Renting in Plymouth

Average Rent in Plymouth: £875/mo

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Median asking rent across 4,520 live Plymouth listings on 5 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

£875 /month

4,520 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Plymouth by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£758/mo	366
1 bed	£763/mo	1,204
2 bed	£975/mo	840
3 bed	£1,250/mo	455
4+ bed	£2,000/mo	1,117
Room (house share)	£590/mo	538

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Plymouth

What it costs to rent in Plymouth

Plymouth currently has 4,520 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £875 a month. 151 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 37% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is TQ2 at around £745/mo, while PL26 sits nearer £1,375/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.

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Rent by property size

Average rent in Plymouth by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 4,520 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Plymouth

£758/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Plymouth is £758 a month, 13% below the city-wide median of £875, based on 366 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Plymouth

£763/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Plymouth is £763 a month, 13% below the city-wide median of £875, based on 1,204 listings currently on the market.

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

£975/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Plymouth is £975 a month, 11% above the city-wide median of £875, based on 840 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Plymouth

£1,250/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Plymouth is £1,250 a month, 43% above the city-wide median of £875, based on 455 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Plymouth

£2,000/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Plymouth is £2,000 a month, 129% above the city-wide median of £875, based on 1,117 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Plymouth

£590/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Plymouth house share is £590 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £875, based on 538 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 Plymouth rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Plymouth. Latest: £1,001/mo (Jul 26, +5.2% YoY).

Latest

£1,001

Jul 26

Annual

+5.2%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£752

Aug 21

Total change

+33%

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 Plymouth pay goes on rent?

Renters in Plymouth 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 rent

£1,001/mo

£12,012/yr

Median pay

£28,992/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

41%

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 Plymouth

Flats & apartments

1756

53% of listings

Houses

1014

31% of listings

Rooms

538

16% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Other house houses make up 47% of the 1,022 houses currently advertised in Plymouth.

Other house
47%485
Terraced
43%436
Semi-detached
7%67
Detached
3%27
Bungalow
1%7

Rent by postcode

Where Plymouth rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,839 live listings in 25 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Plymouth

1PL26£1,375/mo4 rentals
2TQ9£1,300/mo6 rentals
3TQ14£1,300/mo3 rentals

Cheapest in Plymouth

1TQ2£745/mo18 rentals
2TQ12£788/mo8 rentals
3PL4£800/mo710 rentals

Features · Plymouth

Garden, parking, and floor area in Plymouth

Live signal across 4,520 Plymouth 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 694 Plymouth listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

78%

of 974 Plymouth listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Plymouth this week

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

151 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Plymouth

Most Plymouth homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 123,050 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.19

≈ Band B–C

Stock

123k

123,050 properties

A
39%47,960
B
27%33,330
C
19%23,670
D
8%10,300
E
4%5,230
F
2%1,890
G
1%620
H
0%60

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 Plymouth

77% of Plymouth premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

77%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

95%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

98%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

480 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
77%
Gigabit-capable
95%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
98%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Plymouth), July 2025, covering 122,394 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Plymouth homes

48% of Plymouth 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

48%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

52%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

110k

110,140 EPCs

A
1%661
B
10%11,429
C
37%40,801
D
39%42,494
E
10%11,348
F
2%2,504
G
1%903

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Plymouth

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

1
ACE Schools Plymouth
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · PL4 0AT
0.26 mi
2
Pilgrim Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · PL1 5BQ
0.34 mi
3
St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · PL1 3AY
0.35 mi
4
The Cathedral School of St Mary
Primary · Academy converter · PL1 5HW
0.45 mi
5
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · PL4 9BE
0.47 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Plymouth

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Plymouth has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 20 of 20 postcode districts analysed, the median was 43 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Plymouth is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

43 crimes per area (median)
20 of 20 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Plymouth 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

Safety by suburb in Plymouth

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.

Plympton has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Plymouth.

Stonehouse
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (405) · pop. ~9,000
117
per 1k
Plymstock
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (34) · pop. ~26,000
3.0
per 1k
Mutley
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (466) · pop. ~8,000
146
per 1k
Mannamead
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (231) · pop. ~9,000
52
per 1k
Plympton
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (43) · pop. ~31,000
2.6
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

Plymouth listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Plymouth.

Rightmove

2544

OpenRent

598

OnTheMarket

564

SpareRoom

538

PrimeLocation

276

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Frequently asked

Renting in Plymouth — your questions answered

How much is rent in Plymouth?

The average (median) asking rent in Plymouth is £875 a month — a 1-bed is £763 and a 2-bed £975, based on 4,520 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Plymouth?

The median asking rent for a studio in Plymouth is £758 a month, 13% below the city-wide median of £875, based on 366 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Plymouth is £763 a month, 13% below the city-wide median of £875, based on 1,204 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Plymouth is £975 a month, 11% above the city-wide median of £875, based on 840 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Plymouth is £1,250 a month, 43% above the city-wide median of £875, based on 455 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Plymouth is £2,000 a month, 129% above the city-wide median of £875, based on 1,117 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Plymouth?

The median asking rent for a room in a Plymouth house share is £590 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £875, based on 538 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Plymouth?

There are currently 4,520 rental properties available in Plymouth, with 151 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Plymouth safe for renters?

Plymouth has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 43 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Plymouth?

The most commonly reported crime category in Plymouth is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

Across South West

Average rent across South West

How Plymouth compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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