Renting in Blackburn

Average Rent in Blackburn: £850/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,687 live Blackburn listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£850 /month

1,687 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Blackburn by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£725/mo6
1 bed£650/mo317
2 bed£797/mo579
3 bed£1,000/mo437
4+ bed£1,500/mo149
Room (house share)£498/mo199

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Blackburn

What it costs to rent in Blackburn

Blackburn currently has 1,687 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £850 a month. 43 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 67% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is BB5 at around £773/mo, while BN2 sits nearer £1,500/mo. 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

Average rent in Blackburn by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,687 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Blackburn

£725/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Blackburn is £725 a month, 15% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 6 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Blackburn

£650/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Blackburn is £650 a month, 24% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 317 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Blackburn

£797/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Blackburn is £797 a month, 6% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 579 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Blackburn

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Blackburn is £1,000 a month, 18% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 437 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Blackburn

£1,500/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Blackburn is £1,500 a month, 76% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 149 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Blackburn

£498/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Blackburn house share is £498 a month, 41% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 199 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Blackburn rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Blackburn. Latest: £713/mo (Jul 26, +4.9% YoY).

Latest

£713

Jul 26

Annual

+4.9%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£516

Aug 21

Total change

+38%

since 2021

£525£625£725Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Blackburn pay goes on rent?

Renters in Blackburn spend an estimated 31% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£713/mo

£8,556/yr

Median pay

£27,502/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

31%

Affordable for most renters.

0%30% threshold80%

Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials.

Property types

What’s on offer in Blackburn

Flats & apartments

448

28% of listings

Houses

900

56% of listings

Rooms

199

12% of listings

Bungalows

51

3% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Blackburn — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 44% of the 952 houses currently advertised in Blackburn.

  • Terraced
    44%417
  • Other house
    27%254
  • Semi-detached
    18%171
  • Detached
    6%59
  • Bungalow
    5%51

Rent by postcode

Where Blackburn rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,341 live listings in 9 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Blackburn

  1. 1BN2£1,500/mo3 rentals
  2. 2BN3£1,325/mo8 rentals
  3. 3BN1£1,250/mo5 rentals

Cheapest in Blackburn

  1. 1BB5£773/mo18 rentals
  2. 2BB6£773/mo10 rentals
  3. 3BB3£780/mo92 rentals

Features · Blackburn

Garden, parking, and floor area in Blackburn

Live signal across 1,687 Blackburn rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

77%

of 268 Blackburn listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

74%

of 298 Blackburn listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Blackburn this week

43 homes came onto the Blackburn rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

43 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Jenkyns Close, Botley, Southampton, SO30
    £1,050/moLeaders

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Jenkyns Close, Botley, Southampton, SO30

    11View listing
  2. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, Sandon St, BB3
    £750/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, Sandon St, BB3

    21View listing
  3. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in 1 Bed Flat, Rishton, BB1
    £495/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    1 Bed Flat, Rishton, BB1

    11View listing
  4. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in 2 Bed Flat, Hawkshaw Avenue, BB3
    £825/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    2 Bed Flat, Hawkshaw Avenue, BB3

    21View listing
  5. 2 bed semi-detached house for rent in 2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Hereford Road, BB1
    £900/moOpenRent

    2 bed semi-detached house

    2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Hereford Road, BB1

    21View listing
  6. 2 bed bungalow for rent in 2 Bed Bungalow, Highbank, BB1
    £950/moOpenRent

    2 bed bungalow

    2 Bed Bungalow, Highbank, BB1

    21View listing
  7. 3 bed terraced house for rent in 3 Bed Terraced House, Accrington Road, BB1
    £800/moOpenRent

    3 bed terraced house

    3 Bed Terraced House, Accrington Road, BB1

    31View listing
  8. 4 bed terraced house for rent in 4 Bed Terraced House, Wilton Close, BB2
    £1,600/moOpenRent

    4 bed terraced house

    4 Bed Terraced House, Wilton Close, BB2

    42View listing
  9. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, Hozier St, BB1
    £750/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, Hozier St, BB1

    21View listing
  10. 3 bed terraced house for rent in 3 Bed Terraced House, Audley Range, BB1
    £850/moOpenRent

    3 bed terraced house

    3 Bed Terraced House, Audley Range, BB1

    31View listing
  11. 2 bed bungalow for rent in Highbank, Blackburn, BB1
    £950/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed bungalow

