Renting in Edinburgh

Average Rent in Edinburgh

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The average rent in Edinburgh is £1,440/mo, with 8,871 live listings across 5 portals from £400/mo. Compare rents by bedroom and area below — and get alerted the moment a new Edinburgh rental appears.

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Renting in Edinburgh

What it costs to rent in Edinburgh

Edinburgh currently has 8,871 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,440 a month. 513 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 5% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is EH48 at around £180/mo, while EH16 5BY sits nearer £3,400/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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Market snapshot

Edinburgh rental market at a glance

8,871

Active rentals in Edinburgh

£1,440/mo

Median monthly rent

Property sites we watch

Rental prices

Rent by bedrooms in Edinburgh

Median monthly rent, based on 8,871 active listings across 5 property sites.

Bedrooms	Median rent	Available
1 bed	£1,100/mo	1929
2 bed	£1,450/mo	3305
3 bed	£2,140/mo	1412
4+ bed	£3,200/mo	1045
Room	£700/mo	772

Updated July 2026. Prices normalised to monthly where weekly was listed.

Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Edinburgh rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Edinburgh. Latest: £723/mo (Mar 26, +3.6% YoY).

Latest

£723

Mar 26

Annual

+3.6%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£612

Apr 21

Total change

+18%

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.

Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations

Broadband coverage across Edinburgh

83% of Edinburgh premises can already get full-fibre and 93% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

83%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

93%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

477 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
83%
Gigabit-capable
93%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (City of Edinburgh), July 2025, covering 272,499 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Property types

What’s on offer in Edinburgh

Flats & apartments

6741

86% of listings

Houses

338

4% of listings

Rooms

772

10% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 43% of the 347 houses currently advertised in Edinburgh.

Terraced
43%149
Semi-detached
27%95
Detached
16%55
Other house
11%39
Bungalow
3%9

Rent by postcode

Where Edinburgh rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 7,923 live listings in 83 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Edinburgh

1EH16 5BY£3,400/mo3 rentals
2EH9 1HS£3,200/mo3 rentals
3EH9 1HD£3,150/mo3 rentals

Cheapest in Edinburgh

1EH48£180/mo3 rentals
2EH12 7AU£545/mo3 rentals
3EH47£550/mo3 rentals

Features · Edinburgh

Garden, parking, and floor area in Edinburgh

Live signal across 8,871 Edinburgh rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

76%

of 1,371 Edinburgh listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

82%

of 2,054 Edinburgh listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Area safety

Safety in Edinburgh

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (July 2026), Edinburgh has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 52 of 52 postcode districts analysed, the median was 0 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Edinburgh is Anti-social behaviour.

Crime overview

0 crimes per area (median)
52 of 52 postcode districts covered
Data: July 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0 incidents recorded

Edinburgh ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.

Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Edinburgh

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for May 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Leith has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Edinburgh.

Leith
No data available this month · pop. ~37,000
0.0
per 1k
Morningside
No data available this month · pop. ~12,000
0.0
per 1k
Stockbridge
No data available this month · pop. ~8,000
0.0
per 1k
Marchmont
No data available this month · pop. ~9,000
0.0
per 1k
Portobello
No data available this month · pop. ~11,000
0.0
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

Edinburgh listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Edinburgh.

Rightmove

5908

OpenRent

1322

SpareRoom

772

PrimeLocation

502

OnTheMarket

367

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Frequently asked

Renting in Edinburgh — your questions answered

What is the average rent in Edinburgh?

The median rent in Edinburgh is £1440/month based on 8871 active listings across 5 property portals (2026-07).

How many rental properties are available in Edinburgh?

There are currently 8871 rental properties available in Edinburgh, with 513 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Edinburgh safe for renters?

Edinburgh has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 0 reported crimes per postcode area (July 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Edinburgh?

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

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