Renting in Brighton
Median asking rent · all sizes · 2,166 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Brighton before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Brighton is £1,800 a month, from 2,166 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,225/moasking · 536 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,700/moasking · 537 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £2,150/moasking · 231 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £3,250/moasking · 721 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £737/moasking · 104 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 Brighton by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/brighton, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Brighton
Brighton currently has 2,270 rental listings on the property sites we track, 2,166 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Brighton is £1,800 a month, from 2,166 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 593 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 £1,500 a month in BN50 (150 live listings) to £2,500 in BN51 (9 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Brighton (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 Brighton, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Brighton is £1,225 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 536 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Brighton is £1,700 a month, 6% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 537 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Brighton is £2,150 a month, 19% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 231 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Brighton is £3,250 a month, 81% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 721 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Brighton is £737 a month, from 104 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 Brighton is £1,816 a month, down 0.8% 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
-0.8%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+25%
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 Brighton spend an estimated 65% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£33,506/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
65%
Severely stretched — most local renters need a flatmate or supplement income.
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
55% of listings
39% of listings
5% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 61% of the 768 houses currently advertised in Brighton.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,798 live listings in 7 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 Brighton, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/brighton, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Brighton
Live signal across 2,270 Brighton rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
66%
of 731 Brighton listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
45%
of 629 Brighton listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.40/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 245 live listings · October 2026Median 776 sqft across the 245 Brighton listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
593 homes came onto the Brighton rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Rugby Place, Brighton
6 bed terraced house
Caledonian Road, Brighton, BN2
2 bed flat/apartment
Shanklin Road, Brighton, BN2
6 bed terraced house
Elm Grove, Brighton, BN2
2 bed flat/apartment
Sirius 2, The Boardwalk, Brighton, BN2
5 bed terraced house
Ditchling Road, Brighton
6 bed terraced house
Brading Road, Brighton
5 bed terraced house
Bernard Road, Brighton
6 bed terraced house
Queens Park Road, Brighton
5 bed terraced house
Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2
5 bed terraced house
Park Crescent Road, Brighton
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Western Road, BN1
5 bed terraced house
5 Bed Terraced House, Blaker Street, BN2
5 bed terraced house
5 Bed Terraced House, Jersey Street, BN2
2 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Western Road, BN1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Western Road, BN1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Marine Parade, BN2
5 bed terraced house
5 Bed Terraced House, Park Street, BN2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, North Laines, BN1
6 bed terraced house
6 Bed Terraced House, Egremont Place, BN2
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Norfolk Terrace, BN1
7 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Brighton, BN2
6 bed terraced house
6 Bed End Terrace, Egremont Place, BN2
5 bed terraced house
5 Bed Terraced House, Sussex Street, BN2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Brighton. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Brighton homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 135,160 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
2.85
≈ Band B–C
Stock
135k
135,160 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
59% of Brighton premises can already get full-fibre and 85% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
59%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
85%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
458 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Brighton and Hove), July 2025, covering 135,239 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Brighton 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
45%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
55%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
124k
124,469 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Brighton and Hove. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Brighton centroid. The five closest:
Middle Street Primary School
Primary · Community school · BN1 1AL
Carlton Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · BN2 9HS
Tarnerland Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · BN2 0GR
St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · BN1 3LP
Royal Spa Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · BN2 0BT
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Brighton 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), Brighton has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 22 of 22 postcode districts analysed, the median was 42 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Brighton is Violent crime, accounting for 22% of all incidents.
Brighton 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: Anti-social behaviour (182) · pop. ~92,000
Most common: Violent crime (424) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (76) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (534) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (30) · pop. ~18,000
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 Brighton is £1,800 a month, from 2,166 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Brighton is £1,225 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 536 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Brighton is £1,700 a month, 6% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 537 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Brighton is £2,150 a month, 19% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 231 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Brighton is £3,250 a month, 81% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 721 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Brighton is £737 a month, from 104 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 2,270 rental properties available in Brighton, with 593 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Brighton has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 42 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 Brighton is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Brighton compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/brighton, updated 28 October 2026.
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