Renting in Peterborough
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,330 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Peterborough is £1,050 a month, from 1,330 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £775/moasking · 368 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,050/moasking · 516 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 271 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,675/moasking · 144 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £603/moasking · 64 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 Peterborough by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/peterborough, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Peterborough
Peterborough currently has 1,394 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,330 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Peterborough is £1,050 a month, from 1,330 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 274 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 43% 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 PE1 (342 live listings) to £1,250 in PE7 (125 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Peterborough (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 Peterborough, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Peterborough is £775 a month, 26% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 368 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Peterborough is £1,050 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 516 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Peterborough is £1,200 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 271 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Peterborough is £1,675 a month, 60% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 144 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Peterborough is £603 a month, from 64 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 Peterborough is £1,014 a month, up 4.9% 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.
Annual
+4.9%
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 Peterborough spend an estimated 41% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£29,828/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
41%
Stretched — above 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
53% of listings
40% of listings
6% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 41% of the 455 houses currently advertised in Peterborough.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,214 live listings in 7 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 Peterborough, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/peterborough, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Peterborough
Live signal across 1,394 Peterborough rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
79%
of 385 Peterborough listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
91%
of 597 Peterborough listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£1.65/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 147 live listings · October 2026Median 681 sqft across the 147 Peterborough listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
274 homes came onto the Peterborough rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Rm 3, Deaconscroft, Peterborough PE3
3 bed property
Lessingham, Orton Brimbles, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE2
1 bed property
Abingdon Close, Eye, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE6
2 bed property
Peterborough PE2
2 bed property
Peterborough PE2
3 bed property
Redwing Close, Peterborough PE2
4 bed property
Eagle Way, Hampton Centre, Peterborough PE7
3 bed property
Moresby Way, Hempsted, Peterborough PE7
3 bed property
Jupiter Avenue, Peterborough PE2
1 bed property
Peterborough PE2
2 bed property
Ascot House, Peterborough PE2
2 bed property
Oundle Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE2
2 bed property
Crawthorne St, Peterborough PE1
2 bed property
Horrell Court, Peterborough PE3
1 bed property
Fitzwilliam Street, Peterborough PE1
1 bed property
Harn Road, Peterborough PE7
1 bed property
Park House, Peterborough PE1
2 bed property
Peterborough PE2
1 bed property
Elstone, Peterborough PE2
2 bed property
Burghley Road, Peterborough PE1
3 bed property
Gladstone Street, Millfield, Peterborough PE1
2 bed property
Meadenvale, Parnwell, Peterborough PE1
2 bed property
Burghley Mansions, Peterborough PE1
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Aldermans Drive, PE3
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Peterborough. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Peterborough homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 90,590 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.28
≈ Band B–C
Stock
91k
90,590 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 Peterborough premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
94%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
485 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Peterborough), July 2025, covering 90,906 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
57% of Peterborough 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
57%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
43%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
88k
88,397 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Peterborough. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Peterborough centroid. The five closest:
Bishop Creighton Academy
Primary · Academy converter · PE1 5DB
The Beeches Primary School
Primary · Community school · PE1 2EH
West Town Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · PE3 6DD
The King's (The Cathedral) School
All-through · Academy converter · PE1 2UE
Richard Barnes Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · PE3 6BA
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Peterborough 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), Peterborough has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 14 of 14 postcode districts analysed, the median was 79 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Peterborough is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Peterborough 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: Anti-social behaviour (23) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (76) · pop. ~24,000
Most common: Violent crime (113) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (115) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (63) · pop. ~12,000
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 Peterborough is £1,050 a month, from 1,330 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Peterborough is £775 a month, 26% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 368 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Peterborough is £1,050 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 516 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Peterborough is £1,200 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 271 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Peterborough is £1,675 a month, 60% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 144 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Peterborough is £603 a month, from 64 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,394 rental properties available in Peterborough, with 274 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Peterborough has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 79 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 Peterborough is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East of England
How Peterborough 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/peterborough, updated 28 October 2026.
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