Renting in Darlington

Average Rent in Darlington: £675/mo

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Median asking rent across 2,147 live Darlington 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

£675 /month

2,147 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Darlington by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£563/mo	17
1 bed	£550/mo	413
2 bed	£650/mo	956
3 bed	£815/mo	388
4+ bed	£850/mo	190
Room (house share)	£525/mo	183

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 12 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Darlington

What it costs to rent in Darlington

Darlington currently has 2,147 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £675 a month. 31 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 72% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is DL4 at around £563/mo, while DL11 sits nearer £995/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 Darlington 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 Darlington by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 2,147 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Darlington

£563/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Darlington is £563 a month, 17% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 17 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Darlington

£550/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Darlington is £550 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 413 listings currently on the market.

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

£650/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Darlington is £650 a month, 4% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 956 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Darlington

£815/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Darlington is £815 a month, 21% above the city-wide median of £675, based on 388 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Darlington

£850/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Darlington is £850 a month, 26% above the city-wide median of £675, based on 190 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Darlington

£525/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Darlington house share is £525 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 183 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 Darlington rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Darlington. Latest: £686/mo (Jul 26, +6.2% YoY).

Latest

£686

Jul 26

Annual

+6.2%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£507

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Darlington pay goes on rent?

Renters in Darlington spend an estimated 27% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£686/mo

£8,232/yr

Median pay

£30,100/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

27%

Very affordable — well below the 30% rent-burden threshold.

0%30% threshold80%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Darlington

Flats & apartments

422

25% of listings

Houses

1103

64% of listings

Rooms

183

11% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 59% of the 1,117 houses currently advertised in Darlington.

Terraced
59%657
Other house
24%272
Semi-detached
14%152
Detached
2%22
Bungalow
1%14

Rent by postcode

Where Darlington rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,205 live listings in 13 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Darlington

1DL11£995/mo5 rentals
2DL7£775/mo4 rentals
3DL2£750/mo43 rentals

Cheapest in Darlington

1DL4£563/mo4 rentals
2DL98£595/mo56 rentals
3DL14£595/mo16 rentals

Features · Darlington

Garden, parking, and floor area in Darlington

Live signal across 2,147 Darlington rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

74%

of 262 Darlington listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

78%

of 306 Darlington listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Darlington this week

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

31 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Darlington

Most Darlington homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 53,430 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.30

≈ Band B–C

Stock

53k

53,430 properties

A
43%23,120
B
21%11,110
C
14%7,720
D
11%5,860
E
7%3,510
F
3%1,390
G
1%680
H
0%50

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 Darlington

79% of Darlington premises can already get full-fibre and 94% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

79%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

94%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

98%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

476 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
79%
Gigabit-capable
94%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
98%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Darlington), July 2025, covering 53,392 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Darlington homes

43% of Darlington 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

43%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

57%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

46k

46,350 EPCs

A
1%331
B
12%5,603
C
30%13,808
D
39%17,908
E
15%6,853
F
3%1,437
G
1%410

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Darlington

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

1
Borough Road Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · DL1 1SG
0.27 mi
2
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · DL3 7HP
0.41 mi
3
Polam Hall School
All-through · Free schools · DL1 5PA
0.43 mi
4
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · DL3 7AU
0.50 mi
5
George Dent Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · DL3 7PY
0.56 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Darlington

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Darlington has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 32 of 32 postcode districts analysed, the median was 227 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Darlington is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

227 crimes per area (median)
32 of 32 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Darlington’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

Safety by suburb in Darlington

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.

Heighington has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Darlington.

Cockerton
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (81) · pop. ~10,000
25
per 1k
Mowden
Safer area
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (42) · pop. ~8,000
17
per 1k
Eastbourne
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (206) · pop. ~8,000
90
per 1k
Haughton
Higher crime
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (103) · pop. ~9,000
38
per 1k
Heighington
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (15) · pop. ~3,000
7.7
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

Darlington listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Darlington.

Rightmove

938

OnTheMarket

527

OpenRent

335

SpareRoom

183

PrimeLocation

164

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Frequently asked

Renting in Darlington — your questions answered

How much is rent in Darlington?

The average (median) asking rent in Darlington is £675 a month — a 1-bed is £550 and a 2-bed £650, based on 2,147 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Darlington?

The median asking rent for a studio in Darlington is £563 a month, 17% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 17 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Darlington is £550 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 413 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Darlington is £650 a month, 4% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 956 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Darlington is £815 a month, 21% above the city-wide median of £675, based on 388 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Darlington is £850 a month, 26% above the city-wide median of £675, based on 190 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Darlington?

The median asking rent for a room in a Darlington house share is £525 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £675, based on 183 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Darlington?

There are currently 2,147 rental properties available in Darlington, with 31 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Darlington safe for renters?

Darlington has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 227 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 Darlington?

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

Across North East

Average rent across North East

How Darlington compares with the other 9 places we track in North East — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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