Renting in Lowestoft
Median asking rent · all sizes · 231 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Lowestoft before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lowestoft is £925 a month, from 231 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £700/moasking · 48 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £900/moasking · 67 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,000/moasking · 90 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 Lowestoft by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lowestoft, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Lowestoft
Lowestoft currently has 231 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lowestoft is £925 a month, from 231 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 47 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 65% 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 NR32 (83 live listings) to £925 in NR33 (71 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Lowestoft (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 Lowestoft, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lowestoft is £700 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lowestoft is £900 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 67 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lowestoft is £1,000 a month, 8% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 90 live listings on five property sites (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 East Suffolk is £848 a month, up 5.8% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). East Suffolk is the ONS area that covers Lowestoft. 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
+5.8%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+36%
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
32% of listings
61% of listings
7% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 41% of the 140 houses currently advertised in Lowestoft.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 186 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 Lowestoft, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lowestoft, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Lowestoft
Live signal across 231 Lowestoft 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 68 Lowestoft listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
62%
of 77 Lowestoft listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
47 homes came onto the Lowestoft rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed property
Raglan Street, Lowestoft NR32
3 bed property
Shelton Road, Lowestoft NR33
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, London Road Pakefield, NR33
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Commodore Road, NR32
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, London Road South, NR33
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, London Road South, NR33
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, Lyndhurst Road, NR32
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Edinburgh Road, NR32
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Carlton Colville, NR33
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Southfield Gardens, NR33
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Kirkley Cliff Road, NR33
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Carlton Road, NR33
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed End Terrace, Westhall Road, NR32
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Howard House, NR32
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Selby St, NR32
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Norwich Road, NR32
3 bed terraced house
Raglan Street, Lowestoft
3 bed semi-detached house
Pritchard Close, Lowestoft
2 bed terraced house
Tennyson Road, Lowestoft NR32
1 bed flat/apartment
Denmark Road, LOWESTOFT
3 bed house
Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, NR33
2 bed terraced house
Rochester Road, Lowestoft NR33
3 bed terraced house
Norwich Road, Lowestoft, NR32
2 bed bungalow
Kingswood Avenue, Lowestoft NR33
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Lowestoft. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Lowestoft homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 121,800 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
2.88
≈ Band B–C
Stock
122k
121,800 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
83% of Lowestoft premises can already get full-fibre and 83% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
83%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
83%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
442 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (East Suffolk), July 2025, covering 120,689 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
43% of Lowestoft 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
43%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
57%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
101k
100,958 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under East Suffolk. 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 Lowestoft centroid. The five closest:
Roman Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · NR32 2NX
St Margaret's Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · NR32 4JF
Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · NR32 4HN
Poplars Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · NR32 4HN
Ormiston Denes Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · NR32 4AH
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Lowestoft 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), Lowestoft has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 8 of 8 postcode districts analysed, the median was 24 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Lowestoft is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Lowestoft 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 (39) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (35) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (6) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (21) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (4) · pop. ~1,500
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 Lowestoft is £925 a month, from 231 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lowestoft is £700 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lowestoft is £900 a month, 3% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 67 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lowestoft is £1,000 a month, 8% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 90 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 231 rental properties available in Lowestoft, with 47 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Lowestoft 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 Lowestoft is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East of England
How Lowestoft compares with the other 20 places we track in East of England — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East of England, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lowestoft, updated 27 October 2026.
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