Renting in Sheffield
Median asking rent · all sizes · 2,655 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Sheffield before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sheffield is £1,000 a month, from 2,655 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £790/moasking · 542 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £995/moasking · 521 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 525 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,959/moasking · 954 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £545/moasking · 99 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 Sheffield by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/sheffield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Sheffield
Sheffield currently has 2,754 rental listings on the property sites we track, 2,655 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sheffield is £1,000 a month, from 2,655 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 1,082 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 £795 a month in S61 (3 live listings) to £1,365 in S10 (219 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Sheffield (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 Sheffield, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Sheffield is £790 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 542 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Sheffield is £995 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 521 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Sheffield is £1,200 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 525 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Sheffield is £1,959 a month, 96% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 954 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Sheffield is £545 a month, from 99 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 Sheffield is £936 a month, up 4.1% 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
+4.1%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+35%
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 Sheffield spend an estimated 35% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£31,816/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
35%
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
54% of listings
41% of listings
5% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 43% of the 906 houses currently advertised in Sheffield.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,658 live listings in 23 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 Sheffield, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/sheffield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Sheffield
Live signal across 2,754 Sheffield rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
77%
of 670 Sheffield listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
81%
of 873 Sheffield listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
1,082 homes came onto the Sheffield rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Shire House, Napier Street, Sheffield S11
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, The James, S1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, St. Andrews Plaza, S11
2 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Skipton Road, S4
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Kirton Road, S4
4 bed terraced house
4 Bed Terraced House, School Road, S10
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Duncombe Street, S6
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Duncombe Street, S6
3 bed room
6 bed detached house
6 Bed Detached House, Rosedale Road, S11
8 bed detached house
8 Bed Detached House, Rosedale Road, S11
3 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, The James, S1
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, White Croft Works, S3
1 bed flat/apartment
5 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Bramall Court, S2
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Daniel Hill Mews, S6
2 bed room
Room in a Shared Flat, Broomhall, S10
5 bed terraced house
5 Bed Terraced House, Bower Road, S10
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Cornish Square, S6
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Sheffield. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Sheffield homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 260,830 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.91
≈ Band A–B
Stock
261k
260,830 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
91% of Sheffield premises can already get full-fibre and 93% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
91%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
93%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
476 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Sheffield), July 2025, covering 251,942 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Sheffield 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
45%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
55%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
212k
211,748 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Sheffield. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Sheffield centroid. The five closest:
Grace Owen Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · S2 5QD
UTC Sheffield City Centre
Secondary · University technical college · S1 4QF
Springfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · S3 7RZ
Netherthorpe Primary School
Primary · Community school · S3 7JA
Seven Hills School
Not applicable · Community special school · S2 2RJ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Sheffield 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), Sheffield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 53 of 53 postcode districts analysed, the median was 172 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Sheffield is Violent crime, accounting for 10% of all incidents.
Sheffield’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: Shoplifting (47) · pop. ~16,000
Most common: Violent crime (85) · pop. ~19,000
Most common: Violent crime (61) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Shoplifting (214) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (180) · pop. ~7,000
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 Sheffield is £1,000 a month, from 2,655 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Sheffield is £790 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 542 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Sheffield is £995 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 521 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Sheffield is £1,200 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 525 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Sheffield is £1,959 a month, 96% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 954 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Sheffield is £545 a month, from 99 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 2,754 rental properties available in Sheffield, with 1,082 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Sheffield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 172 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Sheffield is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Sheffield 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/sheffield, updated 28 October 2026.
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