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Renting in Chesterfield

What it costs to rent in Chesterfield

Chesterfield currently has 837 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £785 a month. 64 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 52% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is S26 at around £585/mo, while NG7 sits nearer £1,392/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 Chesterfield 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.

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Market snapshot

Chesterfield rental market at a glance

837

Active rentals in Chesterfield

£785/mo

Median monthly rent

Property sites we watch

Rental prices

Rent by bedrooms in Chesterfield

Median monthly rent, based on 837 active listings across 5 property sites.

Bedrooms	Median rent	Available
1 bed	£695/mo	231
2 bed	£800/mo	331
3 bed	£1,100/mo	149
4+ bed	£1,488/mo	63
Room	£650/mo	15

Updated June 2026. Prices normalised to monthly where weekly was listed.

Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Chesterfield rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Chesterfield. Latest: £735/mo (Mar 26, +3.0% YoY).

Latest

£735

Mar 26

Annual

+3.0%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£578

Apr 21

Total change

+27%

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Chesterfield pay goes on rent?

Renters in Chesterfield spend an estimated 29% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£735/mo

£8,820/yr

Median pay

£30,621/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

29%

Very affordable — well below the 30% rent-burden threshold.

0%30% threshold80%

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.

Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Chesterfield

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

most common band

Mean band

1.95

≈ Band A–B

Stock

51k

51,050 properties

A
53%27,010
B
21%10,570
C
13%6,470
D
8%4,030
E
4%2,110
F
1%620
G
0%220
H
0%30

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 Chesterfield

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

Full fibre (FTTP)
90%
Gigabit-capable
93%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
100%

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

EPC ratings for Chesterfield homes

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

A
1%242
B
9%3,549
C
33%13,589
D
44%18,497
E
11%4,744
F
2%775
G
0%202

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

State-funded schools near Chesterfield

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

1
St Mary's Catholic Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school · S40 4ST
0.35 mi
2
Abercrombie Primary School
Primary · Community school · S41 7QE
0.46 mi
3
Brampton Primary School
Primary · Community school · S40 1DD
0.59 mi
4
Parkside Community School
Secondary · Academy converter · S40 2NS
0.61 mi
5
William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · S40 2NR
0.65 mi

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Chesterfield

Flats & apartments

243

46% of listings

Houses

262

49% of listings

Rooms

3% of listings

Bungalows

2% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 43% of the 273 houses currently advertised in Chesterfield.

Terraced
43%118
Semi-detached
30%82
Other house
17%46
Detached
6%16
Bungalow
4%11

Rent by postcode

Where Chesterfield rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 654 live listings in 23 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Chesterfield

1NG7£1,392/mo6 rentals
2M1£1,250/mo3 rentals
3S3£1,199/mo63 rentals

Cheapest in Chesterfield

1S26£585/mo4 rentals
2S10£630/mo5 rentals
3WS14£650/mo5 rentals

Features · Chesterfield

Garden, parking, and floor area in Chesterfield

Live signal across 837 Chesterfield rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

82%

of 123 Chesterfield listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

81%

of 181 Chesterfield listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Area safety

Safety in Chesterfield

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (June 2026), Chesterfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 97 of 97 postcode districts analysed, the median was 286 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Chesterfield is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

286 crimes per area (median)
97 of 97 postcode districts covered
Data: June 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of 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

Safety by suburb in Chesterfield

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for April 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Whittington has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Chesterfield.

Brampton
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (110) · pop. ~8,000
35
per 1k
Hasland
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (130) · pop. ~9,000
38
per 1k
Whittington
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (26) · pop. ~12,000
4.6
per 1k
Staveley
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (41) · pop. ~18,000
6.0
per 1k
Walton
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (39) · pop. ~6,000
13
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

Chesterfield listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Chesterfield.

Rightmove

262

PrimeLocation

237

OnTheMarket

189

OpenRent

134

SpareRoom

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Frequently asked

Renting in Chesterfield — your questions answered

What is the average rent in Chesterfield?

The median rent in Chesterfield is £785/month based on 837 active listings across 5 property portals (2026-06).

How many rental properties are available in Chesterfield?

There are currently 837 rental properties available in Chesterfield, with 64 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Chesterfield safe for renters?

Chesterfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 286 reported crimes per postcode area (June 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Chesterfield?

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

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