Renting in Scarborough
Median asking rent · all sizes · 238 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Scarborough is £725 a month, from 238 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 113 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £795/moasking · 72 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £950/moasking · 39 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 Scarborough by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/scarborough, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Scarborough
Scarborough currently has 238 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Scarborough is £725 a month, from 238 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 67 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 18% 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 Scarborough, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Scarborough is £600 a month, 17% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 113 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Scarborough is £795 a month, 10% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 72 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Scarborough is £950 a month, 31% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 39 live listings on four 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 North Yorkshire is £852 a month, up 2.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). North Yorkshire is the ONS area that covers Scarborough. 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
+2.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+24%
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
81% of listings
18% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 51% of the 35 houses currently advertised in Scarborough.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 182 live listings in 2 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 Scarborough, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/scarborough, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
67 homes came onto the Scarborough rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Flat, Cromwell Parade, Scarborough YO11
2 bed property
Queen Street, Scarborough YO11
1 bed property
Cromwell Parade, Scarborough YO11
2 bed property
Fairfax Street, Scarborough YO12
1 bed property
Albion Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11
1 bed flat/apartment
Colescliffe Road, Scarborough
1 bed flat/apartment
Flat 11, 31 Valley Road
2 bed semi-detached house
45 Blueberry Way, Scarborough
2 bed flat/apartment
Lower Ground Floor Flat,, Albion Road, Scarborough, YO11
1 bed flat/apartment
Seamer Road, Scarborough
1 bed flat/apartment
Albion Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
1 bed flat/apartment
Flat 3, 8 Belgrave Crescent
1 bed flat/apartment
Prince Of Wales Terrace, North Yorkshire YO11
3 bed flat/apartment
Grosvenor Crescent, Scarborough
1 bed flat/apartment
Cromwell Parade, Scarborough
2 bed terraced house
Candler Street, Scarborough
1 bed flat/apartment
North Marine Road, Scarborough, YO12
1 bed flat/apartment
North Marine Road, Scarborough, YO12
3 bed flat/apartment
Belvedere Road, Scarborough, YO11
2 bed flat/apartment
Friargate, Scarborough YO11
2 bed flat/apartment
Filey Road, SCARBOROUGH, YO11
3 bed flat/apartment
Belvedere Place, Scarborough YO11
1 bed room
Bedford Street, Scarborough, YO11
3 bed terraced house
West Bank, Scarborough, YO12
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Scarborough. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Scarborough homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 303,780 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.29
≈ Band C–D
Stock
304k
303,780 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
80% of Scarborough premises can already get full-fibre and 81% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
80%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
81%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
96%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
429 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (North Yorkshire), July 2025, covering 299,002 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
40% of Scarborough 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
40%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
60%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
252k
251,910 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under North Yorkshire. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
6 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Scarborough centroid. The five closest:
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit · YO11 2PG
Friarage Community Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · YO11 1HS
Childhaven Community Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · YO11 1UB
Gladstone Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · YO12 7DD
Scarborough University Technical College
Secondary · University technical college · YO11 2JW
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Scarborough 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), Scarborough has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 7 of 7 postcode districts analysed, the median was 48 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Scarborough is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Scarborough 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 (173) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (36) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (43) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (180) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (25) · 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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Scarborough is £725 a month, from 238 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Scarborough is £600 a month, 17% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 113 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Scarborough is £795 a month, 10% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 72 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Scarborough is £950 a month, 31% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 39 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 238 rental properties available in Scarborough, with 67 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Scarborough has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 48 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 Scarborough is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Scarborough compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/scarborough, updated 28 October 2026.
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