Renting in Hastings
Median asking rent · all sizes · 400 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Hastings is £1,050 a month, from 400 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £825/moasking · 145 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,100/moasking · 138 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,350/moasking · 78 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,000/moasking · 32 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £675/moasking · 28 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 Hastings by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/hastings, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Hastings
Hastings currently has 428 rental listings on the property sites we track, 400 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Hastings is £1,050 a month, from 400 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 74 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 24% 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 £995 a month in TN34 (130 live listings) to £1,200 in TN35 (19 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Hastings (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 Hastings, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Hastings is £825 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 145 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Hastings is £1,100 a month, 5% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 138 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Hastings is £1,350 a month, 29% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Hastings is £2,000 a month, 90% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 32 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Hastings is £675 a month, from 28 live listings (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 Hastings is £1,008 a month, up 1.7% 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
+1.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+24%
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 Hastings spend an estimated 41% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£29,323/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
41%
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
70% of listings
22% of listings
7% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 42% of the 89 houses currently advertised in Hastings.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 334 live listings in 4 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 Hastings, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/hastings, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Hastings
Live signal across 428 Hastings 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 129 Hastings listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
57%
of 128 Hastings listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
74 homes came onto the Hastings rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed bungalow
3 Bed Bungalow, Frederick Road, TN35
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Grosvenor Gardens, TN38
3 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Grosvenor Crescent, TN38
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Albany Road, TN38
2 bed room
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed room
5 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
Sedlescombe Road North, St. Leonards-On-Sea
2 bed terraced house
Potter Street, St. Leonards-On-Sea TN37
2 bed flat/apartment
Marina, St Leonards on Sea
4 bed terraced house
Priory Road, Hastings TN34
2 bed flat/apartment
De Cham Avenue, St. Leonards-On-Sea, TN37
2 bed flat/apartment
Castlehill Road, Hastings TN34
Studio flat/apartment
Sedlescombe Road North, St. Leonards-On-Sea
1 bed flat/apartment
Portland Place, Hastings
2 bed flat/apartment
Lavender Court, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex
3 bed terraced house
Rotherfield Avenue, Hastings
3 bed terraced house
Marianne Park, Ashburnham Road, Hastings TN35
1 bed flat/apartment
Stockleigh Road, St Leonards on Sea
3 bed terraced house
Alma Villas, St. Leonards-On-Sea TN37
1 bed flat/apartment
St Thomas Road, Hastings
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Hastings. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Hastings homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 44,240 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.36
≈ Band B–C
Stock
44k
44,240 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
76% of Hastings premises can already get full-fibre and 76% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
76%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
76%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
419 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Hastings), July 2025, covering 44,364 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
44% of Hastings 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
44%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
56%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
44k
43,910 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Hastings. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Hastings centroid. The five closest:
Ark Castledown Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · TN34 3QT
Torfield School
Not applicable · Academy special converter · TN34 3JT
St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TN37 6EU
Dudley Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · TN35 5NJ
Mulberry Baird Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · TN34 3TH
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Hastings 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), Hastings has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 27 of 27 postcode districts analysed, the median was 20 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Hastings is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Hastings 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
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 (133) · pop. ~31,000
Most common: Violent crime (96) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (116) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (90) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (198) · pop. ~3,000
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 Hastings is £1,050 a month, from 400 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Hastings is £825 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 145 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Hastings is £1,100 a month, 5% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 138 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Hastings is £1,350 a month, 29% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Hastings is £2,000 a month, 90% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 32 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Hastings is £675 a month, from 28 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 428 rental properties available in Hastings, with 74 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Hastings has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 20 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 Hastings is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Hastings 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/hastings, updated 28 October 2026.
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