Renting in Chichester
Median asking rent · all sizes · 206 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Chichester is £1,450 a month, from 206 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,100/moasking · 55 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,350/moasking · 70 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,600/moasking · 33 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,580/moasking · 48 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £700/moasking · 58 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 Chichester by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chichester, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Chichester
Chichester currently has 264 rental listings on the property sites we track, 206 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Chichester is £1,450 a month, from 206 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 36 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 49% 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 £1,475 a month in PO19 (125 live listings) to £2,250 in PO18 (7 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Chichester (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 Chichester, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Chichester is £1,100 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 55 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Chichester is £1,350 a month, 7% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Chichester is £1,600 a month, 10% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 33 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Chichester is £2,580 a month, 78% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Chichester is £700 a month, from 58 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 Chichester is £1,340 a month, up 3.5% 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
+3.5%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+32%
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 Chichester spend an estimated 56% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£28,585/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
56%
Expensive — half of local median pay before tax.
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
35% of listings
29% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 38% of the 69 houses currently advertised in Chichester.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 158 live listings in 3 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 Chichester, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/chichester, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Chichester
Live signal across 264 Chichester 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 74 Chichester listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
90%
of 77 Chichester listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
36 homes came onto the Chichester rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
Mayfair Court, 21 Parchment Street, Chichester, PO19
6 bed terraced house
6 Bed Terraced House, Bostock Road, PO19
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed End Terrace, Harvester Close, PO19
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Lyndhurst Road, PO19
1 bed room
Oving Road, Chichester
6 bed house
St James Road, Chichester
6 bed terraced house
Bostock Road, Chichester, PO19
2 bed semi-detached house
Lyndhurst Road, Chichester, PO19
2 bed flat/apartment
The Woolstaplers, Chichester
3 bed flat/apartment
Shippam Street, Chichester, PO19
2 bed flat/apartment
Somerstown, Chichester
1 bed flat/apartment
Mayfair Court, 21 Parchment Street, Chichester, PO19
1 bed flat/apartment
Cherry Orchard Road Chichester PO19
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bedroom First Floor Flat in Fishbourne
3 bed terraced house
Little London, Chichester, PO19
1 bed flat/apartment
Cooper Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19
3 bed terraced house
Little London, Chichester, PO19
1 bed property
Bradshaw Road, Chichester
1 bed property
Spitalfield Lane, Chichester, PO19
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bedroom First Floor Flat in Fishbourne
1 bed flat/apartment
Cherry Orchard Road Chichester PO19
2 bed flat/apartment
Somerstown, Chichester
1 bed property
Harington Lodge, Chichester
6 bed terraced house
Bostock Road, Chichester, PO19
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Chichester. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Chichester homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band D–E across 61,000 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
4.12
≈ Band D–E
Stock
61k
61,000 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
67% of Chichester premises can already get full-fibre and 67% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
67%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
67%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
96%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
386 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Chichester), July 2025, covering 60,095 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
46% of Chichester 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
50k
50,488 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Chichester. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Chichester centroid. The five closest:
St. Joseph's CofE Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · PO19 1DQ
St. Joseph's Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · PO19 1DQ
St Richard's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · PO19 1XB
Parklands Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · PO19 3AG
Chichester High School
Secondary · Academy converter · PO19 8EB
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Chichester 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), Chichester has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 25 of 25 postcode districts analysed, the median was 145 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Chichester is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Chichester’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: Anti-social behaviour (6) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (43) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (125) · pop. ~3,000
Most common: Violent crime (9) · pop. ~2,500
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (97) · pop. ~3,000
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 Chichester is £1,450 a month, from 206 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Chichester is £1,100 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 55 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Chichester is £1,350 a month, 7% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Chichester is £1,600 a month, 10% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 33 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Chichester is £2,580 a month, 78% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Chichester is £700 a month, from 58 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 264 rental properties available in Chichester, with 36 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Chichester has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 145 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 Chichester is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Chichester 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/chichester, updated 28 October 2026.
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