Renting in Middlesbrough
Median asking rent · all sizes · 806 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Middlesbrough before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Middlesbrough is £706 a month, from 806 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £530/moasking · 186 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £700/moasking · 187 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £795/moasking · 250 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,100/moasking · 148 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £450/moasking · 65 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 Middlesbrough by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/middlesbrough, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough currently has 871 rental listings on the property sites we track, 806 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Middlesbrough is £706 a month, from 806 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 91 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 70% 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 £675 a month in TS3 (80 live listings) to £2,500 in TS19 (7 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Middlesbrough (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 Middlesbrough, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Middlesbrough is £530 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 186 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Middlesbrough is £700 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 187 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Middlesbrough is £795 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 250 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Middlesbrough is £1,100 a month, 56% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 148 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Middlesbrough is £450 a month, from 65 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 Middlesbrough is £699 a month, up 3.8% 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
+3.8%
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 Middlesbrough spend an estimated 28% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£30,253/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
28%
Very affordable — well below 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
27% of listings
62% of listings
10% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 55% of the 412 houses currently advertised in Middlesbrough.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 579 live listings in 13 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 Middlesbrough, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/middlesbrough, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Middlesbrough
Live signal across 871 Middlesbrough rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
71%
of 193 Middlesbrough listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
79%
of 214 Middlesbrough listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
91 homes came onto the Middlesbrough rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
St Johns Row, Middlesbrough TS6
2 bed property
Haven Close, Middlesbrough TS6
3 bed property
Buttress Road, Middlesbrough TS6
3 bed property
Buttress Road, Middlesbrough TS6
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Hylton Road, TS5
4 bed terraced house
4 Bed End Terrace, Haddon St, TS1
1 bed semi-detached house
1 Bed Semi-Detached House, St Johns Row, TS6
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Norton Avenue, TS20
4 bed semi-detached house
4 Bed Semi-Detached House, Hills Drive, TS20
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Cotswold Crescent, TS23
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Harford Street, TS1
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Meath Street, TS1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Alexandra House, TS1
3 bed property
Premier Road, Middlesbrough, TS3
2 bed flat/apartment
Grange Road, Middlesbrough TS1
1 bed flat/apartment
Alexandra House, Middlesbrough, TS1
1 bed flat/apartment
Grange Road, Middlesbrough TS1
4 bed terraced house
Garnet Street, Middlesbrough TS1
3 bed terraced house
Meath Street, Middlesbrough TS1
2 bed semi-detached house
Coniston Road, Middlesbrough, TS6
2 bed flat/apartment
Trimdon Avenue, North Yorkshire TS5
3 bed terraced house
Meldyke Lane, Stainton, Middlesbrough
3 bed semi-detached house
Plot 125, Calderton (Portside Village) at Portside Village, Stone Road TS6
3 bed semi-detached house
Hazleton at Portside Village, Stone Road TS6
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Middlesbrough. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Middlesbrough homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 66,160 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.08
≈ Band B–C
Stock
66k
66,160 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
62% of Middlesbrough premises can already get full-fibre and 98% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
62%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
98%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
491 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Middlesbrough), July 2025, covering 66,445 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
46% of Middlesbrough 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
46%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
54%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
65k
65,456 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Middlesbrough. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Middlesbrough centroid. The five closest:
Outwood Academy Riverside
Secondary · Free schools · TS1 2AD
Newport Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · TS1 5NQ
Abingdon Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TS1 3JR
Ayresome Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · TS1 4NT
Breckon Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TS4 2DS
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Middlesbrough 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), Middlesbrough has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 37 of 37 postcode districts analysed, the median was 286 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Middlesbrough is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Middlesbrough’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 (302) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (144) · pop. ~17,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (46) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~11,000
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Middlesbrough is £706 a month, from 806 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Middlesbrough is £530 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 186 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Middlesbrough is £700 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 187 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Middlesbrough is £795 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 250 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Middlesbrough is £1,100 a month, 56% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 148 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Middlesbrough is £450 a month, from 65 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 871 rental properties available in Middlesbrough, with 91 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Middlesbrough has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 286 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 Middlesbrough is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North East
How Middlesbrough compares with the other 9 places we track in North East — 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 East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/middlesbrough, updated 28 October 2026.
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