Renting in Leeds
Median asking rent · all sizes · 2,876 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Leeds before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Leeds is £1,390 a month, from 2,876 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £860/moasking · 568 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,120/moasking · 701 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,475/moasking · 440 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £3,033/moasking · 1,065 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £575/moasking · 121 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 Leeds by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/leeds, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Leeds
Leeds currently has 2,997 rental listings on the property sites we track, 2,876 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Leeds is £1,390 a month, from 2,876 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 1,132 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 58% 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 £848 a month in LS98 (4 live listings) to £2,750 in LS6 (849 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Leeds (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 Leeds, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Leeds is £860 a month, 38% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 568 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Leeds is £1,120 a month, 19% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 701 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Leeds is £1,475 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 440 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Leeds is £3,033 a month, 118% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 1,065 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Leeds is £575 a month, from 121 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 Leeds is £1,148 a month, up 4.5% 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
+4.5%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+31%
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 Leeds spend an estimated 44% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£31,679/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
44%
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
40% of listings
55% of listings
4% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 53% of the 1,525 houses currently advertised in Leeds.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 2,574 live listings in 27 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 Leeds, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/leeds, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Leeds
Live signal across 2,997 Leeds rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
74%
of 798 Leeds listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
84%
of 921 Leeds listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
1,132 homes came onto the Leeds rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Bridgewater Place, LS11
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Gotts Road, LS12
3 bed terraced house
Green Terrace, West Yorkshire, Guiseley, LS20
4 bed house
7 Ashville Grove, Hyde Park, Leeds LS6 1LY
4 bed house
2 Beamsley Mount, Hyde Park, Leeds
4 bed house
Raven Road, Hyde Park, Leeds LS6 1DA
4 bed house
5 Ashville Avenue, Hyde Park, Leeds LS6 1LX
4 bed house
Royal Park Road, Leeds, LS6 1JJ
2 bed flat/apartment
UNCLE Leeds, 3 Whitehall, LS12
1 bed flat/apartment
UNCLE Leeds, 3 Whitehall, LS12
2 bed flat/apartment
Station Road, Kippax, LS25
4 bed house
Norwood Place, Hyde Park
4 bed house
Kings Road, Hyde Park, Leeds LS6 1NU
1 bed flat/apartment
SPRING ROAD, Leeds
3 bed flat/apartment
Leeds LS6
6 bed room
Leeds LS6
3 bed flat/apartment
Park Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1
1 bed flat/apartment
UNCLE Leeds, 4 Whitehall, LS12
3 bed flat/apartment
UNCLE Leeds, 4 Whitehall, LS12
1 bed flat/apartment
Harewood Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2
1 bed house
Wellington Street, Leeds
1 bed flat/apartment
Manor Mills, Leeds, LS11
2 bed flat/apartment
UNCLE Leeds, 4 Whitehall, LS12
4 bed terraced house
LEEDS LS6
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Leeds. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Leeds homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 373,830 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.42
≈ Band B–C
Stock
374k
373,830 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
93% of Leeds premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
93%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
485 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Leeds), July 2025, covering 367,900 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
42% of Leeds 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
42%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
58%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
329k
328,968 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Leeds. 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 Leeds centroid. The five closest:
Leeds Mathematics School
16 plus · Free schools 16 to 19 · LS1 5AS
Blenheim Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · LS2 9EX
Little London Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · LS7 1SR
Rosebank Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · LS3 1JP
West Oaks School
Not applicable · Community special school · LS6 2ST
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Leeds 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), Leeds has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 85 of 85 postcode districts analysed, the median was 276 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Leeds is Violent crime, accounting for 16% of all incidents.
Leeds’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.
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 (125) · pop. ~17,000
Most common: Violent crime (56) · pop. ~20,000
Most common: Violent crime (173) · pop. ~21,000
Most common: Violent crime (191) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (159) · pop. ~14,000
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 Leeds is £1,390 a month, from 2,876 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Leeds is £860 a month, 38% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 568 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Leeds is £1,120 a month, 19% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 701 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Leeds is £1,475 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 440 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Leeds is £3,033 a month, 118% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 1,065 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Leeds is £575 a month, from 121 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 2,997 rental properties available in Leeds, with 1,132 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Leeds has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 276 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Leeds is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Leeds compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/leeds, updated 28 October 2026.
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