Renting in Scunthorpe

Average Rent in Scunthorpe: £750/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,147 live Scunthorpe listings on 6 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£750 /month

1,147 live listings · 6 portals

Median monthly rent in Scunthorpe by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£625/mo	17
1 bed	£575/mo	318
2 bed	£725/mo	318
3 bed	£875/mo	365
4+ bed	£1,100/mo	85
Room (house share)	£542/mo	44

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 12 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Scunthorpe

What it costs to rent in Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe currently has 1,147 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £750 a month. 37 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 68% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is DN40 at around £625/mo, while DN3 sits nearer £1,148/mo. 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

Average rent in Scunthorpe by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,147 live listings across 6 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Scunthorpe

£625/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Scunthorpe is £625 a month, 17% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 17 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Scunthorpe

£575/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Scunthorpe is £575 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 318 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Scunthorpe

£725/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Scunthorpe is £725 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 318 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Scunthorpe

£875/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Scunthorpe is £875 a month, 17% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 365 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Scunthorpe

£1,100/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Scunthorpe is £1,100 a month, 47% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 85 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Scunthorpe

£542/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Scunthorpe house share is £542 a month, 28% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 44 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How North Lincolnshire rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in North Lincolnshire, the ONS area that covers Scunthorpe. Latest: £653/mo (Jul 26, +6.4% YoY).

Latest

£653

Jul 26

Annual

+6.4%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£502

Aug 21

Total change

+30%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Scunthorpe

Flats & apartments

164

29% of listings

Houses

344

62% of listings

Rooms

8% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Scunthorpe — what's on the market

Semi-detached houses make up 49% of the 349 houses currently advertised in Scunthorpe.

Semi-detached
49%172
Terraced
26%91
Other house
15%51
Detached
9%30
Bungalow
1%5

Rent by postcode

Where Scunthorpe rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 843 live listings in 29 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Scunthorpe

1DN3£1,148/mo10 rentals
2HU15£995/mo11 rentals
3DN9£995/mo9 rentals

Cheapest in Scunthorpe

1DN40£625/mo6 rentals
2DN1£629/mo14 rentals
3HU3£650/mo65 rentals

Features · Scunthorpe

Garden, parking, and floor area in Scunthorpe

Live signal across 1,147 Scunthorpe rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

75%

of 142 Scunthorpe listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

88%

of 178 Scunthorpe listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Scunthorpe this week

37 homes came onto the Scunthorpe rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

37 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Scunthorpe

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

most common band

Mean band

2.17

≈ Band B–C

Stock

78k

77,720 properties

A
46%35,840
B
21%16,290
C
15%11,520
D
10%7,800
E
5%3,990
F
2%1,700
G
1%540
H
0%30

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

Broadband coverage across Scunthorpe

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

Full fibre (FTTP)
93%
Gigabit-capable
94%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

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

EPC ratings for Scunthorpe homes

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

A
1%405
B
8%4,989
C
32%19,330
D
41%24,925
E
14%8,296
F
3%2,028
G
1%602

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

State-funded schools near Scunthorpe

10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Scunthorpe centroid. The five closest:

1
Scunthorpe CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · DN15 6HP
0.15 mi
2
Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire
Secondary · University technical college · DN15 6TA
0.22 mi
3
Frodingham Infant School
Primary · Community school · DN16 1ST
0.42 mi
4
Crosby Primary School
Primary · Community school · DN15 6AS
0.50 mi
5
Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue
Primary · Academy sponsor led · DN15 7RW
0.65 mi

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

Safety in Scunthorpe

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Scunthorpe has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 21 of 21 postcode districts analysed, the median was 11 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Scunthorpe is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

11 crimes per area (median)
21 of 21 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of 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

Safety by suburb in Scunthorpe

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Ashby has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Scunthorpe.

Bottesford
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (122) · pop. ~10,000
28
per 1k
Ashby
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (136) · pop. ~13,000
27
per 1k
Crosby
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (149) · pop. ~6,000
68
per 1k
Berkeley
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (167) · pop. ~5,000
91
per 1k
Kingsway
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (134) · pop. ~5,000
66
per 1k

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.

Where we search

Scunthorpe listings by portal

We watch 6 property sites for rentals in Scunthorpe.

PrimeLocation

508

Rightmove

212

OpenRent

205

OnTheMarket

177

SpareRoom

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Scunthorpe — your questions answered

How much is rent in Scunthorpe?

The average (median) asking rent in Scunthorpe is £750 a month — a 1-bed is £575 and a 2-bed £725, based on 1,147 live listings across 6 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Scunthorpe?

The median asking rent for a studio in Scunthorpe is £625 a month, 17% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 17 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Scunthorpe?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Scunthorpe is £575 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 318 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Scunthorpe?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Scunthorpe is £725 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 318 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Scunthorpe?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Scunthorpe is £875 a month, 17% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 365 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Scunthorpe?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Scunthorpe is £1,100 a month, 47% above the city-wide median of £750, based on 85 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Scunthorpe?

The median asking rent for a room in a Scunthorpe house share is £542 a month, 28% below the city-wide median of £750, based on 44 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Scunthorpe?

There are currently 1,147 rental properties available in Scunthorpe, with 37 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Scunthorpe safe for renters?

Scunthorpe has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 11 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Scunthorpe?

The most commonly reported crime category in Scunthorpe is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

Across Yorkshire and the Humber

Average rent across Yorkshire and the Humber

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