Renting in Nottingham

Average Rent in Nottingham: £975/mo

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Median asking rent across 12,040 live Nottingham listings on 6 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£975 /month

12,040 live listings · 6 portals

Median monthly rent in Nottingham by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£780/mo	861
1 bed	£795/mo	3,254
2 bed	£1,000/mo	3,276
3 bed	£1,200/mo	1,710
4+ bed	£2,173/mo	2,097
Room (house share)	£557/mo	842

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 14 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Nottingham

What it costs to rent in Nottingham

Nottingham currently has 12,040 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £975 a month. 469 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 39% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is NG10 at around £825/mo, while NG12 sits nearer £1,550/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Nottingham around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Nottingham by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 12,040 live listings across 6 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Nottingham

£780/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Nottingham is £780 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £975, based on 861 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Nottingham

£795/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Nottingham is £795 a month, 18% below the city-wide median of £975, based on 3,254 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Nottingham

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Nottingham is £1,000 a month, 3% above the city-wide median of £975, based on 3,276 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Nottingham

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Nottingham is £1,200 a month, 23% above the city-wide median of £975, based on 1,710 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Nottingham

£2,173/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Nottingham is £2,173 a month, 123% above the city-wide median of £975, based on 2,097 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Nottingham

£557/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Nottingham house share is £557 a month, 43% below the city-wide median of £975, based on 842 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Nottingham rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Nottingham. Latest: £1,011/mo (Jul 26, +2.3% YoY).

Latest

£1,011

Jul 26

Annual

+2.3%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£725

Aug 21

Total change

+39%

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Nottingham pay goes on rent?

Renters in Nottingham spend an estimated 46% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,011/mo

£12,132/yr

Median pay

£26,512/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

46%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Nottingham

Flats & apartments

5201

55% of listings

Houses

3380

36% of listings

Rooms

842

9% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Nottingham — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 38% of the 3,411 houses currently advertised in Nottingham.

Terraced
38%1,309
Other house
31%1,072
Semi-detached
21%726
Detached
8%274
Bungalow
1%30

Rent by postcode

Where Nottingham rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 7,936 live listings in 18 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Nottingham

1NG12£1,550/mo23 rentals
2NG14£1,285/mo6 rentals
3NG90£1,196/mo7 rentals

Cheapest in Nottingham

1NG10£825/mo74 rentals
2NG3£900/mo686 rentals
3NG16£900/mo35 rentals

Features · Nottingham

Garden, parking, and floor area in Nottingham

Live signal across 12,040 Nottingham rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

77%

of 2,480 Nottingham listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

83%

of 3,529 Nottingham listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Nottingham this week

469 homes came onto the Nottingham rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

469 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Nottingham

Most Nottingham homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 146,610 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

1.71

≈ Band A–B

Stock

147k

146,610 properties

A
63%91,890
B
17%25,500
C
12%16,930
D
5%7,680
E
2%2,630
F
1%1,120
G
1%760
H
0%120

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 Nottingham

85% of Nottingham premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

85%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

97%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

489 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
85%
Gigabit-capable
97%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Nottingham), July 2025, covering 136,074 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Nottingham homes

44% of Nottingham 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

44%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

56%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

155k

154,944 EPCs

A
1%930
B
8%12,403
C
35%54,345
D
40%61,221
E
14%21,221
F
3%4,064
G
0%760

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Nottingham. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Nottingham

12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Nottingham centroid. The five closest:

1
Denewood Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · NG7 4ES
0.52 mi
2
Unity Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · NG7 4ES
0.52 mi
3
Stone Soup Academy
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision · NG1 1HN
0.64 mi
4
Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · NG7 4AA
0.71 mi
5
Huntingdon Academy
Primary · Academy converter · NG3 4AY
0.72 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Nottingham centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Nottingham

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Nottingham has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 39 of 39 postcode districts analysed, the median was 251 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Nottingham is Violent crime, accounting for 24% of all incidents.

Crime overview

251 crimes per area (median)
39 of 39 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Violent crime
24% of incidents

Nottingham’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

Safety by suburb in Nottingham

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

West Bridgford has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Nottingham.

West Bridgford
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (56) · pop. ~47,000
4.0
per 1k
Beeston
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (86) · pop. ~37,000
9.0
per 1k
Sherwood
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (210) · pop. ~12,000
46
per 1k
Mapperley
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (99) · pop. ~10,000
29
per 1k
Lenton
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (83) · pop. ~11,000
28
per 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.

Where we search

Nottingham listings by portal

We watch 6 property sites for rentals in Nottingham.

Rightmove

7438

OpenRent

2230

PrimeLocation

1021

SpareRoom

842

OnTheMarket

320

Leaders

189

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Frequently asked

Renting in Nottingham — your questions answered

How much is rent in Nottingham?

The average (median) asking rent in Nottingham is £975 a month — a 1-bed is £795 and a 2-bed £1,000, based on 12,040 live listings across 6 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Nottingham?

The median asking rent for a studio in Nottingham is £780 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £975, based on 861 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Nottingham?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Nottingham is £795 a month, 18% below the city-wide median of £975, based on 3,254 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Nottingham?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Nottingham is £1,000 a month, 3% above the city-wide median of £975, based on 3,276 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Nottingham?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Nottingham is £1,200 a month, 23% above the city-wide median of £975, based on 1,710 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Nottingham?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Nottingham is £2,173 a month, 123% above the city-wide median of £975, based on 2,097 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Nottingham?

The median asking rent for a room in a Nottingham house share is £557 a month, 43% below the city-wide median of £975, based on 842 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Nottingham?

There are currently 12,040 rental properties available in Nottingham, with 469 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Nottingham safe for renters?

Nottingham has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 251 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Nottingham?

The most commonly reported crime category in Nottingham is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

Across East Midlands

Average rent across East Midlands

How Nottingham compares with the other 14 places we track in East Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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