Renting in Runcorn
Median asking rent · all sizes · 99 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Runcorn before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Runcorn is £850 a month, from 99 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 20 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £800/moasking · 54 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £950/moasking · 19 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 Runcorn by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/runcorn, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Runcorn
Runcorn currently has 106 rental listings on the property sites we track, 99 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Runcorn is £850 a month, from 99 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 45 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 49% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Runcorn, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Runcorn is £600 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 20 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Runcorn is £800 a month, 6% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 54 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Runcorn is £950 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 19 live listings on three property sites (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 Halton is £754 a month, up 6.9% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Halton is the ONS area that covers Runcorn. 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
+6.9%
vs a year earlier
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. How we measure this
Property types
46% of listings
44% of listings
8% of listings
2% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 57% of the 42 houses currently advertised in Runcorn.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 89 live listings in 1 district (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 Runcorn, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/runcorn, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Runcorn
Live signal across 106 Runcorn rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Floor area
£1.30/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 17 live listings · October 2026Median 614 sqft across the 17 Runcorn listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
45 homes came onto the Runcorn rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Byron St, Runcorn WA7
2 bed property
Paddock Rise, Beechwood, Runcorn WA7
3 bed terraced house
Navigation Close, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6DD
2 bed terraced house
Mersey View, Runcorn, WA7
2 bed terraced house
Vine Street, Runcorn, WA7
1 bed room
Greenway Road, Runcorn, WA7
2 bed terraced house
Balfour Street, Runcorn, WA7 4PH
2 bed flat/apartment
Old Coach Road, Runcorn, WA7 1NB
3 bed bungalow
Kingshead Close, Castlefields, Runcorn, WA7 2JF
2 bed terraced house
Heather Close, Beechwood, Runcorn, WA7 3HW
2 bed flat/apartment
Hewell Grange WA7
2 bed terraced house
Old Quay Street, Runcorn, WA7
3 bed semi-detached house
Glenville Close, Runcorn, WA7
2 bed terraced house
Vine Street, Runcorn, WA7
1 bed flat/apartment
East Lane, Runcorn WA7
1 bed flat/apartment
East Lane, Runcorn WA7
2 bed bungalow
Morton Road, Windmill Hill, WA7
2 bed flat/apartment
The Decks, Runcorn, WA7
2 bed terraced house
Byron St, Runcorn, WA7
2 bed semi-detached house
Paddock Rise, Beechwood, Runcorn, WA7
2 bed terraced house
Vine Street, Runcorn, WA7
3 bed semi-detached house
Glenville Close, Runcorn, WA7
1 bed flat/apartment
10 Waterside Apartments, High Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7
2 bed terraced house
Old Quay Street, Runcorn, WA7
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Runcorn. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Runcorn homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 59,000 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.17
≈ Band B–C
Stock
59k
59,000 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
89% of Runcorn premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
89%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
488 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Halton), July 2025, covering 59,274 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
51% of Runcorn 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
51%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
49%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
47k
46,912 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Halton. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Runcorn centroid. The five closest:
Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WA7 1LD
Victoria Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · WA7 5BN
St Edward's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WA7 1RZ
Widnes Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · WA8 0EL
St Clement's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WA7 4NX
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Runcorn 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), Runcorn has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 99 of 99 postcode districts analysed, the median was 206 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Runcorn is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Runcorn’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
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 (97) · pop. ~61,000
Most common: Violent crime (50) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (79) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (84) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (84) · pop. ~4,000
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 Runcorn is £850 a month, from 99 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Runcorn is £600 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 20 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Runcorn is £800 a month, 6% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 54 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Runcorn is £950 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 19 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 106 rental properties available in Runcorn, with 45 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Runcorn has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 206 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 Runcorn is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How Runcorn 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/runcorn, updated 28 October 2026.
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