Renting in Hartlepool

Average Rent in Hartlepool: £625/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,385 live Hartlepool listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£625 /month

1,385 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Hartlepool by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£485/mo	11
1 bed	£540/mo	216
2 bed	£565/mo	573
3 bed	£750/mo	394
4+ bed	£1,050/mo	126
Room (house share)	£498/mo	65

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 12 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Hartlepool

What it costs to rent in Hartlepool

Hartlepool currently has 1,385 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £625 a month. 28 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 78% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is DL17 at around £475/mo, while TS28 sits nearer £950/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 Hartlepool 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.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Hartlepool by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,385 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Hartlepool

£485/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Hartlepool is £485 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 11 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Hartlepool

£540/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Hartlepool is £540 a month, 14% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 216 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Hartlepool

£565/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Hartlepool is £565 a month, 10% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 573 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Hartlepool

£750/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Hartlepool is £750 a month, 20% above the city-wide median of £625, based on 394 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Hartlepool

£1,050/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Hartlepool is £1,050 a month, 68% above the city-wide median of £625, based on 126 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Hartlepool

£498/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Hartlepool house share is £498 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 65 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Hartlepool rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Hartlepool. Latest: £556/mo (Jul 26, -0.5% YoY).

Latest

£556

Jul 26

Annual

-0.5%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£500

Aug 21

Total change

+11%

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 Hartlepool pay goes on rent?

Renters in Hartlepool spend an estimated 23% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£556/mo

£6,672/yr

Median pay

£28,830/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

23%

Very affordable — well below the 30% rent-burden threshold.

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Hartlepool

Flats & apartments

176

20% of listings

Houses

632

72% of listings

Rooms

7% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 67% of the 640 houses currently advertised in Hartlepool.

Terraced
67%428
Other house
23%148
Semi-detached
7%42
Detached
2%14
Bungalow
1%8

Rent by postcode

Where Hartlepool rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 870 live listings in 36 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Hartlepool

1TS28£950/mo3 rentals
2DH1£898/mo12 rentals
3TS4£875/mo11 rentals

Cheapest in Hartlepool

1DL17£475/mo3 rentals
2DL16£525/mo7 rentals
3TS25£550/mo174 rentals

Features · Hartlepool

Garden, parking, and floor area in Hartlepool

Live signal across 1,385 Hartlepool rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

59%

of 159 Hartlepool listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

68%

of 173 Hartlepool listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Hartlepool this week

28 homes came onto the Hartlepool rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

28 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Hartlepool

Most Hartlepool homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 45,630 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.07

≈ Band B–C

Stock

46k

45,630 properties

A
53%24,060
B
17%7,750
C
15%6,640
D
8%3,560
E
4%1,950
F
2%880
G
2%690
H
0%110

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 Hartlepool

95% of Hartlepool premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

95%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

97%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

489 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
95%
Gigabit-capable
97%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Hartlepool), July 2025, covering 45,856 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Hartlepool homes

46% of Hartlepool 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

46%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

54%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

45k

44,891 EPCs

A
1%265
B
11%5,001
C
34%15,368
D
39%17,637
E
12%5,197
F
2%1,061
G
1%362

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Hartlepool

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

1
Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TS24 7LE
0.29 mi
2
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool
Primary · Academy converter · TS24 7HT
0.31 mi
3
Lynnfield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TS26 8RL
0.32 mi
4
Stranton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TS25 1SQ
0.51 mi
5
Brougham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TS24 8EY
0.60 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Hartlepool

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Hartlepool has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 39 of 39 postcode districts analysed, the median was 188 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Hartlepool is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

188 crimes per area (median)
39 of 39 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Hartlepool’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

Safety by suburb in Hartlepool

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

Headland has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Hartlepool.

Headland
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (22) · pop. ~7,000
9.6
per 1k
Seaton Carew
Safer area
Most common: Shoplifting (32) · pop. ~6,000
9.8
per 1k
Hart
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~2,500
80
per 1k
West Park
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (243) · pop. ~5,000
135
per 1k
Rift House
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (127) · pop. ~5,000
80
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

Hartlepool listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Hartlepool.

PrimeLocation

429

Rightmove

357

OnTheMarket

281

OpenRent

253

SpareRoom

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Frequently asked

Renting in Hartlepool — your questions answered

How much is rent in Hartlepool?

The average (median) asking rent in Hartlepool is £625 a month — a 1-bed is £540 and a 2-bed £565, based on 1,385 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Hartlepool?

The median asking rent for a studio in Hartlepool is £485 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 11 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Hartlepool?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Hartlepool is £540 a month, 14% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 216 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Hartlepool?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Hartlepool is £565 a month, 10% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 573 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Hartlepool?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Hartlepool is £750 a month, 20% above the city-wide median of £625, based on 394 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Hartlepool?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Hartlepool is £1,050 a month, 68% above the city-wide median of £625, based on 126 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Hartlepool?

The median asking rent for a room in a Hartlepool house share is £498 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £625, based on 65 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Hartlepool?

There are currently 1,385 rental properties available in Hartlepool, with 28 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Hartlepool safe for renters?

Hartlepool has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 188 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Hartlepool?

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

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