Renting in Crewe

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The freshest listings we picked up across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders.

38 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 3 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Brookland Avenue, CW2
    £600/moOpenRent

    3 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Brookland Avenue, CW2

    32View listing
  2. 6 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Electricity Street, CW2
    £450/moOpenRent

    6 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Electricity Street, CW2

    64View listing
  3. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in 1 Bed Flat, Lawton St, CW2
    £695/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    1 Bed Flat, Lawton St, CW2

    11View listing
  4. 6 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Alton Street, CW2
    £450/moOpenRent

    6 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Alton Street, CW2

    64View listing
  5. 4 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Edleston Road, CW2
    £400/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Edleston Road, CW2

    41View listing
  6. 5 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Hall O Shaw Street, CW1
    £400/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Hall O Shaw Street, CW1

    51View listing
  7. 4 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Ruskin Road, CW2
    £542/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Ruskin Road, CW2

    41View listing
  8. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, Westminster St, CW2
    £900/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, Westminster St, CW2

    21View listing
  9. 5 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Henry Street, CW1
    £425/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Henry Street, CW1

    51View listing
  10. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in 1 Bed Flat, Richmond Road, CW1
    £800/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    1 Bed Flat, Richmond Road, CW1

    11View listing
  11. 6 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Buxton Avenue, CW1
    £550/moOpenRent

    6 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Buxton Avenue, CW1

    63View listing
  12. 5 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Bedford Street, CW2
    £500/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Bedford Street, CW2

    53View listing
  13. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, West Street, CW1
    £750/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, West Street, CW1

    21View listing
  14. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, Minshull New Road, CW1
    £850/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, Minshull New Road, CW1

    21View listing
  15. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, Ridgway Street, CW1
    £895/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, Ridgway Street, CW1

    21View listing
  16. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Ridgway Street, Crewe, CW1
    £895/moRightmove

    2 bed terraced house

    Ridgway Street, Crewe, CW1

    21View listing
  17. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Newdigate Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1
    £825/moRightmove

    2 bed terraced house

    Newdigate Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1

    21View listing
  18. 3 bed property for rent in George Crawford Road, Crewe
    £1,300/moRightmove

    3 bed property

    George Crawford Road, Crewe

    32View listing
  19. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in Clifford Fletcher Walk, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1
    £1,250/moRightmove

    3 bed semi-detached house

    Clifford Fletcher Walk, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1

    32View listing
  20. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in Sandhurst Ave
    £1,200/moRightmove

    3 bed semi-detached house

    Sandhurst Ave

    31View listing
  21. 4 bed property for rent in Redwood Drive, Crewe, CW1
    £1,300/moRightmove

    4 bed property

    Redwood Drive, Crewe, CW1

    43View listing
  22. 4 bed property for rent in Redwood Drive, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1
    £1,300/moRightmove

    4 bed property

    Redwood Drive, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1

    4View listing
  23. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Holland Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1
    £850/moRightmove

    2 bed terraced house

    Holland Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1

    21View listing
  24. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in Badger Avenue, Crewe
    £950/moRightmove

    3 bed semi-detached house

    Badger Avenue, Crewe

    31View listing

Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Crewe. Click through to the source portal to enquire.

Renting in Crewe

What it costs to rent in Crewe

Crewe currently has 947 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £825 a month. 38 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 66% 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 CW98 sits nearer £913/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.

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Market snapshot

Crewe rental market at a glance

947

Active rentals in Crewe

£825/mo

Median monthly rent

5

Property sites we watch

Rental prices

Rent by bedrooms in Crewe

Median monthly rent, based on 947 active listings across 5 property sites.

BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
1 bed£625/mo198
2 bed£800/mo226
3 bed£1,050/mo188
4+ bed£1,300/mo184
Room£550/mo142

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

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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

B

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. 1

    Ruskin Community High School

    Secondary · Community school · CW2 7JT

    0.38 mi
  2. 2

    Brierley Primary School

    Primary · Community school · CW1 2AZ

    0.39 mi
  3. 3

    Westminster Nursery School

    Nursery · Local authority nursery school · CW2 7LJ

    0.41 mi
  4. 4

    Cheshire Studio School

    Secondary · Studio schools · CW1 2PZ

    0.42 mi
  5. 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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Crewe

Flats & apartments

187

27% of listings

Houses

360

51% of listings

Rooms

142

20% of listings

Bungalows

11

2% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 52% of the 371 houses currently advertised in Crewe.

  • Terraced
    52%194
  • Semi-detached
    25%94
  • Other house
    13%49
  • Detached
    6%23
  • Bungalow
    3%11

Rent by postcode

Where Crewe rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 464 live listings in 3 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Crewe

  1. 1CW98£913/mo14 rentals
  2. 2CW1£825/mo295 rentals
  3. 3CW2£800/mo152 rentals

Cheapest in Crewe

  1. 1CW2£800/mo152 rentals
  2. 2CW1£825/mo295 rentals
  3. 3CW98£913/mo14 rentals

Features · Crewe

Garden, parking, and floor area in Crewe

Live signal across 947 Crewe rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

73%

of 260 Crewe listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

69%

of 307 Crewe listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Area safety

Safety in Crewe

Typical Crime Level

Based on the latest police data (July 2026), Crewe has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 28 of 28 postcode districts analysed, the median was 123 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Crewe is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

  • 123 crimes per area (median)
  • 28 of 28 postcode districts covered
  • Data: July 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 May 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 (76) · pop. ~17,000

    8.5
    per 1k
  • Sandbach

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (33) · pop. ~18,000

    4.7
    per 1k
  • Haslington

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (13) · pop. ~6,000

    4.5
    per 1k
  • Wistaston

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (47) · pop. ~8,000

    12
    per 1k
  • Shavington

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (15) · pop. ~6,000

    4.2
    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
400
OpenRent
256
SpareRoom
142
OnTheMarket
130
Leaders
19

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Frequently asked

Renting in Crewe — your questions answered

What is the average rent in Crewe?

The median rent in Crewe is £825/month based on 947 active listings across 5 property portals (2026-07).

How many rental properties are available in Crewe?

There are currently 947 rental properties available in Crewe, with 38 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 123 reported crimes per postcode area (July 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 July 2026.

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