Renting in Croydon
Average Rent in Croydon
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The average rent in Croydon is £1,650/mo, with 1,156 live listings across 4 portals from £450/mo. Compare rents by bedroom and area below — and get alerted the moment a new Croydon rental appears.
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Latest rentals in Croydon
The freshest listings we picked up across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders.
£1,400/moLeaders3 bed house
Ennerdale Close, Felixstowe, IP11
31View listing- £1,800/moOpenRent
2 bed flat/apartment
21View listing - £795/moOpenRent
2 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Alderton Road, CR0
21View listing - £1,450/moOpenRent
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Croydon Grove, CR0
11View listing - £1,750/moOpenRent
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Fleetwood Close, CR0
22View listing - £750/moOpenRent
1 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, St Peters Road, CR0
11View listing - £460/moOpenRent
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Elmwood Road, CR0
42View listing - £875/moOpenRent
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Elmwood Road, CR0
42View listing - £2,200/moOpenRent
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Lower Addiscombe Road, CR0
11View listing - £1,650/moOpenRent
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Elmwood Road, CR0
21View listing - £1,650/moOpenRent
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Chestnut Court, CR2
22View listing - £1,850/moOpenRent
3 bed house
31View listing - £800/moOpenRent
3 bed room
31View listing - £1,000/moOpenRent
1 bed flat/apartment
11View listing - £1,735/moOpenRent
2 bed flat/apartment
22View listing - £625/moOpenRent
6 bed terraced house
6 Bed Terraced House, Selhurst New Road, SE25
62View listing - £3,000/moOpenRent
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Gloucester Road, CR0
31View listing - £2,200/moOpenRent
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Spencer Road, CR2
11View listing - £965/moOpenRent
8 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Bensham Lane, CR7
88View listing - £1,800/moOpenRent
3 bed flat/apartment
3 Bed Flat, Ashburton Road, CR0
31View listing - £500/moOpenRent
1 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Croham Road, CR2
11View listing - £800/moOpenRent
2 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Harry Close, CR0
22View listing - £550/moOpenRent
3 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Midhurst Avenue, CR0
32View listing - £2,600/moOpenRent
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Chichele Gardens, CR0
32View listing
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Croydon. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
Renting in Croydon
What it costs to rent in Croydon
Croydon currently has 1,156 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,650 a month. 284 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 20% are houses and the rest are flats.
Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is CR7 at around £1,100/mo, while CR4 sits nearer £2,075/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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Active rentals in Croydon
Median monthly rent
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Rental prices
Rent by bedrooms in Croydon
Median monthly rent, based on 1,156 active listings across 4 property sites.
| Bedrooms | Median rent | Available |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | £1,400/mo | 372 |
| 2 bed | £1,750/mo | 366 |
| 3 bed | £2,250/mo | 163 |
| 4+ bed | £2,750/mo | 109 |
Updated August 2026. Prices normalised to monthly where weekly was listed.
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Property types
What’s on offer in Croydon
Flats & apartments
79980% of listings
Houses
20220% of listings
Bungalows
40% of listings
Property mix · houses
Houses to rent in Croydon — what's on the market
Terraced houses make up 48% of the 206 houses currently advertised in Croydon.
- Terraced48%99
- Other house25%51
- Semi-detached17%36
- Detached8%16
- Bungalow2%4
Rent by postcode
Where Croydon rent is highest and lowest
Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 957 live listings in 9 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.
Most expensive in Croydon
- 1CR4£2,075/mo4 rentals
- 2CR9£1,750/mo87 rentals
- 3CR8£1,750/mo12 rentals
Cheapest in Croydon
- 1CR7£1,100/mo122 rentals
- 2CR0£1,625/mo495 rentals
- 3CR90£1,625/mo38 rentals
Features · Croydon
Garden, parking, and floor area in Croydon
Live signal across 1,156 Croydon rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
70%
of 551 Croydon listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
64%
of 544 Croydon listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area · £/sqft
£2.78 /sqft
Median 635 sqft across 159 Croydon listings that publish floor area.
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Renting in Croydon — your questions answered
What is the average rent in Croydon?
The median rent in Croydon is £1650/month based on 1156 active listings across 4 property portals (2026-08).
How many rental properties are available in Croydon?
There are currently 1156 rental properties available in Croydon, with 284 new listings added in the last 7 days.
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