Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Newcastle
£775/moMedian asking rent · 1-bed · 153 live listings · October 2026The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Newcastle is £775 a month, from 153 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Renting in Newcastle
Average Rent in Newcastle by Bedroom
Rent in Newcastle before the rush.
The median asking rent in Newcastle is £775 a month for a 1-bed (153 live listings), £1,090 for a 2-bed (334 live listings), £1,495 for a 3-bed (386 live listings) and £3,585 for a 4+ bed home (897 live listings), on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Median asking rent
No single figure for Newcastle this month
This month it doesn’t fit the 1-, 2- and 3-bed figures, which usually means large student houses dominate the listings. The figures by size below are not affected.
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £775/moasking · 153 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,090/moasking · 334 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,495/moasking · 386 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £3,585/moasking · 897 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £600/moasking · 87 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 Newcastle by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/newcastle, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Newcastle
What it costs to rent in Newcastle
Newcastle currently has 1,897 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,810 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent in Newcastle is £775 a month for a 1-bed (153 live listings), £1,090 for a 2-bed (334 live listings), £1,495 for a 3-bed (386 live listings) and £3,585 for a 4+ bed home (897 live listings), on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 739 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 40% 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 £900 a month in NE8 (25 live listings) to £3,120 in NE2 (886 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Newcastle (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
Average rent in Newcastle by bedrooms
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Newcastle, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Newcastle
£1,090/moMedian asking rent · 2-bed · 334 live listings · October 2026The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Newcastle is £1,090 a month, from 334 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Average rent for a 3-bed house in Newcastle
£1,495/moMedian asking rent · 3-bed · 386 live listings · October 2026The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Newcastle is £1,495 a month, from 386 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Average rent for a 4-bed house in Newcastle
£3,585/moMedian asking rent · 4+ bed · 897 live listings · October 2026The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Newcastle is £3,585 a month, from 897 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Average room rent in Newcastle
£600/moMedian asking rent · room in a shared house · 87 live listings · October 2026The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Newcastle is £600 a month, from 87 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
How Newcastle rents have moved
The ONS average rent paid in Newcastle is £1,220 a month, up 7.9% 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.
Latest£1,220/moONS average rent paid · all sizes · Newcastle · September 20265 years earlier£857/moONS average rent paid · all sizes · Newcastle · October 2021
Annual
+7.9%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+42%
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
What share of Newcastle pay goes on rent?
Renters in Newcastle spend an estimated 49% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Average rent paid£1,220/mo£14,640 a yearONS average rent paid · all sizes · Newcastle · September 2026
Median pay
£30,144/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
49%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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. How we measure this
Property types
What’s on offer in Newcastle
Flats & apartments
94757% of listings
Houses
63338% of listings
Rooms
875% of listings
Bungalows
20% of listings
Property mix · houses
Houses to rent in Newcastle — what's on the market
Terraced houses make up 67% of the 635 houses currently advertised in Newcastle.
- Terraced67%428
- Other house19%121
- Semi-detached11%69
- Detached2%15
- Bungalow0%2
Rent by postcode
Where Newcastle rent is highest and lowest
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,597 live listings in 14 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.
Most expensive in Newcastle
- 1NE2£3,120/moall sizes · asking · Oct 2026886 live listings
- 2NE99£1,620/moall sizes · asking · Oct 202634 live listings
- 3NE98£1,582/moall sizes · asking · Oct 202658 live listings
Cheapest in Newcastle
- 1NE8£900/moall sizes · asking · Oct 202625 live listings
- 2NE5£950/moall sizes · asking · Oct 202634 live listings
- 3NE3£1,013/moall sizes · asking · Oct 202668 live listings
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Newcastle, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/newcastle, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Newcastle
Garden, parking, and floor area in Newcastle
Live signal across 1,897 Newcastle rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
78%
of 340 Newcastle listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
88%
of 531 Newcastle listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.07/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 288 live listings · October 2026Median 1,028 sqft across the 288 Newcastle listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
New rentals in Newcastle this week
739 homes came onto the Newcastle rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
739 new this weekUpdated today
- £6,067/moOpenRent
8 bed house
87View listing 
£975/moOpenRent1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Worsdell Drive, NE8
11View listing
£4,160/moOpenRent6 bed flat/apartment
6 Bed Maisonette, Ashleigh Grove, NE2
63View listing
£5,248/moOpenRent7 bed terraced house
7 Bed Terraced House, Shortridge Terrace, NE2
75View listing
£4,290/moOpenRent6 bed terraced house
6 Bed Terraced House, Larkspur Terrace, NE2
62View listing
£3,103/moOpenRent4 bed terraced house
4 Bed Terraced House, Shortridge Terrace, NE2
