Renting in Coventry
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,835 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Coventry is £995 a month, from 1,835 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £650/moasking · 597 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £995/moasking · 426 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 423 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,900/moasking · 270 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £595/moasking · 104 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 Coventry by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/coventry, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Coventry
Coventry currently has 1,939 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,835 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Coventry is £995 a month, from 1,835 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 408 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 58% 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 £875 a month in CV1 (575 live listings) to £1,450 in CV7 (23 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Coventry (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.
Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Coventry 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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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Coventry, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Coventry is £650 a month, 35% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 597 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Coventry is £995 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 426 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Coventry is £1,200 a month, 21% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 423 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Coventry is £1,900 a month, 91% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 270 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Coventry is £595 a month, from 104 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 Coventry is £1,022 a month, up 2.3% 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
+2.3%
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 Coventry spend an estimated 37% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£33,063/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
37%
Affordable for most renters.
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
39% of listings
53% of listings
7% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 60% of the 761 houses currently advertised in Coventry.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,567 live listings in 8 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 Coventry, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/coventry, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Coventry
Live signal across 1,939 Coventry rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
91%
of 492 Coventry listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
89%
of 538 Coventry listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
408 homes came onto the Coventry rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Poppleton Close, Coventry CV1
4 bed detached house
Mercer Avenue, Coventry
1 bed property
Earlsdon Avenue North, Coventry, CV5
2 bed terraced house
Hockett Street, Coventry, CV3
4 bed detached house
Mercer Avenue, Coventry
3 bed property
Knighton Grove, Keresley End, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7
4 bed property
Knighton Grove, Coventry, CV7
2 bed property
Knighton Grove, Keresley End, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7
1 bed property
Spon End, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1
3 bed property
Knighton Grove, Keresley End, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7
1 bed flat/apartment
Lancers Walk, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3
4 bed property
Stoneleigh Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8
4 bed property
Wuffle Gardens, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11
3 bed property
Cornwall Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1
3 bed property
Cornwall Road, Coventry, West Midlands CV1
3 bed property
Somerly Close, Coventry CV3
3 bed property
Flat, Far Gosford Street, Coventry CV1
3 bed property
Burton Close, Coventry CV5
3 bed property
Mile Lane, Coventry CV3
6 bed property
Friars Road, Coventry CV1
6 bed property
6 bed property
Aldrin Way, Cannon Park, Coventry CV4
3 bed property
Lichfield Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry CV3
4 bed property
Pershore Place, Coventry CV4
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Coventry. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Coventry homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 152,970 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.10
≈ Band B–C
Stock
153k
152,970 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
96% of Coventry premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
96%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
489 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Coventry), July 2025, covering 146,001 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Coventry 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
45%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
55%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
147k
147,490 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Coventry. 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 Coventry centroid. The five closest:
Spon Gate Primary School
Primary · Community school · CV1 3BQ
St Osburg's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · CV1 4AP
Hearsall Community Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · CV5 6LR
Barr's Hill School
Secondary · Academy converter · CV1 4BU
Earlsdon Primary School
Primary · Community school · CV5 6FZ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Coventry 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), Coventry has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 48 of 48 postcode districts analysed, the median was 237 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Coventry is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Coventry’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 (184) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (260) · pop. ~16,000
Most common: Violent crime (75) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (85) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (69) · 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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Coventry is £995 a month, from 1,835 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Coventry is £650 a month, 35% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 597 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Coventry is £995 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 426 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Coventry is £1,200 a month, 21% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 423 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Coventry is £1,900 a month, 91% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 270 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Coventry is £595 a month, from 104 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,939 rental properties available in Coventry, with 408 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Coventry has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 237 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 Coventry is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across West Midlands
How Coventry compares with the other 22 places we track in West 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 West Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/coventry, updated 28 October 2026.
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