Renting in Derby
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,760 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Derby before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Derby is £850 a month, from 1,760 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £650/moasking · 661 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £950/moasking · 380 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,198/moasking · 268 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,350/moasking · 229 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £561/moasking · 77 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 Derby by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/derby, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Derby
Derby currently has 1,837 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,760 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Derby is £850 a month, from 1,760 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 248 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 40% 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 £775 a month in DE24 (159 live listings) to £1,250 in DE3 (42 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Derby (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 Derby, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Derby is £650 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 661 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Derby is £950 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 380 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Derby is £1,198 a month, 41% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 268 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Derby is £1,350 a month, 59% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 229 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Derby is £561 a month, from 77 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 Derby is £871 a month, up 4.7% 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
+4.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+33%
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 Derby spend an estimated 34% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£30,467/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
34%
Affordable for most renters.
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
56% of listings
38% of listings
6% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 36% of the 500 houses currently advertised in Derby.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,345 live listings in 8 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 Derby, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/derby, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Derby
Live signal across 1,837 Derby rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
78%
of 403 Derby listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
81%
of 548 Derby listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
248 homes came onto the Derby rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
Duffield Road, Derby, DE22
4 bed house
Cherwell Drive, Mickleover, DE3
1 bed flat/apartment
Cathedral View, Full Street, Derby, DE1
3 bed house
Borrowfield Road, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21
1 bed flat/apartment
Archer Street, Derby, DE24
2 bed house
Cranhill Close, Littleover, Derby, DE23
2 bed bungalow
Marchington Close, Allestree, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22
1 bed property
Erasmus Drive, Derby, Derbyshire DE1
4 bed property
3 bed property
Manchester Street, Derby DE22
1 bed property
Goodwin Close, Derby DE1
1 bed property
Room 6, Sadler Gate DE1
1 bed property
Connaught Road, Derby DE22
1 bed property
Brighton Road, Alvaston DE24
1 bed property
Room 5, Macklin Street DE1
1 bed flat/apartment
St. Chads Road, Derby DE23
2 bed semi-detached house
Ellesmere Avenue, Derby, DE24
3 bed semi-detached house
Borrowfield Road, Spondon, Derby, DE21
1 bed flat/apartment
Archer Street, Derby, DE24
2 bed flat/apartment
Fox House, Derby, DE1
2 bed terraced house
Radbourne Street, Derby, DE22
3 bed flat/apartment
Manchester Street, DERBY, DE22
3 bed semi-detached house
Crawley Way, Derby, DE73
3 bed detached house
Church Mews, Derby, DE21
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Derby. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Derby homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 114,040 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.04
≈ Band B–C
Stock
114k
114,040 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
87% of Derby premises can already get full-fibre and 98% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
87%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
98%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
492 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Derby), July 2025, covering 115,426 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
40% of Derby 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
40%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
60%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
96k
96,381 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Derby. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
20 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Derby centroid. The five closest:
Landau Forte College
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · DE1 2LF
Castle School
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · DE1 3TQ
Becket Primary School
Primary · Community school · DE22 3QB
Castleward Spencer Academy
Primary · Free schools · DE1 2RJ
Bridge Street School
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · DE1 3LB
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Derby 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), Derby has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 40 of 40 postcode districts analysed, the median was 212 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Derby is Violent crime, accounting for 23% of all incidents.
Derby’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 (138) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~22,000
Most common: Violent crime (21) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (259) · pop. ~17,000
Most common: Violent crime (203) · pop. ~20,000
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 Derby is £850 a month, from 1,760 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Derby is £650 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 661 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Derby is £950 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 380 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Derby is £1,198 a month, 41% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 268 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Derby is £1,350 a month, 59% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 229 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Derby is £561 a month, from 77 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,837 rental properties available in Derby, with 248 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Derby has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 212 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Derby is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East Midlands
How Derby compares with the other 14 places we track in East Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/derby, updated 28 October 2026.
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