    Highbank, Blackburn, BB1

    21View listing
  12. 2 bed detached house for rent in Woodsend Close, Blackburn
    £825/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed detached house

    Woodsend Close, Blackburn

    21View listing
  13. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in Pleckgate Road, Blackburn. Lancs. BB1 8QR
    £1,250/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed semi-detached house

    Pleckgate Road, Blackburn. Lancs. BB1 8QR

    31View listing
  14. 3 bed terraced house for rent in Emerald Street, Blackburn, BB1
    £775/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed terraced house

    Emerald Street, Blackburn, BB1

    31View listing
  15. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Hozier St, Blackburn, BB1
    £750/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed terraced house

    Hozier St, Blackburn, BB1

    21View listing
  16. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Sapphire St, Blackburn, BB1
    £700/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed terraced house

    Sapphire St, Blackburn, BB1

    21View listing
  17. 3 bed terraced house for rent in Stopes Brow, Darwen BB3
    £1,000/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed terraced house

    Stopes Brow, Darwen BB3

    31View listing
  18. 2 bed house for rent in Clyde Street, Blackburn, BB2
    £750/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed house

    Clyde Street, Blackburn, BB2

    21View listing
  19. 3 bed terraced house for rent in Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, BB2
    £650/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed terraced house

    Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, BB2

    31View listing
  20. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Cornelian Street, Blackburn, BB1
    £725/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed terraced house

    Cornelian Street, Blackburn, BB1

    22View listing
  21. 3 bed house for rent in Livingstone Road, Blackburn, BB2
    £850/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed house

    Livingstone Road, Blackburn, BB2

    31View listing
  22. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Abbotsford Avenue, Blackburn, BB2
    £775/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed terraced house

    Abbotsford Avenue, Blackburn, BB2

    21View listing
  23. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2
    £750/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed terraced house

    Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2

    21View listing
  24. 1 bed semi-detached house for rent in Cranshaw Drive, Blackburn. Lancs, BB1 8RE
    £725/moOnTheMarket

    1 bed semi-detached house

    Cranshaw Drive, Blackburn. Lancs, BB1 8RE

    11View listing

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Blackburn

Most Blackburn homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 63,560 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

A

most common band

Mean band

1.96

≈ Band A–B

Stock

64k

63,560 properties

  • A
    56%35,830
  • B
    16%9,860
  • C
    14%8,880
  • D
    8%4,850
  • E
    4%2,660
  • F
    1%830
  • G
    1%580
  • H
    0%70

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

Broadband coverage across Blackburn

87% of Blackburn premises can already get full-fibre and 92% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

87%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

92%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

471 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    87%
  • Gigabit-capable
    92%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Blackburn with Darwen), July 2025, covering 63,325 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Blackburn homes

39% of Blackburn 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

39%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

61%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

62k

62,273 EPCs

  • A
    1%359
  • B
    9%5,408
  • C
    30%18,372
  • D
    41%25,512
  • E
    16%9,782
  • F
    4%2,206
  • G
    1%634

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Blackburn with Darwen. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Blackburn

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Darwen has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Blackburn.

  • Darwen

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (99) · pop. ~31,000

    5.7
    per 1k

  • Whalley Range

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (274) · pop. ~10,000

    65
    per 1k

  • Livesey

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (98) · pop. ~9,000

    22
    per 1k

  • Shadsworth

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (49) · pop. ~8,000

    16
    per 1k

  • Mill Hill

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (181) · pop. ~7,000

    57
    per 1k

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.

Where we search

Blackburn listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Blackburn.

OnTheMarket
457
Leaders
370
OpenRent
367
Rightmove
294
SpareRoom
199

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Frequently asked

Renting in Blackburn — your questions answered

How much is rent in Blackburn?

The average (median) asking rent in Blackburn is £850 a month — a 1-bed is £650 and a 2-bed £797, based on 1,687 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Blackburn?

The median asking rent for a studio in Blackburn is £725 a month, 15% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 6 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Blackburn?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Blackburn is £650 a month, 24% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 317 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Blackburn?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Blackburn is £797 a month, 6% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 579 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Blackburn?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Blackburn is £1,000 a month, 18% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 437 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Blackburn?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Blackburn is £1,500 a month, 76% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 149 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Blackburn?

The median asking rent for a room in a Blackburn house share is £498 a month, 41% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 199 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Blackburn?

There are currently 1,687 rental properties available in Blackburn, with 43 new listings added in the last 7 days.

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