Renting in Crewe

Average Rent in Crewe: £825/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,399 live Crewe listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£825 /month

1,399 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Crewe by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£600/mo	11
1 bed	£600/mo	300
2 bed	£800/mo	360
3 bed	£1,050/mo	288
4+ bed	£1,150/mo	234
Room (house share)	£550/mo	206

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Crewe

What it costs to rent in Crewe

Crewe currently has 1,399 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £825 a month. 65 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 68% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is CW2 at around £800/mo, while CW5 sits nearer £1,025/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 Crewe 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.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Crewe by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,399 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Crewe

£600/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Crewe is £600 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 11 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Crewe

£600/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Crewe is £600 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 300 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Crewe

£800/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Crewe is £800 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 360 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Crewe

£1,050/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Crewe is £1,050 a month, 27% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 288 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Crewe

£1,150/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Crewe is £1,150 a month, 39% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 234 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Crewe

£550/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Crewe house share is £550 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 206 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Cheshire East rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Cheshire East, the ONS area that covers Crewe. Latest: £984/mo (Jul 26, +6.3% YoY).

Latest

£984

Jul 26

Annual

+6.3%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£730

Aug 21

Total change

+35%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Crewe

Flats & apartments

277

26% of listings

Houses

587

54% of listings

Rooms

206

19% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 49% of the 602 houses currently advertised in Crewe.

Terraced
49%293
Semi-detached
24%145
Other house
18%107
Detached
7%42
Bungalow
2%15

Rent by postcode

Where Crewe rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 774 live listings in 4 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Crewe

1CW5£1,025/mo4 rentals
2CW98£838/mo38 rentals
3CW1£825/mo478 rentals

Cheapest in Crewe

1CW2£800/mo252 rentals
2CW1£825/mo478 rentals
3CW98£838/mo38 rentals

Features · Crewe

Garden, parking, and floor area in Crewe

Live signal across 1,399 Crewe rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

75%

of 364 Crewe listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

70%

of 421 Crewe listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Crewe this week

65 homes came onto the Crewe rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Crewe

Most Crewe homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 188,880 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

3.42

≈ Band C–D

Stock

189k

188,880 properties

A
17%31,530
B
21%38,910
C
20%37,110
D
15%27,950
E
12%23,110
F
8%15,270
G
7%13,020
H
1%1,980

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 Crewe

78% of Crewe premises can already get full-fibre and 84% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

78%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

84%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

97%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

444 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
78%
Gigabit-capable
84%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
97%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Cheshire East), July 2025, covering 189,260 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Crewe homes

46% of Crewe 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

155k

154,951 EPCs

A
1%1,356
B
17%26,506
C
28%43,565
D
37%58,045
E
12%18,753
F
3%5,058
G
1%1,668

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Cheshire East. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Crewe

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

1
Ruskin Community High School
Secondary · Community school · CW2 7JT
0.38 mi
2
Brierley Primary School
Primary · Community school · CW1 2AZ
0.39 mi
3
Westminster Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · CW2 7LJ
0.41 mi
4
Cheshire Studio School
Secondary · Studio schools · CW1 2PZ
0.42 mi
5
Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
Secondary · University technical college · CW1 2PZ
0.42 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Crewe centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Crewe

Typical Crime Level

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Crewe has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 28 of 28 postcode districts analysed, the median was 129 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Crewe is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

129 crimes per area (median)
28 of 28 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Crewe’s figures sit in line with the national picture. Safety varies by street as much as by city — every Dwellio alert includes the area’s data to help.

Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Crewe

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

Shavington has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Crewe.

Nantwich
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (50) · pop. ~17,000
7.8
per 1k
Sandbach
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (41) · pop. ~18,000
5.4
per 1k
Haslington
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (13) · pop. ~6,000
5.3
per 1k
Wistaston
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (40) · pop. ~8,000
11
per 1k
Shavington
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (9) · pop. ~6,000
3.8
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

Crewe listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Crewe.

Rightmove

576

OpenRent

311

OnTheMarket

272

SpareRoom

206

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Crewe — your questions answered

How much is rent in Crewe?

The average (median) asking rent in Crewe is £825 a month — a 1-bed is £600 and a 2-bed £800, based on 1,399 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Crewe?

The median asking rent for a studio in Crewe is £600 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 11 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Crewe?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Crewe is £600 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 300 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Crewe?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Crewe is £800 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 360 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Crewe?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Crewe is £1,050 a month, 27% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 288 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Crewe?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Crewe is £1,150 a month, 39% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 234 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Crewe?

The median asking rent for a room in a Crewe house share is £550 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 206 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Crewe?

There are currently 1,399 rental properties available in Crewe, with 65 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Crewe safe for renters?

Crewe has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 129 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Crewe?

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

Across North West

Average rent across North West

How Crewe compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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