Renting in Preston
Median asking rent · all sizes · 864 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Preston is £850 a month, from 864 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £700/moasking · 305 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £850/moasking · 256 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £990/moasking · 166 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,650/moasking · 109 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £569/moasking · 73 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 Preston by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/preston, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Preston
Preston currently has 937 rental listings on the property sites we track, 864 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Preston is £850 a month, from 864 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 142 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 £825 a month in PR1 (438 live listings) to £1,038 in PR11 (8 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Preston (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 Preston, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Preston is £700 a month, 18% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 305 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Preston is £850 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 256 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Preston is £990 a month, 16% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 166 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Preston is £1,650 a month, 94% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 109 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Preston is £569 a month, from 73 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 Preston is £791 a month, up 5.7% 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
+5.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+34%
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 Preston spend an estimated 32% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£30,038/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
32%
Affordable for most renters.
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
52% of listings
39% of listings
9% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 68% of the 308 houses currently advertised in Preston.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 696 live listings in 5 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 Preston, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/preston, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Preston
Live signal across 937 Preston rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
70%
of 203 Preston listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
81%
of 221 Preston listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
142 homes came onto the Preston rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Emmanuel St, PR1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Bedford Court, PR1
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Slade St, PR1
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Lockhart Rd, PR1
1 bed room
Bedsit, Grimshaw Place, PR1
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Euston St, PR1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Sandown Court, PR1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Sandown Court, PR1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, St. Marks Road, PR1
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Cardigan St, PR2
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Dallas St, PR1
4 bed terraced house
4 Bed Terraced House, Norris St, PR1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, New Hall Lane, PR1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, New Hall Lane, PR1
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Selborne Street, PR1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, New Hall Lane, PR1
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Ripon St, PR1
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Alder Road, PR2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Clement Road, PR2
1 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Ingol, PR2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Fulwood, PR2
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Broadwood Drive, PR2
3 bed bungalow
3 Bed Bungalow, Polefield, PR2
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Fitzgerald Street, PR1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Preston. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Preston homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 69,240 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.28
≈ Band B–C
Stock
69k
69,240 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
70% of Preston premises can already get full-fibre and 88% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
70%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
88%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
458 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Preston), July 2025, covering 69,144 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
49% of Preston 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
49%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
51%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
65k
64,774 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Preston. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
14 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Preston centroid. The five closest:
Stoneygate Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · PR1 3XU
St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston
Primary · Academy converter · PR1 1TT
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston
Primary · Academy converter · PR1 3YJ
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston
Primary · Voluntary aided school · PR1 7DR
Eden Boys' School, Preston
Secondary · Free schools · PR1 4BD
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Preston 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), Preston has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 18 of 18 postcode districts analysed, the median was 93 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Preston is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Preston’s figures sit in line with the national picture. Safety varies by street as much as by city — every Dwellio alert includes the area’s data to help.
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 (76) · pop. ~24,000
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~24,000
Most common: Violent crime (160) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (182) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (312) · pop. ~10,000
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 Preston is £850 a month, from 864 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Preston is £700 a month, 18% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 305 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Preston is £850 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 256 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Preston is £990 a month, 16% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 166 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Preston is £1,650 a month, 94% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 109 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Preston is £569 a month, from 73 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 937 rental properties available in Preston, with 142 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Preston has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 93 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 Preston is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How Preston compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/preston, updated 28 October 2026.
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