Renting in Folkestone
Median asking rent · all sizes · 375 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Folkestone is £1,100 a month, from 375 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £850/moasking · 120 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,155/moasking · 163 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,400/moasking · 45 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,875/moasking · 35 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 Folkestone by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/folkestone, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Folkestone
Folkestone currently has 375 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Folkestone is £1,100 a month, from 375 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 114 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 23% 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 £1,013 a month in TN24 (4 live listings) to £1,575 in CT18 (9 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Folkestone (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 Folkestone, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Folkestone is £850 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 120 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Folkestone is £1,155 a month, 5% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 163 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Folkestone is £1,400 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Folkestone is £1,875 a month, 70% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 35 live listings on four property sites (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 Folkestone is £1,189 a month, up 10.0% 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
+10.0%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+53%
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 Folkestone spend an estimated 43% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£33,355/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
43%
Stretched — above 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
77% of listings
23% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 37% of the 70 houses currently advertised in Folkestone.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 259 live listings in 6 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 Folkestone, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/folkestone, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Folkestone
Live signal across 375 Folkestone rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
55%
of 105 Folkestone listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
61%
of 109 Folkestone listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£1.57/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 37 live listings · October 2026Median 747 sqft across the 37 Folkestone listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
114 homes came onto the Folkestone rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
The Parade, Folkestone CT20
3 bed property
Pilgrim Spring, Folkestone CT19
3 bed house
4 bed house
2 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
Albion House, Folkestone, CT20
2 bed flat/apartment
Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19
3 bed flat/apartment
Ingles Road, Folkestone, CT20
Studio flat/apartment
Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20
1 bed flat/apartment
Harvey Street, Folkestone, CT20
1 bed room
Shellons Street Folkestone CT20
1 bed room
Shellons Street Folkestone CT20
1 bed room
Shellons Street Folkestone CT20
4 bed semi-detached house
Dragoon Place, Folkestone CT20
2 bed flat/apartment
Sandgate Road, Folkestone, CT20
2 bed flat/apartment
Park Road, Folkestone CT19
2 bed flat/apartment
Earls Avenue, Folkestone
1 bed flat/apartment
Marine Terrace, Folkestone, Kent, CT20
2 bed flat/apartment
The Riviera, Sandgate, Folkestone
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Folkestone. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Folkestone homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 53,510 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.16
≈ Band C–D
Stock
54k
53,510 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
72% of Folkestone premises can already get full-fibre and 78% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
72%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
78%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
95%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
417 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Folkestone and Hythe), July 2025, covering 53,146 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Folkestone 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
45%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
55%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
48k
48,309 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Folkestone and Hythe. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Folkestone centroid. The five closest:
St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · CT20 1SE
Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone
Primary · Academy converter · CT20 1DJ
Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · CT19 6AL
Mundella Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · CT19 5QX
Stella Maris Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · CT19 5BY
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Folkestone 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), Folkestone has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 19 of 19 postcode districts analysed, the median was 159 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Folkestone is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Folkestone’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 (52) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (60) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (26) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (99) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (150) · pop. ~4,000
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Folkestone is £1,100 a month, from 375 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Folkestone is £850 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 120 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Folkestone is £1,155 a month, 5% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 163 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Folkestone is £1,400 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Folkestone is £1,875 a month, 70% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 35 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 375 rental properties available in Folkestone, with 114 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Folkestone has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 159 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 Folkestone is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Folkestone compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/folkestone, updated 28 October 2026.
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