Renting in Lancaster
Median asking rent · all sizes · 604 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Lancaster before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lancaster is £850 a month, from 604 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £693/moasking · 231 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £875/moasking · 65 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £950/moasking · 104 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,200/moasking · 197 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £585/moasking · 43 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 Lancaster by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lancaster, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Lancaster
Lancaster currently has 647 rental listings on the property sites we track, 604 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lancaster is £850 a month, from 604 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 280 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 55% 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 £759 a month in LA2 (4 live listings) to £845 in LA1 (334 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Lancaster (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 Lancaster, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lancaster is £693 a month, 18% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 231 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lancaster is £875 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 65 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lancaster is £950 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 104 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lancaster is £1,200 a month, 41% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 197 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lancaster is £585 a month, from 43 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 Lancaster is £830 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
+32%
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 Lancaster spend an estimated 34% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£29,651/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
34%
Affordable for most renters.
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
36% of listings
43% of listings
21% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 53% of the 90 houses currently advertised in Lancaster.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 362 live listings in 2 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 Lancaster, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lancaster, updated 27 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
280 homes came onto the Lancaster rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
4 bed property
Newsham Road, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Hope Street, Lancaster LA1
3 bed property
Abbeystead Drive, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Coulston Road, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Coulston Road, Lancaster LA1
5 bed property
Golgotha Road, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Gladstone Terrace, Lancaster LA1
3 bed property
Balmoral Road, Lancaster LA1
3 bed property
Garnet Street, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Coulston Road, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Argyle Street, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Adelphi Street, Lancaster LA1
3 bed property
Golgotha Road, Lancaster LA1
3 bed property
Garnet Street, Lancaster LA1
6 bed property
Blades Street, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Hope Street, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Balmoral Road, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Dale Street, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Argyle Street, Lancaster LA1
4 bed property
Gordon Terrace, Lancaster LA1
3 bed property
Langley Road, Lancaster LA1
6 bed property
Blades Street, Lancaster LA1
5 bed property
Lune Street, Lancaster LA1
3 bed property
Hope Street, Lancaster LA1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Lancaster. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Lancaster homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 66,620 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.43
≈ Band B–C
Stock
67k
66,620 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
88% of Lancaster premises can already get full-fibre and 90% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
88%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
90%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
466 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Lancaster), July 2025, covering 65,177 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
35% of Lancaster 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
35%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
65%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
51k
51,494 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Lancaster. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
17 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Lancaster centroid. The five closest:
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · LA1 1LD
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · LA1 1SF
Our Lady's Catholic College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · LA1 2RX
Willow Lane Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · LA1 5PR
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Primary · Voluntary aided school · LA1 3BT
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Lancaster 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), Lancaster has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 12 of 12 postcode districts analysed, the median was 24 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Lancaster is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Lancaster 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 (140) · pop. ~34,000
Most common: Violent crime (32) · pop. ~17,000
Most common: Violent crime (87) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (90) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (4) · pop. ~2,000
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 Lancaster is £850 a month, from 604 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lancaster is £693 a month, 18% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 231 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lancaster is £875 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 65 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lancaster is £950 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 104 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lancaster is £1,200 a month, 41% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 197 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lancaster is £585 a month, from 43 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 647 rental properties available in Lancaster, with 280 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Lancaster has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 24 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 Lancaster is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How Lancaster compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — 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 North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lancaster, updated 28 October 2026.
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