Renting in Exeter

Average Rent in Exeter

Rent in Exeter before the rush.

The average rent in Exeter is £1,224/mo, with 2,778 live listings across 4 portals from £400/mo. Compare rents by bedroom and area below — and get alerted the moment a new Exeter rental appears.

Where in Exeter are you looking?

7 days free · card on sign-up · cancel anytime

Fresh alerts, first

We email you the moment a matching rental lands in Exeter.

Set it, leave it

Pick budget, bedrooms, areas of Exeter — we remember the rest.

Down to the postcode

Narrow to one corner of Exeter or watch the whole city.

Live from the portals

Latest rentals in Exeter

The freshest listings we picked up across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders.

133 new this weekUpdated today

Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Exeter. Click through to the source portal to enquire.

Renting in Exeter

What it costs to rent in Exeter

Exeter currently has 2,778 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,224 a month. 133 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 34% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is EX1 at around £1,200/mo, while EX5 sits nearer £1,800/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 Exeter 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.

How it works

Your first Exeter alert in under a minute

Four steps between you and never missing a good one in Exeter.

Tell us where home is

Pop in your budget, bed count and favourite corners of Exeter. A minute, tops.

We'll watch the portals

Six major sites, checked every couple of minutes. Yes, on Sundays too.

Alert lands in your inbox

The moment a match appears, email arrives before most people open the app.

You get there first

Message the agent while the listing is still warm.

Start here

Market snapshot

Exeter rental market at a glance

2,778

Active rentals in Exeter

£1,224/mo

Median monthly rent

Property sites we watch

Rental prices

Rent by bedrooms in Exeter

Median monthly rent, based on 2,778 active listings across 4 property sites.

Bedrooms	Median rent	Available
1 bed	£900/mo	714
2 bed	£1,250/mo	700
3 bed	£1,450/mo	383
4+ bed	£1,850/mo	211
Room	£650/mo	456

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

Free monthly digest

Watch Exeter rents without checking every week

One email a month: what the median rent did, which postcodes moved, and how much came to market. Built from live listings across six UK property sites. No card, no account, unsubscribe anytime.

We’ll email you once to confirm. See our privacy policy.

Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Exeter rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Exeter. Latest: £1,312/mo (Mar 26, +2.2% YoY).

Latest

£1,312

Mar 26

Annual

+2.2%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£1,011

Apr 21

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Exeter pay goes on rent?

Renters in Exeter spend an estimated 53% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,312/mo

£15,744/yr

Median pay

£29,531/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

53%

Expensive — half of local median pay before tax.

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.

Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Exeter

Most Exeter homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 60,810 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.80

≈ Band B–C

Stock

61k

60,810 properties

A
22%13,330
B
25%15,370
C
24%14,470
D
16%9,910
E
7%4,520
F
4%2,170
G
2%1,010
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 Exeter

79% of Exeter premises can already get full-fibre and 91% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

79%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

91%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

97%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

465 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
79%
Gigabit-capable
91%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
97%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Exeter), July 2025, covering 58,653 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Exeter homes

53% of Exeter 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

53%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

47%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

49k

48,723 EPCs

A
3%1,387
B
14%6,971
C
36%17,571
D
35%17,031
E
9%4,467
F
2%972
G
1%324

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Exeter

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

1
St Thomas Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · EX2 9BB
0.32 mi
2
St David's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · EX4 4EE
0.42 mi
3
Montgomery Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · EX4 1BS
0.46 mi
4
St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School (VC)
Primary · Academy converter · EX2 4NQ
0.55 mi
5
Exeter Mathematics School
16 plus · Free schools 16 to 19 · EX4 3PU
0.56 mi

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

Property types

What’s on offer in Exeter

Flats & apartments

1292

53% of listings

Houses

674

28% of listings

Rooms

456

19% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 43% of the 692 houses currently advertised in Exeter.

Terraced
43%296
Other house
26%177
Semi-detached
18%122
Detached
12%80
Bungalow
2%17

Rent by postcode

Where Exeter rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,261 live listings in 6 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Exeter

1EX5£1,800/mo5 rentals
2EX3£1,800/mo5 rentals
3EX2£1,250/mo281 rentals

Cheapest in Exeter

1EX1£1,200/mo418 rentals
2EX6£1,200/mo5 rentals
3EX4£1,213/mo536 rentals

Features · Exeter

Garden, parking, and floor area in Exeter

Live signal across 2,778 Exeter rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

86%

of 481 Exeter listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

83%

of 614 Exeter listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Area safety

Safety in Exeter

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (July 2026), Exeter has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 17 of 17 postcode districts analysed, the median was 22 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Exeter is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

22 crimes per area (median)
17 of 17 postcode districts covered
Data: July 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Exeter 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 Exeter

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.

Pinhoe has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Exeter.

St Leonards
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (254) · pop. ~7,000
104
per 1k
Heavitree
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (145) · pop. ~9,000
42
per 1k
St Thomas
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (226) · pop. ~13,000
49
per 1k
Pennsylvania
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (182) · pop. ~6,000
88
per 1k
Pinhoe
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (75) · pop. ~10,000
14
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

Exeter listings by portal

We watch 4 property sites for rentals in Exeter.

Rightmove

1389

OnTheMarket

523

SpareRoom

456

OpenRent

410

Start getting alerts

Try Dwellio free for 7 days

We’ll email the moment a matching rental goes live in Exeter.

7 days free — card on sign-up

Dwellio

£9.99/mo

Alerts that land before the rush.

Within 15 minutes

Up to 10 search areas
Alerts within 15 minutes of listing
Unlimited email alerts
Price-drop alerts
Back-on-market alerts
"Days on market" badge
Priority support from a human

7 days free · card on sign-up · cancel anytime

Frequently asked

Renting in Exeter — your questions answered

What is the average rent in Exeter?

The median rent in Exeter is £1224/month based on 2778 active listings across 4 property portals (2026-07).

How many rental properties are available in Exeter?

There are currently 2778 rental properties available in Exeter, with 133 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Exeter safe for renters?

Exeter has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 22 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 Exeter?

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

Cities to rent in nearby

Areas to rent near Exeter

More places renters search alongside Exeter. We monitor every UK portal in each city — set alerts for as many as you like.

Compare across the UK

Average rent in major UK cities

See how Exeter compares with the UK’s largest rental markets — median rents, area data and live alerts for each.

Renting guides

Search smarter than the Exeter crowd

Guides on covering every portal and reaching new Exeter listings first.

Start getting Exeter alerts today

7 days free. Card on sign-up. Cancel anytime.

Start free trial

7 days free
Card on sign-up
Cancel anytime
Setup in 60 seconds