Renting in Solihull

Average Rent in Solihull: £1,200/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,747 live Solihull listings on 5 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

£1,200 /month

1,747 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Solihull by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£800/mo	41
1 bed	£950/mo	401
2 bed	£1,200/mo	541
3 bed	£1,495/mo	365
4+ bed	£2,200/mo	228
Room (house share)	£629/mo	171

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 Solihull

What it costs to rent in Solihull

Solihull currently has 1,747 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,200 a month. 78 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 44% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is B38 at around £695/mo, while B93 sits nearer £1,495/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.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Solihull around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Solihull by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,747 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Solihull

£800/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Solihull is £800 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 41 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Solihull

£950/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Solihull is £950 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 401 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Solihull is £1,200 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 541 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Solihull

£1,495/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Solihull is £1,495 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 365 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Solihull

£2,200/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Solihull is £2,200 a month, 83% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 228 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Solihull

£629/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Solihull house share is £629 a month, 48% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 171 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 Solihull rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Solihull. Latest: £1,269/mo (Jul 26, +2.3% YoY).

Latest

£1,269

Jul 26

Annual

+2.3%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£946

Aug 21

Total change

+34%

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Solihull pay goes on rent?

Renters in Solihull spend an estimated 42% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,269/mo

£15,228/yr

Median pay

£36,672/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

42%

Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.

0%30% threshold80%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Solihull

Flats & apartments

525

47% of listings

Houses

411

37% of listings

Rooms

171

15% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Semi-detached houses make up 43% of the 423 houses currently advertised in Solihull.

Semi-detached
43%183
Terraced
19%80
Other house
18%76
Detached
17%73
Bungalow
3%11

Rent by postcode

Where Solihull rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,262 live listings in 21 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Solihull

1B93£1,495/mo7 rentals
2B5£1,490/mo51 rentals
3B90£1,300/mo177 rentals

Cheapest in Solihull

1B38£695/mo3 rentals
2B25£913/mo16 rentals
3B26£975/mo91 rentals

Features · Solihull

Garden, parking, and floor area in Solihull

Live signal across 1,747 Solihull rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

78%

of 286 Solihull listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

95%

of 368 Solihull listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Solihull this week

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

78 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Solihull

Most Solihull homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 95,500 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

3.56

≈ Band C–D

Stock

96k

95,500 properties

A
15%14,560
B
13%12,430
C
24%23,290
D
18%17,660
E
13%12,100
F
10%9,220
G
6%5,780
H
0%470

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 Solihull

80% of Solihull premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

80%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

96%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

487 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
80%
Gigabit-capable
96%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Solihull), July 2025, covering 95,029 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Solihull homes

45% of Solihull 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

75k

74,594 EPCs

A
0%253
B
11%8,206
C
33%24,819
D
40%29,851
E
12%9,220
F
2%1,800
G
1%445

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Solihull. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Solihull

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

1
St Alphege Church of England Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · B91 3DW
0.17 mi
2
St Alphege Church of England Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · B91 3JG
0.51 mi
3
Solihull Sixth Form College
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · B91 3WR
0.52 mi
4
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · B91 3NZ
0.69 mi
5
St Peter's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · B91 3NZ
0.69 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Solihull centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Solihull

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Solihull has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 302 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Solihull is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

302 crimes per area (median)
100 of 100 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Solihull’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

Safety by suburb in Solihull

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.

Balsall Common has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Solihull.

Shirley
Higher crime
Most common: Shoplifting (86) · pop. ~30,000
8.7
per 1k
Dorridge
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (13) · pop. ~8,000
4.4
per 1k
Knowle
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (13) · pop. ~13,000
2.2
per 1k
Olton
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (53) · pop. ~14,000
9.6
per 1k
Balsall Common
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (7) · pop. ~8,000
1.8
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

Solihull listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Solihull.

PrimeLocation

504

Rightmove

392

OpenRent

369

OnTheMarket

311

SpareRoom

171

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Frequently asked

Renting in Solihull — your questions answered

How much is rent in Solihull?

The average (median) asking rent in Solihull is £1,200 a month — a 1-bed is £950 and a 2-bed £1,200, based on 1,747 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Solihull?

The median asking rent for a studio in Solihull is £800 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 41 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Solihull is £950 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 401 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Solihull is £1,200 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 541 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Solihull is £1,495 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 365 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Solihull is £2,200 a month, 83% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 228 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Solihull?

The median asking rent for a room in a Solihull house share is £629 a month, 48% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 171 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Solihull?

There are currently 1,747 rental properties available in Solihull, with 78 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Solihull safe for renters?

Solihull has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 302 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 Solihull?

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

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