Seymour Hill Mews, BT17
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Sunnyside St, BT7
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Upper Newtownards Road, BT16
2 bed flat/apartment
Seymour Hill Mews, Dunmurry, Belfast Bt17 9Pw, BT17
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Minnowburn Mews, BT8
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Upper Newtownards Road, BT4
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Upper Newtownards Road, BT4
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Belfast. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Area safety
Based on the latest police data (May 2026), Belfast has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 6 postcode areas monitored by Dwellio, the median was 148 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Belfast is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Belfast’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.
Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
Area breakdown
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (206) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (236) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (55) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (217) · pop. ~18,000
Most common: Violent crime (345) · pop. ~9,000
Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Belfast is £1,175 a month, from 81 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Belfast is £860 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Belfast is £1,190 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 32 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Belfast is £1,200 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 15 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Belfast is £1,700 a month, 45% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Belfast is £575 a month, from 71 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 152 rental properties available in Belfast, with 17 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Belfast has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 148 reported crimes per postcode area (May 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Belfast is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for May 2026.
Across Northern Ireland
How Belfast compares with the other 5 places we track in Northern Ireland — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Northern Ireland, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/belfast, updated 28 October 2026.
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