Renting in Chatham

Average Rent in Chatham: £1,300/mo

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Median asking rent across 3,275 live Chatham 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

£1,300 /month

3,275 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Chatham by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£750/mo	63
1 bed	£975/mo	771
2 bed	£1,300/mo	878
3 bed	£1,450/mo	751
4+ bed	£2,000/mo	576
Room (house share)	£650/mo	236

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Chatham

What it costs to rent in Chatham

Chatham currently has 3,275 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,300 a month. 154 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 53% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is ME16 at around £900/mo, while ME9 sits nearer £2,000/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.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Chatham around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Chatham by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 3,275 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Chatham

£750/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Chatham is £750 a month, 42% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 63 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Chatham

£975/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Chatham is £975 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 771 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,300/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Chatham is £1,300 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 878 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Chatham

£1,450/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Chatham is £1,450 a month, 12% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 751 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Chatham

£2,000/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Chatham is £2,000 a month, 54% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 576 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Chatham

£650/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Chatham house share is £650 a month, 50% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 236 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 Medway rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Medway, the ONS area that covers Chatham. Latest: £1,236/mo (Jul 26, +2.5% YoY).

Latest

£1,236

Jul 26

Annual

+2.5%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£906

Aug 21

Total change

+36%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Chatham

Flats & apartments

913

41% of listings

Houses

1044

47% of listings

Rooms

236

11% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 64% of the 1,061 houses currently advertised in Chatham.

Terraced
64%680
Other house
18%191
Semi-detached
12%123
Detached
5%53
Bungalow
1%14

Rent by postcode

Where Chatham rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 2,059 live listings in 14 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Chatham

1ME9£2,000/mo11 rentals
2ME20£1,600/mo7 rentals
3ME6£1,500/mo4 rentals

Cheapest in Chatham

1ME16£900/mo7 rentals
2ME15£1,025/mo18 rentals
3ME10£1,100/mo8 rentals

Features · Chatham

Garden, parking, and floor area in Chatham

Live signal across 3,275 Chatham rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

79%

of 948 Chatham listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

70%

of 1,027 Chatham listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Chatham this week

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

154 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Chatham

Most Chatham homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 120,580 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.98

≈ Band B–C

Stock

121k

120,580 properties

A
9%11,370
B
32%38,780
C
29%35,320
D
16%19,120
E
8%10,060
F
4%4,330
G
1%1,540
H
0%60

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 Chatham

81% of Chatham premises can already get full-fibre and 92% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

81%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

92%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

475 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
81%
Gigabit-capable
92%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Medway), July 2025, covering 120,501 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Chatham homes

48% of Chatham 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

48%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

52%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

101k

100,582 EPCs

A
0%163
B
11%10,903
C
37%36,733
D
39%39,619
E
11%10,762
F
2%1,807
G
1%595

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Chatham

12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Chatham centroid. The five closest:

1
Brompton-Westbrook Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · ME7 5DQ
0.35 mi
2
St John's Church of England Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · ME4 6RH
0.50 mi
3
St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · ME4 6PX
0.50 mi
4
New Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · ME4 5QN
0.51 mi
5
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · ME4 6TJ
0.55 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Chatham centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Chatham

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Chatham has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 52 of 52 postcode districts analysed, the median was 178 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Chatham is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

178 crimes per area (median)
52 of 52 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Chatham’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

Safety by suburb in Chatham

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.

Rainham has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Chatham.

Gillingham
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (280) · pop. ~108,000
6.6
per 1k
Rochester
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (164) · pop. ~63,000
8.7
per 1k
Strood
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (114) · pop. ~36,000
9.3
per 1k
Rainham
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~29,000
5.2
per 1k
Walderslade
Higher crime
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (65) · pop. ~14,000
12
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

Chatham listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Chatham.

OpenRent

1295

Rightmove

838

OnTheMarket

512

PrimeLocation

394

SpareRoom

236

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Frequently asked

Renting in Chatham — your questions answered

How much is rent in Chatham?

The average (median) asking rent in Chatham is £1,300 a month — a 1-bed is £975 and a 2-bed £1,300, based on 3,275 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Chatham?

The median asking rent for a studio in Chatham is £750 a month, 42% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 63 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Chatham is £975 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 771 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Chatham is £1,300 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 878 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Chatham is £1,450 a month, 12% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 751 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Chatham is £2,000 a month, 54% above the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 576 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Chatham?

The median asking rent for a room in a Chatham house share is £650 a month, 50% below the city-wide median of £1,300, based on 236 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Chatham?

There are currently 3,275 rental properties available in Chatham, with 154 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Chatham safe for renters?

Chatham has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 178 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Chatham?

The most commonly reported crime category in Chatham is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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