Renting in Darlington
Median asking rent · all sizes · 357 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Darlington is £650 a month, from 357 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £550/moasking · 136 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £675/moasking · 154 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £825/moasking · 45 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £995/moasking · 22 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £548/moasking · 68 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 Darlington by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/darlington, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Darlington
Darlington currently has 425 rental listings on the property sites we track, 357 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Darlington is £650 a month, from 357 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 82 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 74% 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 £575 a month in DL98 (36 live listings) to £950 in DL2 (3 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Darlington (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 Darlington, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Darlington is £550 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 136 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Darlington is £675 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 154 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Darlington is £825 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Darlington is £995 a month, 53% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 22 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Darlington is £548 a month, from 68 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 Darlington is £691 a month, up 6.2% 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
+6.2%
vs a year earlier
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. How we measure this
Affordability · ONS ASHE
Renters in Darlington spend an estimated 28% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£30,100/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
28%
Very affordable — well below the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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. How we measure this
Property types
21% of listings
59% of listings
20% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 56% of the 205 houses currently advertised in Darlington.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 252 live listings in 4 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 Darlington, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/darlington, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
82 homes came onto the Darlington rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed terraced house
Harrison Terrace, Darlington
1 bed flat/apartment
Stanhope Road North, Darlington, DL3
3 bed bungalow
Teesdale Avenue, Darlington
2 bed terraced house
Cartmell Terrace, Darlington
2 bed terraced house
Mayfair Road, Darlington, Durham, DL1
2 bed terraced house
Stephenson Street, Darlington DL3
2 bed terraced house
Chelmsford Street, Darlington, DL3
2 bed house
East Mount Road, Darlington, DL1
1 bed flat/apartment
West Park Garden Village, Darlington, DL2
2 bed terraced house
Greenbank Road, Darlington, DL3
2 bed terraced house
Beaconsfield Street, Darlington DL3
2 bed bungalow
Hambleton Grove, Darlington
2 bed flat/apartment
Chilton Close, Darlington
Studio flat/apartment
Greenbank Road, Darlington, DL3
2 bed terraced house
Dundee Street, Darlington
2 bed terraced house
Kitchener Street, Darlington
2 bed semi-detached house
Kilmarnock Road, Darlington, Durham, DL1
2 bed flat/apartment
Grange House, Darlington, DL1
1 bed flat/apartment
Chesnut Street, Darlington, Durham, DL1
3 bed terraced house
Greenwell Street, Darlington, County Durham
1 bed flat/apartment
Chesnut Street, Darlington, Durham, DL1
2 bed terraced house
Beaconsfield Street, Darlington
2 bed flat/apartment
Scargill Court, Darlington DL1
4 bed terraced house
Westmoreland Street, Darlington, DL3
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
A
most common band
Mean band
2.30
≈ Band B–C
Stock
53k
53,430 properties
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
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
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
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
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
13 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Darlington centroid. The five closest:
Borough Road Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · DL1 1SG
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · DL3 7HP
Polam Hall School
All-through · Free schools · DL1 5PA
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · DL3 7AU
George Dent Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · DL3 7PY
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Darlington has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 32 of 32 postcode districts analysed, the median was 243 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Darlington is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Violent crime (70) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (42) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (183) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (90) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (3) · pop. ~3,000
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.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Darlington is £650 a month, from 357 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Darlington is £550 a month, 15% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 136 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Darlington is £675 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 154 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Darlington is £825 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Darlington is £995 a month, 53% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 22 live listings on two property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Darlington is £548 a month, from 68 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 425 rental properties available in Darlington, with 82 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Darlington has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 243 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Darlington is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North East
How Darlington compares with the other 9 places we track in North East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/darlington, updated 28 October 2026.
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