Renting in Boston
Median asking rent · all sizes · 444 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Boston is £775 a month, from 444 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 144 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £775/moasking · 124 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £900/moasking · 109 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,150/moasking · 32 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 Boston by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/boston, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Boston
Boston currently has 444 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Boston is £775 a month, from 444 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 42 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 63% 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 £510 a month in NG31 (7 live listings) to £1,295 in PE9 (5 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Boston (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 Boston, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Boston is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 144 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Boston is £775 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 124 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Boston is £900 a month, 16% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 109 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Boston is £1,150 a month, 48% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 32 live listings on five property sites (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 Boston is £809 a month, up 3.2% 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
+3.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+29%
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 Boston spend an estimated 35% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£27,729/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
35%
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
37% of listings
63% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 52% of the 190 houses currently advertised in Boston.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 290 live listings in 3 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 Boston, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/boston, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Boston
Live signal across 444 Boston rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
87%
of 120 Boston listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
75%
of 139 Boston listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
42 homes came onto the Boston rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
Boston, PE21
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Spain Place, PE21
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed End Terrace, St Botolphs Mews, PE21
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Fountain Lane, PE21
1 bed room
Sleaford Road, Boston, Lincolnshire
2 bed terraced house
Queen Street, Boston
2 bed flat/apartment
Castle Square, Wyberton West Road, Boston
2 bed flat/apartment
Wide Bargate, Boston, PE21
1 bed flat/apartment
Pilgrim Mansions, Boston
2 bed terraced house
Pulvertoft Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire
1 bed flat/apartment
Main Ridge West, Boston
1 bed room
Sleaford Road, Boston, Lincolnshire
1 bed room
Sleaford Road, Boston, Lincolnshire
1 bed room
Sleaford Road, Boston, Lincolnshire
3 bed semi-detached house
St Bedes Drive, Boston, PE21
3 bed terraced house
Norfolk Street, Boston, PE21
2 bed flat/apartment
Fountain Lane, Boston, PE21
3 bed semi-detached house
Robin Hoods Walk, Boston, Lincolnshire
2 bed flat/apartment
Barge Court, Boston, Lincolnshire
2 bed terraced house
Taylor Close, Fishtoft, BOSTON
1 bed room
Sleaford Road, Boston, Lincolnshire
1 bed room
Sleaford Road, Boston, Lincolnshire
1 bed flat/apartment
Main Ridge West, Boston
2 bed flat/apartment
Riverside, Boston, Lincolnshire
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Boston. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Boston homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 31,720 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.98
≈ Band A–B
Stock
32k
31,720 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
79% of Boston premises can already get full-fibre and 79% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
79%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
79%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
96%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
424 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Boston), July 2025, covering 32,322 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
44% of Boston 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
44%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
56%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
30k
29,715 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Boston. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Boston centroid. The five closest:
Boston Pioneers Free School Academy
Primary · Free schools · PE21 8SS
The Boston Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · PE21 6JY
Carlton Road Academy
Primary · Academy converter · PE21 8QX
Staniland Academy
Primary · Academy converter · PE21 8DF
Boston Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · PE21 0LJ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Boston 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), Boston has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 8 of 8 postcode districts analysed, the median was 15 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Boston is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Boston ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.
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 (28) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (28) · pop. ~3,000
Most common: Violent crime (154) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (71) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (5) · pop. ~3,000
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 Boston is £775 a month, from 444 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Boston is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 144 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Boston is £775 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 124 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Boston is £900 a month, 16% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 109 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Boston is £1,150 a month, 48% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 32 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 444 rental properties available in Boston, with 42 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Boston has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 15 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 Boston is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East Midlands
How Boston compares with the other 14 places we track in East Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/boston, updated 28 October 2026.
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