Renting in Lancaster

Average Rent in Lancaster: £892/mo

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Median asking rent across 2,478 live Lancaster listings on 6 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

£892 /month

2,478 live listings · 6 portals

Median monthly rent in Lancaster by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£862/mo150
1 bed£750/mo715
2 bed£865/mo630
3 bed£1,100/mo350
4+ bed£2,200/mo377
Room (house share)£583/mo256

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

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Renting in Lancaster

What it costs to rent in Lancaster

Lancaster currently has 2,478 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £892 a month. 106 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 48% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is BB11 at around £550/mo, while BB9 sits nearer £1,300/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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 2,478 live listings across 6 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Lancaster

£862/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Lancaster is £862 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 150 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Lancaster

£750/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Lancaster is £750 a month, 16% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 715 listings currently on the market.

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

£865/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Lancaster is £865 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 630 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Lancaster

£1,100/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Lancaster is £1,100 a month, 23% above the city-wide median of £892, based on 350 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Lancaster

£2,200/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Lancaster is £2,200 a month, 147% above the city-wide median of £892, based on 377 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Lancaster

£583/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Lancaster house share is £583 a month, 35% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 256 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 Lancaster rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Lancaster. Latest: £815/mo (Jul 26, +6.0% YoY).

Latest

£815

Jul 26

Annual

+6.0%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£626

Aug 21

Total change

+30%

since 2021

£625£725£825Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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 Lancaster pay goes on rent?

Renters in Lancaster spend an estimated 33% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£815/mo

£9,780/yr

Median pay

£29,651/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

33%

Affordable for most renters.

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 Lancaster

Flats & apartments

601

42% of listings

Houses

552

39% of listings

Rooms

256

18% of listings

Bungalows

15

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Other house houses make up 51% of the 568 houses currently advertised in Lancaster.

  • Other house
    51%289
  • Terraced
    34%195
  • Semi-detached
    9%52
  • Detached
    3%17
  • Bungalow
    3%15

Rent by postcode

Where Lancaster rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,588 live listings in 31 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Lancaster

  1. 1BB9£1,300/mo3 rentals
  2. 2PR3£1,100/mo18 rentals
  3. 3PR4£1,050/mo14 rentals

Cheapest in Lancaster

  1. 1BB11£550/mo7 rentals
  2. 2FY2£620/mo5 rentals
  3. 3FY1£625/mo46 rentals

Features · Lancaster

Garden, parking, and floor area in Lancaster

Live signal across 2,478 Lancaster rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

75%

of 319 Lancaster listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

78%

of 339 Lancaster listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Lancaster this week

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

106 new this weekUpdated today
  1. £875/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  2. £540/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    41View listing
  3. £925/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  4. £1,100/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    31View listing
  5. £450/moOpenRent

    6 bed room

    62View listing
  6. £1,050/moOpenRent

    2 bed house

    21View listing
  7. £480/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    42View listing
  8. £585/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    41View listing
  9. £474/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    52View listing
  10. £585/moOpenRent

    3 bed room

    31View listing
  11. £895/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing
  12. £607/moOpenRent

    1 bed room

    11View listing
  13. £563/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    51View listing
  14. £610/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    11View listing
  15. £539/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    41View listing
  16. £452/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    51View listing
  17. £550/moOpenRent

    2 bed house

    21View listing
  18. £495/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    51View listing
  19. £1,250/moOpenRent

    4 bed house

    42View listing
  20. £5,000/moOpenRent

    3 bed property

    32View listing
  21. £1,200/moOpenRent

    3 bed house

    31View listing
  22. £875/moOpenRent

    2 bed house

    21View listing
  23. £1,100/moOpenRent

    2 bed house

    21View listing
  24. £810/moOpenRent

    2 bed flat/apartment

    21View listing

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Lancaster

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

  • A
    35%23,410
  • B
    25%16,490
  • C
    19%12,760
  • D
    10%6,700
  • E
    6%4,230
  • F
    3%2,100
  • G
    1%850
  • H
    0%80

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 Lancaster

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

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    88%
  • Gigabit-capable
    90%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    99%

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

EPC ratings for Lancaster homes

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

  • A
    1%310
  • B
    8%4,218
  • C
    26%13,397
  • D
    43%21,987
  • E
    16%8,451
  • F
    4%2,271
  • G
    2%860

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

State-funded schools near Lancaster

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

  1. 1

    Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary School

    Primary · Community school · LA1 1LD

    0.24 mi
  2. 2

    Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

    Secondary · Academy converter · LA1 1SF

    0.29 mi
  3. 3

    Our Lady's Catholic College

    Secondary · Voluntary aided school · LA1 2RX

    0.36 mi
  4. 4

    Willow Lane Community Primary School

    Primary · Community school · LA1 5PR

    0.43 mi
  5. 5

    The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Primary · Voluntary aided school · LA1 3BT

    0.54 mi

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

Safety in Lancaster

Lower Crime AreaEstimated — limited data

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Lancaster has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 12 of 12 postcode districts analysed, the median was 22 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Lancaster is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

  • 22 crimes per area (median)
  • 12 of 12 postcode districts covered
  • Data: September 2026

Most reported

  • Anti-social behaviour
  • 0% of 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

Safety by suburb in Lancaster

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.

Galgate has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Lancaster.

  • Morecambe

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (180) · pop. ~34,000

    13
    per 1k

  • Heysham

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (51) · pop. ~17,000

    5.8
    per 1k

  • Bowerham

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (111) · pop. ~7,000

    47
    per 1k

  • Scotforth

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (118) · pop. ~5,000

    67
    per 1k

  • Galgate

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (6) · pop. ~2,000

    5.5
    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

Lancaster listings by portal

We watch 6 property sites for rentals in Lancaster.

Rightmove
904
PrimeLocation
423
OpenRent
331
OnTheMarket
313
SpareRoom
256
Leaders
251

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Frequently asked

Renting in Lancaster — your questions answered

How much is rent in Lancaster?

The average (median) asking rent in Lancaster is £892 a month — a 1-bed is £750 and a 2-bed £865, based on 2,478 live listings across 6 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Lancaster?

The median asking rent for a studio in Lancaster is £862 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 150 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Lancaster is £750 a month, 16% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 715 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Lancaster is £865 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 630 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Lancaster is £1,100 a month, 23% above the city-wide median of £892, based on 350 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Lancaster is £2,200 a month, 147% above the city-wide median of £892, based on 377 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Lancaster?

The median asking rent for a room in a Lancaster house share is £583 a month, 35% below the city-wide median of £892, based on 256 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Lancaster?

There are currently 2,478 rental properties available in Lancaster, with 106 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Lancaster safe for renters?

Lancaster has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 22 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 Lancaster?

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

Across North West

Average rent across North West

How Lancaster compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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