Renting in Portsmouth
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,622 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Portsmouth before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Portsmouth is £1,250 a month, from 1,622 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £855/moasking · 499 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,250/moasking · 453 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,500/moasking · 226 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,675/moasking · 379 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £700/moasking · 80 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 Portsmouth by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/portsmouth, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Portsmouth
Portsmouth currently has 1,702 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,622 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Portsmouth is £1,250 a month, from 1,622 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 445 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 42% 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 £1,100 a month in PO2 (169 live listings) to £1,450 in PO6 (35 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Portsmouth (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 Portsmouth, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Portsmouth is £855 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 499 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Portsmouth is £1,250 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 453 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Portsmouth is £1,500 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 226 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Portsmouth is £2,675 a month, 114% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 379 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Portsmouth is £700 a month, from 80 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 Portsmouth is £1,374 a month, up 2.9% 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
+2.9%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+37%
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 Portsmouth spend an estimated 53% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£30,962/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
53%
Expensive — half of local median pay before tax.
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
55% of listings
39% of listings
6% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 72% of the 509 houses currently advertised in Portsmouth.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,294 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 Portsmouth, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/portsmouth, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Portsmouth
Live signal across 1,702 Portsmouth rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
82%
of 417 Portsmouth listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
67%
of 337 Portsmouth listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
445 homes came onto the Portsmouth rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
The Blue Building, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, PO1
1 bed flat/apartment
Festing Grove, Southsea, PO4
1 bed flat/apartment
The Roundhouse, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, PO1
3 bed house
Bath Road, Southsea, PO4
2 bed flat/apartment
Waverley Road, Southsea, PO5
2 bed flat/apartment
Pound House, St. James's Street, Portsmouth, PO1
2 bed flat/apartment
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1
2 bed flat/apartment
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1
3 bed property
Preston Road, Portsmouth PO2
3 bed property
High Street, Cosham PO6
2 bed property
Pound House, St. James's Street PO1
Studio property
Brunel House, The Hard, Portsmouth PO1
1 bed property
Richmond House, Bonfire Corner, Portsmouth PO1
2 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Stansted Road, PO5
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Fawcett Road, PO4
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Victoria Road North, PO5
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Percy Road, PO4
3 bed flat/apartment
3 Bed Flat, Portsmouth, PO1
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Francis Avenue, PO4
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Margate Road, PO5
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Fawcett Road, PO4
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Nancy Road, PO1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Portsmouth, PO1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, The Crescent, PO1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Portsmouth. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Portsmouth homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 94,070 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
2.31
≈ Band B–C
Stock
94k
94,070 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
82% of Portsmouth premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
82%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
490 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Portsmouth), July 2025, covering 90,578 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
44% of Portsmouth 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
91k
90,674 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Portsmouth. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Portsmouth centroid. The five closest:
Stamshaw Junior School
Primary · Academy converter · PO2 8QH
The Harbour School
Not applicable · Academy special converter · PO2 8RA
Stamshaw Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · PO2 8NW
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · PO2 9AX
The Flying Bull Academy
Primary · Academy converter · PO2 7BJ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Portsmouth 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), Portsmouth has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 57 of 57 postcode districts analysed, the median was 46 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Portsmouth is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Portsmouth 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: Violent crime (275) · pop. ~31,000
Most common: Violent crime (425) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (300) · pop. ~16,000
Most common: Violent crime (94) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (171) · pop. ~13,000
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Portsmouth is £1,250 a month, from 1,622 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Portsmouth is £855 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 499 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Portsmouth is £1,250 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 453 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Portsmouth is £1,500 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 226 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Portsmouth is £2,675 a month, 114% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 379 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Portsmouth is £700 a month, from 80 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,702 rental properties available in Portsmouth, with 445 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Portsmouth has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 46 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 Portsmouth is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Portsmouth compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — 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 South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/portsmouth, updated 28 October 2026.
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