Renting in St Helens
Median asking rent · all sizes · 225 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in St Helens is £775 a month, from 225 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £600/moasking · 63 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £775/moasking · 99 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £963/moasking · 43 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,550/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 St Helens by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/st-helens, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in St Helens
St Helens currently has 225 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in St Helens is £775 a month, from 225 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 181 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 75% 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 £750 a month in WA10 (91 live listings) to £925 in WA11 (5 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in St Helens (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 St Helens, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in St Helens is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 63 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in St Helens is £775 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 99 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in St Helens is £963 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 43 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in St Helens is £1,550 a month, 100% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on three property sites (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 St Helens is £811 a month, up 6.9% 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
+6.9%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+43%
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 St Helens spend an estimated 31% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£31,443/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
31%
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
25% of listings
75% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 75% of the 131 houses currently advertised in St Helens.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 181 live listings in 3 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 St Helens, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/st-helens, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · St Helens
Live signal across 225 St Helens rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Floor area
£1.27/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 23 live listings · October 2026Median 721 sqft across the 23 St Helens listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
181 homes came onto the St Helens rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed semi-detached house
Upland Road, St. Helens
1 bed room
Shaw Street, St. Helens, WA10
3 bed terraced house
Princess Avenue, St. Helens, WA10
2 bed terraced house
Stanhope Street, St. Helens
4 bed semi-detached house
Sylvester Drive, St. Helens, WA9
1 bed room
18 Woodville Street, St Helens
2 bed terraced house
Manville Street, St. Helens, WA9
2 bed house
Watery Lane, St. Helens, WA9
2 bed terraced house
Cleveland Street, St. Helens, WA9
2 bed terraced house
Borough Road, St. Helens, WA10
Studio property
Brook Street, St. Helens, WA10
3 bed house
at Kilnbrook Place, 46 Corbel Avenue WA9
3 bed house
at Kilnbrook Place, 57 Corbel Avenue WA9
3 bed house
at Kilnbrook Place, 59 Corbel Avenue WA9
1 bed room
Boundary Road, St. Helens, WA10
2 bed terraced house
Elephant Lane, St. Helens, WA9
3 bed semi-detached house
Whittle Street, Merseyside WA10
2 bed terraced house
Reservoir Street, St. Helens, WA9
3 bed terraced house
Mill Lane, St. Helens, WA9
1 bed house
Knowsley Road, St. Helens WA10
2 bed terraced house
Grafton Street, St. Helens, WA10
1 bed flat/apartment
Lower Hall Street, St Helens Town Centre
2 bed terraced house
Emily Street, Merseyside WA9
2 bed terraced house
Dorothy Street, St Helens
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for St Helens. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most St Helens homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 85,780 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.15
≈ Band B–C
Stock
86k
85,780 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
92% of St Helens premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
92%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
488 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (St. Helens), July 2025, covering 85,403 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of St Helens 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
76k
76,187 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under St. Helens. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the St Helens centroid. The five closest:
Launchpad Centre
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit · WA10 1UH
St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · WA10 2HS
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WA10 1LN
Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens
Primary · Academy converter · WA10 1LW
Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · WA10 4NQ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the St Helens 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), St Helens has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 190 reported crimes per area. The most common category in St Helens is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
St Helens’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: Violent crime (49) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (71) · pop. ~22,000
Most common: Violent crime (47) · pop. ~17,000
Most common: Violent crime (157) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (102) · pop. ~14,000
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in St Helens is £775 a month, from 225 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in St Helens is £600 a month, 23% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 63 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in St Helens is £775 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 99 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in St Helens is £963 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 43 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in St Helens is £1,550 a month, 100% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 12 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 225 rental properties available in St Helens, with 181 new listings added in the last 7 days.
St Helens has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 190 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 St Helens is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How St Helens compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/st-helens, updated 28 October 2026.
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