Renting in Hereford

Average Rent in Hereford: £895/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,053 live Hereford listings on 5 portals from £442/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

£895 /month

1,053 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Hereford by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£600/mo	24
1 bed	£698/mo	296
2 bed	£900/mo	275
3 bed	£1,200/mo	196
4+ bed	£1,600/mo	87
Room (house share)	£607/mo	175

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 14 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Hereford

What it costs to rent in Hereford

Hereford currently has 1,053 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £895 a month. 46 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 56% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is HR6 at around £700/mo, while HR9 sits nearer £1,495/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 Hereford 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 Hereford by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,053 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Hereford

£600/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Hereford is £600 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 24 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Hereford

£698/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Hereford is £698 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 296 listings currently on the market.

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

£900/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Hereford is £900 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £895, based on 275 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Hereford

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Hereford is £1,200 a month, 34% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 196 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Hereford

£1,600/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Hereford is £1,600 a month, 79% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 87 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Hereford

£607/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Hereford house share is £607 a month, 32% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 175 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 Hereford rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Hereford. Latest: £811/mo (Jul 26, +2.3% YoY).

Latest

£811

Jul 26

Annual

+2.3%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£643

Aug 21

Total change

+26%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Hereford

Flats & apartments

229

33% of listings

Houses

290

41% of listings

Rooms

175

25% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 42% of the 296 houses currently advertised in Hereford.

Terraced
42%124
Semi-detached
25%74
Other house
17%49
Detached
15%43
Bungalow
2%6

Rent by postcode

Where Hereford rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 647 live listings in 27 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Hereford

1HR9£1,495/mo3 rentals
2GL3£1,473/mo12 rentals
3GL51£1,395/mo9 rentals

Cheapest in Hereford

1HR6£700/mo5 rentals
2NP22£700/mo4 rentals
3GL1£715/mo41 rentals

Features · Hereford

Garden, parking, and floor area in Hereford

Live signal across 1,053 Hereford rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

83%

of 136 Hereford listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

89%

of 182 Hereford listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Hereford this week

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

46 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Hereford

Most Hereford homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 89,790 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

3.33

≈ Band C–D

Stock

90k

89,790 properties

A
15%13,890
B
23%20,550
C
19%17,480
D
15%13,770
E
14%12,540
F
8%7,590
G
4%3,780
H
0%190

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 Hereford

84% of Hereford premises can already get full-fibre and 84% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

84%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

84%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

96%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

438 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
84%
Gigabit-capable
84%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
96%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Herefordshire, County of), July 2025, covering 87,007 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Hereford homes

39% of Hereford 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

39%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

61%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

73k

73,111 EPCs

A
1%835
B
10%7,675
C
28%20,204
D
34%24,767
E
17%12,750
F
7%4,937
G
3%1,943

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Hereford

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

1
Lord Scudamore Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · HR4 0AS
0.16 mi
2
Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit · HR1 2DY
0.27 mi
3
St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · HR1 2DY
0.27 mi
4
St James' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · HR1 2QN
0.55 mi
5
Riverside Primary School
Primary · Community school · HR2 7JF
0.57 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Hereford

Lower Crime AreaEstimated — limited data

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Hereford has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 8 of 8 postcode districts analysed, the median was 19 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Hereford is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

19 crimes per area (median)
8 of 8 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Hereford 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 Hereford

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.

Holmer has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Hereford.

Whitecross
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (141) · pop. ~6,000
62
per 1k
Tupsley
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (75) · pop. ~9,000
18
per 1k
Belmont
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (27) · pop. ~6,000
11
per 1k
Holmer
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (15) · pop. ~6,000
5.2
per 1k
Bobblestock
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (43) · pop. ~4,000
28
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

Hereford listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Hereford.

PrimeLocation

272

Rightmove

235

OnTheMarket

195

OpenRent

176

SpareRoom

175

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Frequently asked

Renting in Hereford — your questions answered

How much is rent in Hereford?

The average (median) asking rent in Hereford is £895 a month — a 1-bed is £698 and a 2-bed £900, based on 1,053 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Hereford?

The median asking rent for a studio in Hereford is £600 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 24 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Hereford is £698 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 296 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Hereford is £900 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £895, based on 275 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Hereford is £1,200 a month, 34% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 196 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Hereford is £1,600 a month, 79% above the city-wide median of £895, based on 87 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Hereford?

The median asking rent for a room in a Hereford house share is £607 a month, 32% below the city-wide median of £895, based on 175 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Hereford?

There are currently 1,053 rental properties available in Hereford, with 46 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Hereford safe for renters?

Hereford has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 19 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 Hereford?

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

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