Renting in Islington
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,567 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Islington is £2,800 a month, from 1,567 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £2,250/moasking · 528 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £3,200/moasking · 564 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £3,900/moasking · 215 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £4,750/moasking · 122 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £1,175/moasking · 93 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 Islington by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/islington, updated 31 October 2026.
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Renting in Islington
Islington currently has 1,660 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,567 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Islington is £2,800 a month, from 1,567 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 392 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 7% 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 £2,200 a month in N4 (55 live listings) to £3,750 in EC2A (7 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Islington (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 Islington, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Islington is £2,250 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 528 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Islington is £3,200 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 564 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Islington is £3,900 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 215 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Islington is £4,750 a month, 70% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 122 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Islington is £1,175 a month, from 93 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 Islington is £2,884 a month, up 6.6% 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
+6.6%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+49%
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
88% of listings
6% of listings
6% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 64% of the 95 houses currently advertised in Islington.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,338 live listings in 16 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 Islington, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/islington, updated 31 October 2026.
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Features · Islington
Live signal across 1,660 Islington rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
68%
of 324 Islington listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
26%
of 195 Islington listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£4.57/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 423 live listings · October 2026Median 687 sqft across the 423 Islington listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
392 homes came onto the Islington rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed flat/apartment
Pleasant Place London N1
3 bed flat/apartment
Lever Street, London, EC1V
2 bed flat/apartment
Maygood Street, London, N1
3 bed flat/apartment
Saxon Court, York Way, London N1C
2 bed flat/apartment
Chronicle Tower, 261 City Road, London, EC1V
4 bed room
Cornwallis Road
2 bed flat/apartment
Hornsey Road, Holloway
1 bed flat/apartment
Eagle Point, London, EC1V
1 bed flat/apartment
Hornsey Road, London, N7
2 bed flat/apartment
Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y
2 bed flat/apartment
City Road, London, EC1V
2 bed flat/apartment
Caledonian Road, London
1 bed flat/apartment
Goswell Road, London, EC1V
3 bed flat/apartment
Caledonian Road, London
3 bed flat/apartment
Caledonian Road, London
3 bed flat/apartment
EFE House, Highbury Grove
3 bed flat/apartment
Carnoustie Drive, London
1 bed flat/apartment
Rheidol Terrace, Islington, N1
1 bed room
Room 4, Mildmay Road N1 4NE
2 bed flat/apartment
Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M
Studio flat/apartment
Fonthill Road, Finsbury Park
2 bed flat/apartment
Maygood Street, London, N1
1 bed room
Room 4, Mildmay Road N1 4NE
1 bed room
Room 1, Mildmay Road N1 4NE
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Islington. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Schools · GIAS · DfE
40 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Islington centroid. The five closest:
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · N1 2EP
Richard Cloudesley School
Not applicable · Community special school · N1 8RE
New River College Primary
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit · N1 0HN
City of London Academy Islington
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · N1 8PQ
St John Evangelist Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · N1 8BL
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Islington centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Islington is £2,800 a month, from 1,567 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Islington is £2,250 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 528 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Islington is £3,200 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 564 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Islington is £3,900 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 215 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Islington is £4,750 a month, 70% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 122 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Islington is £1,175 a month, from 93 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,660 rental properties available in Islington, with 392 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Islington compared with the rest of Greater London — 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 London boroughs, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/islington, updated 30 October 2026.
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