Renting in Birkenhead
Median asking rent · all sizes · 252 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Birkenhead before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Birkenhead is £875 a month, from 252 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £763/moasking · 81 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £850/moasking · 70 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £975/moasking · 48 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,500/moasking · 45 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £558/moasking · 40 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 Birkenhead by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/birkenhead, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Birkenhead
Birkenhead currently has 292 rental listings on the property sites we track, 252 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Birkenhead is £875 a month, from 252 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 75 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 50% 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 £725 a month in CH42 (56 live listings) to £1,173 in L3 (10 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Birkenhead (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 Birkenhead, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Birkenhead is £763 a month, 13% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 81 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Birkenhead is £850 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Birkenhead is £975 a month, 11% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Birkenhead is £2,500 a month, 186% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Birkenhead is £558 a month, from 40 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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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Wirral is £862 a month, up 6.7% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Wirral is the ONS area that covers Birkenhead. The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+6.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+36%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself. How we measure this
Property types
40% of listings
40% of listings
19% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 48% of the 85 houses currently advertised in Birkenhead.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 173 live listings in 9 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 Birkenhead, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/birkenhead, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Birkenhead
Live signal across 292 Birkenhead rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
63%
of 84 Birkenhead listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
71%
of 85 Birkenhead listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
75 homes came onto the Birkenhead rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Flat 4, Room 2, The Old Police Lodge CH42
2 bed property
Harrowby Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead CH42
10 bed property
Laird Street, Birkenhead CH41
1 bed flat/apartment
Whetstone Lane, Birkenhead, CH41
2 bed flat/apartment
New Chester Road, Wirral CH62
2 bed terraced house
Harrowby Road, Birkenhead CH42
10 bed house
Laird Street, Birkenhead
1 bed house
Bedford Road, Birkenhead CH42
2 bed bungalow
Rock Lane West, Birkenhead, CH42
5 bed terraced house
Alvanley Place, Prenton CH43
1 bed flat/apartment
Wirral, Wirral, CH42
1 bed flat/apartment
The Dell, Birkenhead, Merseyside. CH42
1 bed room
Park Road North, Birkenhead, CH41
1 bed flat/apartment
Park Road East, Birkenhead, CH41
2 bed flat/apartment
Old Chester Road, Birkenhead, CH42
3 bed semi-detached house
Fender Way, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43
3 bed house
Merlin Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42
3 bed semi-detached house
Scotia Avenue, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62
1 bed room
Bedford Road, Birkenhead, CH42
4 bed terraced house
Bedford Road, Birkenhead, CH42
2 bed flat/apartment
Mayfair Court, Prenton, CH43
1 bed flat/apartment
Greenbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42
2 bed terraced house
Morley Avenue, Birkenhead, Wirral
2 bed flat/apartment
Royal Court, Rock Lane West, Birkenhead
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Birkenhead. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Birkenhead homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 151,550 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.36
≈ Band B–C
Stock
152k
151,550 properties
Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.
Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
93% of Birkenhead premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
93%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
487 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Wirral), July 2025, covering 152,230 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
38% of Birkenhead homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.
Bands A–C
38%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
62%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
131k
130,524 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Wirral. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
4 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Birkenhead centroid. The five closest:
Cathcart Street Primary School
Primary · Community school · CH41 3JY
Woodlands Primary School
Primary · Community school · CH41 2SY
The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · CH41 4HS
St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · CH41 2TD
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Birkenhead centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area safety
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Birkenhead has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 90 of 90 postcode districts analysed, the median was 211 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Birkenhead is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Birkenhead’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: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~58,000
Most common: Violent crime (53) · pop. ~58,000
Most common: Violent crime (125) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (150) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (218) · pop. ~13,000
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 Birkenhead is £875 a month, from 252 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Birkenhead is £763 a month, 13% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 81 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Birkenhead is £850 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Birkenhead is £975 a month, 11% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Birkenhead is £2,500 a month, 186% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Birkenhead is £558 a month, from 40 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 292 rental properties available in Birkenhead, with 75 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Birkenhead has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 211 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Birkenhead is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How Birkenhead compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/birkenhead, updated 28 October 2026.
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