Renting in Croydon
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,582 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Croydon is £1,650 a month, from 1,582 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,400/moasking · 569 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,750/moasking · 514 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £2,300/moasking · 241 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,750/moasking · 126 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £850/moasking · 51 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 Croydon by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/croydon, updated 30 October 2026.
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Renting in Croydon
Croydon currently has 1,633 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,582 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Croydon is £1,650 a month, from 1,582 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 365 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 20% 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 £1,525 a month in CR7 (40 live listings) to £1,800 in CR2 (95 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Croydon (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 Croydon, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Croydon is £1,400 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 569 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Croydon is £1,750 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 514 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Croydon is £2,300 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 241 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Croydon is £2,750 a month, 67% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 126 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Croydon is £850 a month, from 51 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 Croydon is £1,586 a month, up 3.4% 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
+3.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+30%
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
Property types
77% of listings
19% of listings
4% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 40% of the 286 houses currently advertised in Croydon.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,108 live listings in 7 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 Croydon, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/croydon, updated 30 October 2026.
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Features · Croydon
Live signal across 1,633 Croydon rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
71%
of 576 Croydon listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
67%
of 531 Croydon listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.76/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 192 live listings · October 2026Median 646 sqft across the 192 Croydon listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
365 homes came onto the Croydon rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
Portland Road, London, SE25
1 bed flat/apartment
Edridge Road, Croydon, CR0
2 bed flat/apartment
Leon House, 233 High Street, Croydon, CR0
3 bed flat/apartment
Brighton Road, Purley, CR8
1 bed flat/apartment
Croham Road, South Croydon, CR2
1 bed flat/apartment
Shropshire Close, Mitcham, CR4
4 bed property
Coulsdon Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3
1 bed bungalow
Sandy Lane North, WALLINGTON, Surrey, SM68LA
2 bed flat/apartment
South Park Hill Road, South Croydon, CR2
2 bed flat/apartment
Warham Rd CR2
2 bed flat/apartment
Coombe Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0
2 bed flat/apartment
73a North End, CROYDON CR0
2 bed flat/apartment
Friends Road, Croydon CR0
1 bed flat/apartment
The Blossoms
1 bed flat/apartment
77a North End, CROYDON CR0
1 bed room
The Glade, Croydon CR0
2 bed terraced house
Franklin Way, Croydon, CR0
1 bed flat/apartment
Birchanger Road, Norwood, London, SE25
2 bed flat/apartment
Selsdon Road, South Croydon, CR2
1 bed room
Thornhill Road, Croydon, CR0
Studio flat/apartment
at Altura 50, 23 College Road CR0
2 bed flat/apartment
Croydon CR0
1 bed flat/apartment
at Altura 50, 23 College Road CR0
3 bed semi-detached house
Newark Road, South Croydon, CR2
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Schools · GIAS · DfE
21 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Croydon centroid. The five closest:
Saffron Valley Collegiate
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · CR0 1QH
Krishna Avanti Primary School
Primary · Free schools · CR0 4HA
St Mary's Catholic Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · CR0 2AQ
Harris Invictus Academy Croydon
Secondary · Free schools · CR0 2TB
The Minster Junior School
Primary · Academy converter · CR0 4BH
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Croydon centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Croydon is £1,650 a month, from 1,582 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Croydon is £1,400 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 569 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Croydon is £1,750 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 514 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Croydon is £2,300 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 241 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Croydon is £2,750 a month, 67% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 126 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Croydon is £850 a month, from 51 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,633 rental properties available in Croydon, with 365 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Croydon compared with the rest of Greater London — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across London boroughs, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/croydon, updated 30 October 2026.
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