Renting in Northampton
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,268 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Northampton is £1,100 a month, from 1,268 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £750/moasking · 434 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,075/moasking · 350 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,300/moasking · 292 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,700/moasking · 158 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £595/moasking · 33 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 Northampton by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/northampton, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Northampton
Northampton currently has 1,301 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,268 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Northampton is £1,100 a month, from 1,268 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 257 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 52% 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 £925 a month in NN1 (436 live listings) to £1,618 in NN7 (18 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Northampton (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 Northampton, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Northampton is £750 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 434 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Northampton is £1,075 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 350 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Northampton is £1,300 a month, 18% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 292 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Northampton is £1,700 a month, 55% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 158 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Northampton is £595 a month, from 33 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 Northampton is £1,088 a month, up 3.3% 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
+3.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+30%
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
46% of listings
50% of listings
3% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 49% of the 487 houses currently advertised in Northampton.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,017 live listings in 8 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 Northampton, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/northampton, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Northampton
Live signal across 1,301 Northampton 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 331 Northampton listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
81%
of 396 Northampton listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£1.48/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 119 live listings · October 2026Median 743 sqft across the 119 Northampton listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
257 homes came onto the Northampton rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed house
Woodpecker Way, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4
4 bed house
Woodgate Road, Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4
5 bed property
Paxton Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3
3 bed house
Abbey Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN5
3 bed house
Greenside, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3
2 bed house
Byron Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2
2 bed house
6, Brome Close, Harpole, Northamptonshire, NN7
3 bed house
22, Brome Close, Harpole, Northamptonshire, NN7
3 bed house
2, Marram Crescent, Harpole, NN7
4 bed house
20, Wheatsheaf Close, Wellingborough, NN8
2 bed house
Tillage Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8
3 bed house
33, Tillage Road, Wellingborough, NN8
4 bed property
First Lane, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN5
2 bed house
Woodpecker Way, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4
3 bed house
13, Sickle Drive, Wellingborough, NN8
2 bed house
31, Tillage Road, Wellingborough, NN8
3 bed house
Grasscroft, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2
3 bed house
74, Campus Drive, Northampton, NN2
3 bed house
8, Wheatsheaf Close, Wellingborough, NN8
1 bed flat/apartment
Grosvenor Gardens, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2
2 bed house
Marvills Mill Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4
3 bed property
Bushland Road, Northampton NN3
2 bed property
Southampton Road, Northampton NN4
2 bed property
Spencer Road, Northampton NN1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Northampton. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Northampton homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 184,070 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.01
≈ Band C–D
Stock
184k
184,070 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
94% of Northampton premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
94%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
481 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (West Northamptonshire), July 2025, covering 183,732 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
52% of Northampton 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
52%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
48%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
154k
154,166 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under West Northamptonshire. 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 Northampton centroid. The five closest:
New Horizons Academy
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision · NN1 2NE
Spring Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · NN1 2JW
Castle Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · NN1 2TR
The CE Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · NN1 3EX
Vernon Terrace Primary School
Primary · Community school · NN1 5HE
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Northampton 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), Northampton has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 40 of 40 postcode districts analysed, the median was 141 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Northampton is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Northampton’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 (84) · pop. ~19,000
Most common: Violent crime (208) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (112) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (114) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (246) · pop. ~8,000
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 Northampton is £1,100 a month, from 1,268 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Northampton is £750 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 434 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Northampton is £1,075 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 350 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Northampton is £1,300 a month, 18% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 292 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Northampton is £1,700 a month, 55% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 158 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Northampton is £595 a month, from 33 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,301 rental properties available in Northampton, with 257 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Northampton has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 141 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 Northampton is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East Midlands
How Northampton compares with the other 14 places we track in East Midlands — 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 East Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/northampton, updated 27 October 2026.
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