Renting in Halifax
Median asking rent · all sizes · 262 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Halifax before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Halifax is £775 a month, from 262 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £675/moasking · 87 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £750/moasking · 101 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £973/moasking · 46 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,350/moasking · 19 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 Halifax by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/halifax, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Halifax
Halifax currently has 262 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Halifax is £775 a month, from 262 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 117 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 44% 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 £750 a month in HX1 (114 live listings) to £900 in HX5 (3 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Halifax (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 Halifax, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Halifax is £675 a month, 13% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 87 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Halifax is £750 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 101 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Halifax is £973 a month, 25% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 46 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Halifax is £1,350 a month, 74% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 19 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 Calderdale is £760 a month, up 3.2% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Calderdale is the ONS area that covers Halifax. 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
+3.2%
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
Property types
55% of listings
44% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 57% of the 99 houses currently advertised in Halifax.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 224 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 Halifax, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/halifax, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
117 homes came onto the Halifax rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Queens Court, Bull Close Lane, Halifax HX1
1 bed property
Green Terrace Square, Halifax HX1
2 bed property
Paddock Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX2
3 bed property
Golf Avenue, Halifax HX2
4 bed property
Heathmoor Park Road, Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX2
2 bed terraced house
Paddock Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2
4 bed terraced house
Heathmoor Park Road, Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2
2 bed flat/apartment
Queens Court, Bull Close Lane, Halifax, HX1
2 bed terraced house
The Old Stables, Master Lane, Pye Nest, HX2 7EW
1 bed property
Green Terrace Square, Halifax, HX1
6 bed terraced house
9 St James Road, Halifax
2 bed terraced house
Whitwell Grove, Elland
2 bed flat/apartment
Silk Mill, Dewsbury Road, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 9AR, UK
3 bed house
Dodge Holme Drive, Halifax, HX2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed at Bolt Works, Lister Lane, Halifax HX1
1 bed flat/apartment
One Bed at Bolt Works, Lister Lane, Halifax HX1
1 bed flat/apartment
One Bed at Bolt Works, Lister Lane, Halifax HX1
1 bed property
Whitehall Street, Halifax HX3
2 bed flat/apartment
Halifax Road, Hipperholme, Halifax
2 bed terraced house
Masonic Street, Halifax, HX1
1 bed flat/apartment
District Bank Chambers, 1-3 George Square, Halifax
3 bed terraced house
Woodside Road, Halifax, HX3
2 bed terraced house
Shay Lane, Halifax, HX2
3 bed detached house
Bracken Way, Elland, HX5
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Halifax homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 97,030 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.24
≈ Band B–C
Stock
97k
97,030 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
77% of Halifax premises can already get full-fibre and 80% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
77%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
80%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
430 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Calderdale), July 2025, covering 95,325 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
33% of Halifax 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
33%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
67%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
86k
86,362 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Calderdale. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Halifax centroid. The five closest:
Trinity Sixth Form Academy
16 plus · Free schools 16 to 19 · HX1 1UN
Beech Hill School
Primary · Academy converter · HX1 5TN
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · HX3 6LA
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · HX1 2ER
Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · HX1 2ES
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Halifax 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), Halifax has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 85 of 85 postcode districts analysed, the median was 228 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Halifax is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Halifax’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 (56) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (48) · pop. ~32,000
Most common: Violent crime (48) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (23) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (94) · pop. ~8,000
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 Halifax is £775 a month, from 262 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Halifax is £675 a month, 13% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 87 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Halifax is £750 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 101 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Halifax is £973 a month, 25% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 46 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Halifax is £1,350 a month, 74% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 19 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 262 rental properties available in Halifax, with 117 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Halifax has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 228 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 Halifax is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Halifax compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/halifax, updated 28 October 2026.
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