Renting in Blackpool
Median asking rent · all sizes · 430 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Blackpool before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Blackpool is £700 a month, from 430 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £550/moasking · 146 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £700/moasking · 124 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £950/moasking · 87 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,200/moasking · 23 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £546/moasking · 68 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 Blackpool by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/blackpool, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Blackpool
Blackpool currently has 498 rental listings on the property sites we track, 430 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Blackpool is £700 a month, from 430 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 78 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 32% 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 £670 a month in FY1 (185 live listings) to £950 in FY5 (7 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Blackpool (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 Blackpool, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Blackpool is £550 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 146 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Blackpool is £700 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 124 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Blackpool is £950 a month, 36% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 87 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Blackpool is £1,200 a month, 71% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 23 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Blackpool is £546 a month, from 68 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 Blackpool is £723 a month, up 7.1% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). 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
+7.1%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+30%
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
Affordability · ONS ASHE
Renters in Blackpool 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 pay
£27,979/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
31%
Affordable for most renters.
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. How we measure this
Property types
57% of listings
27% of listings
16% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 43% of the 122 houses currently advertised in Blackpool.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 358 live listings in 5 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 Blackpool, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/blackpool, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
78 homes came onto the Blackpool rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed house
Wingate Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys FY5
2 bed property
Alexandra Road Flat 6
2 bed property
Alexandra Road Flat 1
3 bed property
3 Grosvenor Street
3 bed semi-detached house
Rosefinch Way, Blackpool, FY3
1 bed flat/apartment
Bispham, Blackpool, FY2
3 bed terraced house
Newhouse Road, Blackpool, FY4
3 bed terraced house
Empress Drive, Blackpool FY2
2 bed flat/apartment
St. Annes Road St. Annes Court, Blackpool, FY4
Studio flat/apartment
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool FY1
2 bed flat/apartment
Banks Street, Blackpool, FY1
Studio flat/apartment
Person, Blackpool, FY1
2 bed flat/apartment
Warbreck Drive, Blackpool, FY2
3 bed semi-detached house
Rossington Avenue, Blackpool, FY2
3 bed semi-detached house
Highcroft Avenue, Blackpool, FY2
2 bed bungalow
Palmer Avenue, Blackpool, FY1
4 bed terraced house
Elizabeth Street, Blackpool FY1
1 bed flat/apartment
St Bedes Avenue, Blackpool FY4
1 bed flat/apartment
St Annes Road, Blackpool FY4
2 bed flat/apartment
Bright St, Blackpool, FY4
3 bed terraced house
Brough Avenue, Blackpool, FY2
5 bed semi-detached house
Saville Road, Blackpool, FY1
Studio flat/apartment
Holmfield Road, Blackpool, FY2
1 bed room
Grasmere Road, Blackpool FY1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Blackpool. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Blackpool homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 72,500 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.98
≈ Band A–B
Stock
73k
72,500 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
61% of Blackpool premises can already get full-fibre and 91% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
61%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
91%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
469 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Blackpool), July 2025, covering 73,171 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
28% of Blackpool 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
28%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
72%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
78k
77,858 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Blackpool. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Blackpool centroid. The five closest:
St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · FY3 8BT
Devonshire Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · FY3 8AF
Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · FY1 3NX
Woodlands School
Not applicable · Community special school · FY3 9HF
Park Community Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter · FY3 9HF
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Blackpool 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), Blackpool has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 15 of 15 postcode districts analysed, the median was 180 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Blackpool is Violent crime, accounting for 35% of all incidents.
Blackpool’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 (71) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (122) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (161) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (206) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (166) · pop. ~14,000
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 Blackpool is £700 a month, from 430 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Blackpool is £550 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 146 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Blackpool is £700 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 124 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Blackpool is £950 a month, 36% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 87 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Blackpool is £1,200 a month, 71% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 23 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Blackpool is £546 a month, from 68 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 498 rental properties available in Blackpool, with 78 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Blackpool has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 180 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Blackpool is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How Blackpool 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/blackpool, updated 28 October 2026.
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