Renting in Chesterfield
Median asking rent · all sizes · 279 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Chesterfield is £795 a month, from 279 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £638/moasking · 91 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £800/moasking · 94 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,000/moasking · 45 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,250/moasking · 43 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 Chesterfield by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chesterfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Chesterfield
Chesterfield currently has 287 rental listings on the property sites we track, 279 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Chesterfield is £795 a month, from 279 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 44 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 61% 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 £638 a month in S49 (26 live listings) to £875 in S42 (11 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Chesterfield (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 Chesterfield, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Chesterfield is £638 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 91 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Chesterfield is £800 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 94 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Chesterfield is £1,000 a month, 26% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Chesterfield is £1,250 a month, 57% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 43 live listings on four 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 Chesterfield is £760 a month, up 3.4% 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
+3.4%
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 Chesterfield spend an estimated 30% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£30,621/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
30%
Very affordable — well below the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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
36% of listings
57% of listings
4% of listings
3% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 37% of the 116 houses currently advertised in Chesterfield.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 190 live listings in 6 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 Chesterfield, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chesterfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Chesterfield
Live signal across 287 Chesterfield rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
85%
of 92 Chesterfield listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
81%
of 117 Chesterfield listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
44 homes came onto the Chesterfield rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Foljambe Road, Chesterfield S40
2 bed property
Beehive Road, Chesterfield S40
3 bed property
Birdholme Crescent, Chesterfield S40
2 bed semi-detached house
Muirfield Close, Chesterfield, S41
2 bed terraced house
Foljambe Road, Chesterfield S40
1 bed room
Top Road, Chesterfield, S44
1 bed flat/apartment
Holymoor Road, Holymoorside, Chesterfield
2 bed terraced house
Beehive Road, Chesterfield, S40
2 bed terraced house
Holland Road, Old Whittington
2 bed semi-detached house
St. Augustines Mount, Chesterfield
1 bed flat/apartment
91 Newbold Road, Chesterfield S41
1 bed terraced house
Cross Street, Chesterfield
1 bed flat/apartment
Malson Way, Chesterfield S41
3 bed semi-detached house
Woodview Close, Chesterfield S42
1 bed flat/apartment
Beetwell Street South Place, Chesterfield, S40
1 bed property
Archdale Close, Chesterfield S40
1 bed property
Neales Way, Chesterfield, S42
1 bed flat/apartment
Nelson Street, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8RP
1 bed property
Neales Way, Chesterfield, S42
3 bed house
Old Hall Road, Chesterfield, S40
2 bed flat/apartment
Cross Street, Chesterfield
1 bed flat/apartment
91 Newbold Road, Newbold, S41
3 bed semi-detached house
Walton Drive, Chesterfield, S40
2 bed flat/apartment
Moorcroft House, Archdale Close, Chesterfield, S40
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Chesterfield. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Chesterfield homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 51,050 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.95
≈ Band A–B
Stock
51k
51,050 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
90% of Chesterfield premises can already get full-fibre and 93% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
90%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
93%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
476 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Chesterfield), July 2025, covering 51,102 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
42% of Chesterfield 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
42%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
58%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
42k
41,598 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Chesterfield. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
7 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Chesterfield centroid. The five closest:
St Mary's Catholic Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school · S40 4ST
Abercrombie Primary School
Primary · Community school · S41 7QE
Brampton Primary School
Primary · Community school · S40 1DD
Parkside Community School
Secondary · Academy converter · S40 2NS
William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · S40 2NR
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Chesterfield 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), Chesterfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 97 of 97 postcode districts analysed, the median was 303 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Chesterfield is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Chesterfield’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 (119) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (152) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (19) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (43) · pop. ~18,000
Most common: Violent crime (58) · pop. ~6,000
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 Chesterfield is £795 a month, from 279 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Chesterfield is £638 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 91 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Chesterfield is £800 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 94 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Chesterfield is £1,000 a month, 26% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Chesterfield is £1,250 a month, 57% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 43 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 287 rental properties available in Chesterfield, with 44 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Chesterfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 303 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 Chesterfield is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East Midlands
How Chesterfield compares with the other 14 places we track in East Midlands — 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 East Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chesterfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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