Renting in Stafford
Median asking rent · all sizes · 295 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stafford is £935 a month, from 295 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £725/moasking · 78 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £900/moasking · 83 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,150/moasking · 74 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,550/moasking · 56 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £582/moasking · 28 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 Stafford by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stafford, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Stafford
Stafford currently has 323 rental listings on the property sites we track, 295 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stafford is £935 a month, from 295 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 37 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 57% 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 £798 a month in ST4 (4 live listings) to £1,045 in ST17 (49 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Stafford (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 Stafford, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stafford is £725 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stafford is £900 a month, 4% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stafford is £1,150 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 74 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stafford is £1,550 a month, 66% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 56 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stafford is £582 a month, from 28 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 Stafford is £902 a month, up 6.5% 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
+6.5%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+33%
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 Stafford spend an estimated 32% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£33,872/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
32%
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
38% of listings
50% of listings
12% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 46% of the 117 houses currently advertised in Stafford.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 210 live listings in 4 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 Stafford, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stafford, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Stafford
Live signal across 323 Stafford 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 124 Stafford listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
85%
of 136 Stafford listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
37 homes came onto the Stafford rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
South Street, Stafford ST16
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Wolverhampton Road, ST17
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Meyrick Road, ST17
4 bed terraced house
4 Bed Terraced House, Meyrick Road, ST17
3 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Highfields, ST17
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Meadow Road, ST17
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Hazleton Green, ST17
1 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Devon Way, ST17
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, Gaol Road, ST16
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Sandon Road, ST16
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed End Terrace, Armstrong Avenue, ST16
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Peel Terrace, ST16
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Stafford Road, WS11
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Fair Oak Barns, ST21
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Wolverhampton Road, ST17
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Britannia House, ST16
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Marston Road, ST16
1 bed flat/apartment
Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16
1 bed room
Corporation Street, Stafford, ST16 3LT
3 bed detached house
Cardamine Parade, Stafford, ST16 1DR
3 bed semi-detached house
Meadow Road, STAFFORD, ST17 4JQ
Studio flat/apartment
Gaol Road, Stafford, ST16
3 bed detached house
Heath Drive, Stafford ST16
1 bed flat/apartment
Meadow Way, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Stafford. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Stafford homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 63,720 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.05
≈ Band C–D
Stock
64k
63,720 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
72% of Stafford premises can already get full-fibre and 85% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
72%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
85%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
96%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
442 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Stafford), July 2025, covering 63,892 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
47% of Stafford 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
47%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
53%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
49k
49,469 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Stafford. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Stafford centroid. The five closest:
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · ST17 4BG
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · ST17 4BT
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · ST17 4BT
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · ST17 9AB
John Wheeldon Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · ST16 3LX
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Stafford 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), Stafford has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 38 of 38 postcode districts analysed, the median was 161 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Stafford is Violent crime, accounting for 51% of all incidents.
Stafford’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 (36) · pop. ~16,000
Most common: Violent crime (103) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (19) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (44) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (150) · pop. ~5,000
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 Stafford is £935 a month, from 295 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stafford is £725 a month, 22% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stafford is £900 a month, 4% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stafford is £1,150 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 74 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stafford is £1,550 a month, 66% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 56 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stafford is £582 a month, from 28 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 323 rental properties available in Stafford, with 37 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Stafford has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 161 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 Stafford is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across West Midlands
How Stafford compares with the other 22 places we track in West Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across West Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stafford, updated 28 October 2026.
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