Renting in St Helens

Average Rent in St Helens: £800/mo

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Median asking rent across 771 live St Helens listings on 4 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

£800 /month

771 live listings · 4 portals

Median monthly rent in St Helens by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£600/mo	4
1 bed	£625/mo	163
2 bed	£795/mo	301
3 bed	£1,000/mo	193
4+ bed	£1,498/mo	110

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 St Helens

What it costs to rent in St Helens

St Helens currently has 771 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £800 a month. 15 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 77% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is WA10 at around £795/mo, while WA11 sits nearer £923/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 St Helens by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 771 live listings across 4 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in St Helens

£600/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in St Helens is £600 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £800, based on 4 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in St Helens

£625/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in St Helens is £625 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £800, based on 163 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in St Helens

£795/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in St Helens is £795 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £800, based on 301 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in St Helens

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in St Helens is £1,000 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £800, based on 193 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in St Helens

£1,498/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in St Helens is £1,498 a month, 87% above the city-wide median of £800, based on 110 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 St Helens rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in St Helens. Latest: £802/mo (Jul 26, +6.1% YoY).

Latest

£802

Jul 26

Annual

+6.1%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£562

Aug 21

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of St Helens pay goes on rent?

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 rent

£802/mo

£9,624/yr

Median pay

£31,443/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

31%

Affordable for most renters.

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 St Helens

Flats & apartments

151

23% of listings

Houses

512

77% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in St Helens — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 52% of the 514 houses currently advertised in St Helens.

Terraced
52%269
Other house
29%147
Semi-detached
15%78
Detached
4%18
Bungalow
0%2

Rent by postcode

Where St Helens rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 531 live listings in 3 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in St Helens

1WA11£923/mo20 rentals
2WA9£825/mo229 rentals
3WA10£795/mo259 rentals

Cheapest in St Helens

1WA10£795/mo259 rentals
2WA9£825/mo229 rentals
3WA11£923/mo20 rentals

Features · St Helens

Garden, parking, and floor area in St Helens

Live signal across 771 St Helens rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

79%

of 251 St Helens listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

69%

of 254 St Helens listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in St Helens this week

15 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.

15 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across St Helens

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

most common band

Mean band

2.15

≈ Band B–C

Stock

86k

85,780 properties

A
44%37,710
B
22%19,280
C
18%15,710
D
8%7,000
E
4%3,760
F
2%1,680
G
1%600
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 St Helens

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

Full fibre (FTTP)
92%
Gigabit-capable
97%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

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

EPC ratings for St Helens homes

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

A
0%200
B
9%6,760
C
36%27,535
D
42%31,687
E
11%8,034
F
2%1,494
G
1%477

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

State-funded schools near St Helens

9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the St Helens centroid. The five closest:

1
Launchpad Centre
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit · WA10 1UH
0.12 mi
2
St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · WA10 2HS
0.23 mi
3
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WA10 1LN
0.25 mi
4
Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens
Primary · Academy converter · WA10 1LW
0.29 mi
5
Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · WA10 4NQ
0.72 mi

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

Safety in St Helens

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), St Helens has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 186 reported crimes per area. The most common category in St Helens is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

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

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of 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

Safety by suburb in St Helens

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.

Haydock has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in St Helens.

Rainhill
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (85) · pop. ~11,000
14
per 1k
Newton-le-Willows
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (93) · pop. ~22,000
9.1
per 1k
Haydock
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (37) · pop. ~17,000
4.0
per 1k
Thatto Heath
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (147) · pop. ~9,000
46
per 1k
Sutton
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (106) · pop. ~14,000
17
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.

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St Helens listings by portal

We watch 4 property sites for rentals in St Helens.

OnTheMarket

397

OpenRent

353

Leaders

Rightmove

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Frequently asked

Renting in St Helens — your questions answered

How much is rent in St Helens?

The average (median) asking rent in St Helens is £800 a month — a 1-bed is £625 and a 2-bed £795, based on 771 live listings across 4 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in St Helens?

The median asking rent for a studio in St Helens is £600 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £800, based on 4 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in St Helens is £625 a month, 22% below the city-wide median of £800, based on 163 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in St Helens is £795 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £800, based on 301 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in St Helens is £1,000 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £800, based on 193 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in St Helens is £1,498 a month, 87% above the city-wide median of £800, based on 110 listings currently on the market.

How many rental properties are available in St Helens?

There are currently 771 rental properties available in St Helens, with 15 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is St Helens safe for renters?

St Helens has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 186 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 St Helens?

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

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