Renting in Chatham
Median asking rent · all sizes · 672 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Chatham is £1,300 a month, from 672 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,000/moasking · 179 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,300/moasking · 190 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,450/moasking · 181 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,250/moasking · 108 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 63 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 Chatham by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chatham, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Chatham
Chatham currently has 735 rental listings on the property sites we track, 672 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Chatham is £1,300 a month, from 672 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 223 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 53% 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 £1,000 a month in ME1 (9 live listings) to £1,300 in ME4 (237 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Chatham (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 Chatham, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Chatham is £1,000 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 179 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Chatham is £1,300 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 190 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Chatham is £1,450 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 181 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Chatham is £2,250 a month, 73% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 108 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Chatham is £650 a month, from 63 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 Medway is £1,235 a month, up 1.6% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Medway is the ONS area that covers Chatham. 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
+1.6%
vs a year earlier
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. How we measure this
Property types
41% of listings
47% of listings
12% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 57% of the 254 houses currently advertised in Chatham.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 328 live listings in 4 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 Chatham, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chatham, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Chatham
Live signal across 735 Chatham rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
76%
of 302 Chatham listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
68%
of 308 Chatham listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
223 homes came onto the Chatham rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Medway Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4
2 bed property
Kestrel Road, Chatham ME5
3 bed property
Herman Terrace, Chatham ME4
2 bed property
Starboard Crescent, Chatham, Kent ME4
3 bed property
Ordnance Street, Chatham ME4
3 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
6 bed room
3 bed room
6 bed room
4 bed room
5 bed house
4 bed house
1 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
6 bed room
3 bed flat/apartment
4 bed room
5 bed room
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Chatham. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
B
most common band
Mean band
2.98
≈ Band B–C
Stock
121k
120,580 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 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
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
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
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
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Chatham centroid. The five closest:
Brompton-Westbrook Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · ME7 5DQ
St John's Church of England Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · ME4 6RH
St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · ME4 6PX
New Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · ME4 5QN
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · ME4 6TJ
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Chatham has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 52 of 52 postcode districts analysed, the median was 195 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Chatham is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
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 (259) · pop. ~108,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (162) · pop. ~63,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (114) · pop. ~36,000
Most common: Violent crime (50) · pop. ~29,000
Most common: Violent crime (57) · 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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Chatham is £1,300 a month, from 672 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Chatham is £1,000 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 179 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Chatham is £1,300 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 190 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Chatham is £1,450 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 181 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Chatham is £2,250 a month, 73% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 108 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Chatham is £650 a month, from 63 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 735 rental properties available in Chatham, with 223 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Chatham has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 195 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 Chatham is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Chatham compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chatham, updated 28 October 2026.
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