Renting in Scunthorpe
Median asking rent · all sizes · 180 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Scunthorpe is £795 a month, from 180 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £550/moasking · 36 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £730/moasking · 60 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £900/moasking · 62 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £900/moasking · 22 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £499/moasking · 12 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 Scunthorpe by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/scunthorpe, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe currently has 192 rental listings on the property sites we track, 180 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Scunthorpe is £795 a month, from 180 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 22 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 68% 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 £725 a month in HU3 (3 live listings) to £1,100 in DN21 (5 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Scunthorpe (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 Scunthorpe, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Scunthorpe is £550 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 36 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Scunthorpe is £730 a month, 8% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 60 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Scunthorpe is £900 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 62 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Scunthorpe is £900 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 22 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Scunthorpe is £499 a month, from 12 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 North Lincolnshire is £654 a month, up 5.8% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). North Lincolnshire is the ONS area that covers Scunthorpe. 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
+5.8%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+31%
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
28% of listings
61% of listings
9% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Semi-detached houses make up 50% of the 86 houses currently advertised in Scunthorpe.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 133 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 Scunthorpe, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/scunthorpe, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Scunthorpe
Live signal across 192 Scunthorpe rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
79%
of 66 Scunthorpe listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
95%
of 76 Scunthorpe listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
22 homes came onto the Scunthorpe rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Wilsons Close, Scunthorpe DN15
3 bed property
The Cliff, Scunthorpe DN15
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Buckingham Avenue, DN15
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, The Cliff, DN15
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Highfield Avenue, DN15
7 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Deyne Avenue, DN15
3 bed terraced house
Buckingham Street, Scunthorpe
3 bed semi-detached house
Buckingham Avenue, SCUNTHORPE, DN15
3 bed semi-detached house
The Cliff, Scunthorpe, DN15
2 bed flat/apartment
Wilsons Close, Scunthorpe
2 bed property
Maple Avenue, Scunthorpe
2 bed flat/apartment
Wilsons Close, Scunthorpe
3 bed semi-detached house
Buckingham Avenue, Scunthorpe
2 bed terraced house
Mackender Court, Scunthorpe, DN16
1 bed flat/apartment
Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, DN16
4 bed detached house
Willowmead Close, Scunthorpe, DN15
2 bed semi-detached house
Ivy House Court, Scunthorpe, DN16
2 bed property
Prestongate, Hessle HU13
3 bed property
Swallow Lane, Wootton, Ulceby DN39
3 bed property
Swallow Lane, Ulceby DN39
3 bed property
Eliot Drive, Gainsborough DN21
4 bed property
Eliot Drive, Gainsborough DN21
2 bed property
The Heights, Barrow-Upon-Humber. DN19
3 bed property
Marshland Road, Moorends, Doncaster DN8
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Scunthorpe homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 77,720 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.17
≈ Band B–C
Stock
78k
77,720 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
93% of Scunthorpe premises can already get full-fibre and 94% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
93%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
94%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
476 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (North Lincolnshire), July 2025, covering 77,372 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
41% of Scunthorpe 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
41%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
59%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
61k
60,575 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under North Lincolnshire. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Scunthorpe centroid. The five closest:
Scunthorpe CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · DN15 6HP
Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire
Secondary · University technical college · DN15 6TA
Frodingham Infant School
Primary · Community school · DN16 1ST
Crosby Primary School
Primary · Community school · DN15 6AS
Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue
Primary · Academy sponsor led · DN15 7RW
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Scunthorpe 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), Scunthorpe has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 21 of 21 postcode districts analysed, the median was 15 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Scunthorpe is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Scunthorpe 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 (69) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (123) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (130) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (169) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (116) · pop. ~5,000
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 Scunthorpe is £795 a month, from 180 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Scunthorpe is £550 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 36 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Scunthorpe is £730 a month, 8% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 60 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Scunthorpe is £900 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 62 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Scunthorpe is £900 a month, 13% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 22 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Scunthorpe is £499 a month, from 12 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 192 rental properties available in Scunthorpe, with 22 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Scunthorpe has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 15 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 Scunthorpe is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Scunthorpe 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/scunthorpe, updated 28 October 2026.
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