44View listing
£6,067/moOpenRent8 bed terraced house
8 Bed Terraced House, Fern Avenue, NE2
84View listing- £4,290/moOpenRent
6 bed house
63View listing - £6,205/moOpenRent
8 bed house
88View listing - £895/moOpenRent
1 bed flat/apartment
11View listing - £7,254/moOpenRent
9 bed house
910View listing - £6,981/moOpenRent
9 bed house
99View listing - £5,859/moOpenRent
8 bed house
83View listing - £5,157/moOpenRent
7 bed house
72View listing 
£2,905/moOpenRent6 bed terraced house
6 Bed Terraced House, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6
62View listing
£2,995/moOpenRent4 bed flat/apartment
4 Bed Maisonette, Glenthorn Rd, NE2
42View listing
£1,937/moOpenRent3 bed flat/apartment
3 Bed Flat, Glenthorn Road, NE2
31View listing
£5,997/moOpenRent8 bed terraced house
8 Bed Terraced House, Manor House Road, NE2
83View listing- £1,755/moOpenRent
3 bed flat/apartment
31View listing - £6,205/moOpenRent
8 bed house
88View listing - £6,205/moOpenRent
8 bed house
88View listing - £5,157/moOpenRent
7 bed house
75View listing 
£925/moOpenRent1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Worsdell Drive, NE8
11View listing- £4,290/moOpenRent
6 bed flat/apartment
63View listing
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Council tax bands across Newcastle
Most Newcastle homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 139,930 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.01
≈ Band B–C
Stock
140k
139,930 properties
- A56%77,710
- B15%21,530
- C14%20,250
- D7%10,030
- E4%5,770
- F2%2,600
- G1%1,910
- H0%140
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 Newcastle
89% of Newcastle premises can already get full-fibre and 93% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
89%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
93%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
478 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
- Full fibre (FTTP)89%
- Gigabit-capable93%
- Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)99%
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Newcastle upon Tyne), July 2025, covering 135,175 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
EPC ratings for Newcastle homes
51% of Newcastle 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
51%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
49%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
115k
115,436 EPCs
- A1%875
- B12%13,985
- C38%44,138
- D38%44,017
- E9%10,679
- F1%1,451
- G0%291
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Newcastle upon Tyne. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
State-funded schools near Newcastle
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Newcastle centroid. The five closest:
- 10.65 mi
Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · NE2 1XA
- 20.68 mi
Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · NE4 6EB
- 30.72 mi
Moorside Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · NE4 5AW
- 40.75 mi
St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · NE4 7JU
- 50.81 mi
North East Futures UTC
Secondary · University technical college · NE1 3AS
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Newcastle centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area breakdown
Safety by suburb in Newcastle
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.
Gosforth has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Newcastle.
Jesmond
Typical for cityMost common: Shoplifting (197) · pop. ~15,000
35per 1kGosforth
Safer areaMost common: Violent crime (35) · pop. ~24,000
5.8per 1kHeaton
Typical for cityMost common: Shoplifting (157) · pop. ~19,000
28per 1kByker
Higher crimeMost common: Shoplifting (148) · pop. ~10,000
54per 1kFenham
Higher crimeMost common: Anti-social behaviour (162) · pop. ~13,000
48per 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.
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Newcastle listings by portal
We watch 4 property sites for rentals in Newcastle.
Rightmove
1588
OpenRent
212
SpareRoom
87
Leaders
10
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Frequently asked
Renting in Newcastle — your questions answered
How much is rent in Newcastle?
The median asking rent in Newcastle is £775 a month for a 1-bed (153 live listings), £1,090 for a 2-bed (334 live listings), £1,495 for a 3-bed (386 live listings) and £3,585 for a 4+ bed home (897 live listings), on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Why is there no single average rent for Newcastle this month?
This month it doesn’t fit the 1-, 2- and 3-bed figures, which usually means large student houses dominate the listings. The median asking rents by size are not affected.
What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Newcastle?
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Newcastle is £775 a month, from 153 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Newcastle?
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Newcastle is £1,090 a month, from 334 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Newcastle?
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Newcastle is £1,495 a month, from 386 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Newcastle?
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Newcastle is £3,585 a month, from 897 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
What is the average room rent in Newcastle?
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Newcastle is £600 a month, from 87 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
How many rental properties are available in Newcastle?
There are currently 1,897 rental properties available in Newcastle, with 739 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across North East
Average rent across North East
How Newcastle compares with the other 9 places we track in North East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
- Sunderland£700all sizes · 741 listingsasking · Oct 2026
- Middlesbrough£706all sizes · 806 listingsasking · Oct 2026
- Hartlepool£598all sizes · 282 listingsasking · Oct 2026
- Darlington£650all sizes · 357 listingsasking · Oct 2026
- Gateshead£895all sizes · 433 listingsasking · Oct 2026
- Durham—
- South Shields£700all sizes · 218 listingsasking · Oct 2026
- Stockton-on-Tees£725all sizes · 393 listingsasking · Oct 2026
- Redcar£595all sizes · 58 listingsasking · Oct 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/newcastle, updated 28 October 2026.
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