Renting in Lincoln
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,420 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Lincoln before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lincoln is £900 a month, from 1,420 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £585/moasking · 600 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £925/moasking · 277 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,100/moasking · 190 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,733/moasking · 336 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £498/moasking · 85 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 Lincoln by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lincoln, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Lincoln
Lincoln currently has 1,505 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,420 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lincoln is £900 a month, from 1,420 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 272 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 71% 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 £895 a month in LN2 (400 live listings) to £950 in LN5 (205 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Lincoln (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 Lincoln, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lincoln is £585 a month, 35% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 600 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lincoln is £925 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 277 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lincoln is £1,100 a month, 22% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 190 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lincoln is £1,733 a month, 93% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 336 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lincoln is £498 a month, from 85 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 Lincoln is £947 a month, up 3.9% 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
+3.9%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+33%
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 Lincoln spend an estimated 38% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£29,824/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
38%
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
26% of listings
65% of listings
8% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 59% of the 659 houses currently advertised in Lincoln.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 906 live listings in 5 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 Lincoln, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lincoln, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Lincoln
Live signal across 1,505 Lincoln rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
81%
of 196 Lincoln listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
88%
of 279 Lincoln listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
272 homes came onto the Lincoln rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed flat/apartment
Hawks Road, Welton, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2
1 bed house
Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2
4 bed bungalow
Clint Lane, Navenby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5
3 bed house
6 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
1 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Horton Street, LN2
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
2 bed house
2 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
2 bed terraced house
Whitehall Terrace, LINCOLN, LN1
3 bed terraced house
Sincil Bank, Lincoln, LN5
3 bed terraced house
Gibbeson Street, Linoln
3 bed flat/apartment
Lincoln, LN1
1 bed flat/apartment
Riseholme Road, Lincoln, LN1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Lincoln. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Lincoln homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 47,620 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.76
≈ Band A–B
Stock
48k
47,620 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
85% of Lincoln premises can already get full-fibre and 92% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
85%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
92%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
96%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
466 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Lincoln), July 2025, covering 47,673 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Lincoln 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
45%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
55%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
38k
37,676 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Lincoln. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Lincoln centroid. The five closest:
Westgate Academy
Primary · Academy converter · LN1 3BQ
Lincoln UTC
Secondary · University technical college · LN2 1PF
The Lincoln St Peter-In-Eastgate Church of England Infants Academy
Primary · Academy converter · LN2 4AW
The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · LN1 1LW
Mount Street Academy
Primary · Academy converter · LN1 3JG
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Lincoln 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), Lincoln has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 10 of 10 postcode districts analysed, the median was 9 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Lincoln is Violent crime, accounting for 87% of all incidents.
Lincoln 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 (182) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (109) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (68) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (105) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (226) · pop. ~7,000
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 Lincoln is £900 a month, from 1,420 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lincoln is £585 a month, 35% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 600 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lincoln is £925 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 277 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lincoln is £1,100 a month, 22% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 190 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lincoln is £1,733 a month, 93% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 336 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lincoln is £498 a month, from 85 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,505 rental properties available in Lincoln, with 272 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Lincoln has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 9 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 Lincoln is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East Midlands
How Lincoln compares with the other 14 places we track in East Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lincoln, updated 28 October 2026.
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