Renting in South Shields

Average Rent in South Shields: £725/mo

Rent in South Shields before the rush.

Median asking rent across 1,530 live South Shields 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

£725 /month

1,530 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in South Shields by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£754/mo	29
1 bed	£625/mo	326
2 bed	£700/mo	663
3 bed	£800/mo	390
4+ bed	£1,598/mo	122

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in South Shields

What it costs to rent in South Shields

South Shields currently has 1,530 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £725 a month. 23 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 36% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is SR4 at around £550/mo, while NE26 sits nearer £1,100/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 South Shields 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 South Shields by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,530 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in South Shields

£754/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in South Shields is £754 a month, 4% above the city-wide median of £725, based on 29 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in South Shields

£625/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in South Shields is £625 a month, 14% below the city-wide median of £725, based on 326 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in South Shields

£700/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in South Shields is £700 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £725, based on 663 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in South Shields

£800/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in South Shields is £800 a month, 10% above the city-wide median of £725, based on 390 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in South Shields

£1,598/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in South Shields is £1,598 a month, 120% above the city-wide median of £725, based on 122 listings currently on the market.

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 South Tyneside rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in South Tyneside, the ONS area that covers South Shields. Latest: £737/mo (Jul 26, +6.9% YoY).

Latest

£737

Jul 26

Annual

+6.9%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£531

Aug 21

Total change

+39%

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 South Shields

Flats & apartments

568

63% of listings

Houses

326

36% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in South Shields — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 45% of the 334 houses currently advertised in South Shields.

Terraced
45%150
Other house
32%108
Semi-detached
19%64
Bungalow
2%8
Detached
1%4

Rent by postcode

Where South Shields rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,113 live listings in 27 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in South Shields

1NE26£1,100/mo7 rentals
2NE8£1,095/mo27 rentals
3NE3£1,033/mo6 rentals

Cheapest in South Shields

1SR4£550/mo32 rentals
2SR2£650/mo35 rentals
3NE33£675/mo327 rentals

Features · South Shields

Garden, parking, and floor area in South Shields

Live signal across 1,530 South Shields rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

60%

of 199 South Shields listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

68%

of 206 South Shields listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in South Shields this week

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

23 new this weekUpdated today

Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for South Shields. Click through to the source portal to enquire.

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across South Shields

Most South Shields homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 72,910 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

1.77

≈ Band A–B

Stock

73k

72,910 properties

A
63%45,770
B
14%10,460
C
12%8,840
D
7%4,890
E
3%1,840
F
1%730
G
0%340
H
0%40

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 South Shields

33% of South Shields premises can already get full-fibre and 92% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

33%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

92%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

472 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
33%
Gigabit-capable
92%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (South Tyneside), July 2025, covering 73,120 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for South Shields homes

46% of South Shields 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

46%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

54%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

62k

62,267 EPCs

A
0%154
B
7%4,670
C
39%24,078
D
44%27,305
E
8%5,219
F
1%696
G
0%145

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near South Shields

6 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the South Shields centroid. The five closest:

1
Marine Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · NE33 2RD
0.21 mi
2
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields
Primary · Academy converter · NE33 4PG
0.31 mi
3
Hadrian Primary School
Primary · Community school · NE33 2BB
0.41 mi
4
Westoe Crown Primary School
Primary · Community school · NE33 3NS
0.50 mi
5
Laygate Community School
Primary · Community school · NE33 4JJ
0.70 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in South Shields

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), South Shields has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 60 of 60 postcode districts analysed, the median was 169 reported crimes per area. The most common category in South Shields is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

169 crimes per area (median)
60 of 60 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

South Shields’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 South Shields

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.

Whiteleas has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in South Shields.

Whiteleas
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (76) · pop. ~10,000
25
per 1k
Cleadon
Safer area
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (27) · pop. ~4,000
26
per 1k
Westoe
Higher crime
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (141) · pop. ~5,000
111
per 1k
Harton
Higher crime
Most common: Shoplifting (141) · pop. ~7,000
77
per 1k
Marsden
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (39) · pop. ~3,000
39
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

South Shields listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in South Shields.

PrimeLocation

501

OnTheMarket

360

Rightmove

320

OpenRent

260

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in South Shields — your questions answered

How much is rent in South Shields?

The average (median) asking rent in South Shields is £725 a month — a 1-bed is £625 and a 2-bed £700, based on 1,530 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in South Shields?

The median asking rent for a studio in South Shields is £754 a month, 4% above the city-wide median of £725, based on 29 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in South Shields is £625 a month, 14% below the city-wide median of £725, based on 326 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in South Shields is £700 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £725, based on 663 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in South Shields is £800 a month, 10% above the city-wide median of £725, based on 390 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in South Shields is £1,598 a month, 120% above the city-wide median of £725, based on 122 listings currently on the market.

How many rental properties are available in South Shields?

There are currently 1,530 rental properties available in South Shields, with 23 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is South Shields safe for renters?

South Shields has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 169 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 South Shields?

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

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