Renting in Bristol
Median asking rent · all sizes · 2,408 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bristol is £1,700 a month, from 2,408 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,200/moasking · 624 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,550/moasking · 569 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,985/moasking · 330 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £3,750/moasking · 770 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £750/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 Bristol by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bristol, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Bristol
Bristol currently has 2,512 rental listings on the property sites we track, 2,408 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bristol is £1,700 a month, from 2,408 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 844 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 36% 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 £1,175 a month in BS15 (58 live listings) to £2,400 in BS7 (241 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Bristol (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 Bristol, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bristol is £1,200 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 624 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bristol is £1,550 a month, 9% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 569 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bristol is £1,985 a month, 17% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 330 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bristol is £3,750 a month, 121% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 770 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bristol is £750 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 Bristol is £1,893 a month, up 5.7% 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
+5.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+34%
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 Bristol spend an estimated 67% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£34,051/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
67%
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
60% of listings
35% of listings
5% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 39% of the 745 houses currently advertised in Bristol.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,771 live listings in 21 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 Bristol, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bristol, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Bristol
Live signal across 2,512 Bristol rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
78%
of 831 Bristol listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
72%
of 841 Bristol listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.28/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 253 live listings · October 2026Median 765 sqft across the 253 Bristol listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
844 homes came onto the Bristol rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
6 bed terraced house
Henry Shute Road, Bristol BS16
2 bed flat/apartment
Foye House Bridge Road Leigh Woods, Bristol, BS8
2 bed flat/apartment
Bishops Court Knoll Hill Sneyd Park, Bristol, BS9
6 bed terraced house
Great Copsie Way, Bristol BS16
2 bed flat/apartment
Avonmouth Road, Bristol, BS11
1 bed room
Callington Road, Bristol, BS4
1 bed room
Gloucester Road, BRISTOL, BS7
2 bed flat/apartment
Cromwell Road, Bristol BS6
6 bed property
Gloucester Road North, Bristol BS34
2 bed property
Bristol City Centre, Bristol BS1
2 bed property
Austin House, Bristol BS6
1 bed property
North Street, Bristol BS3
Studio property
Unity Street, St. Philips, Bristol BS2
3 bed property
Cheviot Way, Bristol BS30
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed flat/apartment
3 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Bristol. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Bristol homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 211,550 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
2.43
≈ Band B–C
Stock
212k
211,550 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
81% of Bristol premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
81%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
478 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Bristol, City of), July 2025, covering 203,079 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
46% of Bristol 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
46%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
54%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
177k
176,587 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Bristol, City of. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
19 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Bristol centroid. The five closest:
Hannah More Primary School
Primary · Community school · BS2 0LT
Rosemary Nursery School and Children's Centre
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · BS2 0DT
St Pauls Nursery School & Children's Centre
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · BS2 9JF
St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · BS5 0TJ
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · BS1 6RT
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Bristol 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), Bristol has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 41 of 41 postcode districts analysed, the median was 138 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Bristol is Violent crime, accounting for 78% of all incidents.
Bristol’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 (83) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (80) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (346) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (471) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (343) · pop. ~11,000
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 Bristol is £1,700 a month, from 2,408 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bristol is £1,200 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 624 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bristol is £1,550 a month, 9% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 569 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bristol is £1,985 a month, 17% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 330 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bristol is £3,750 a month, 121% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 770 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bristol is £750 a month, from 104 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 2,512 rental properties available in Bristol, with 844 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Bristol has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 138 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 Bristol is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South West
How Bristol compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bristol, updated 28 October 2026.
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