Renting in Stafford

Average Rent in Stafford: £925/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,848 live Stafford 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

£925 /month

1,848 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Stafford by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£638/mo	27
1 bed	£695/mo	393
2 bed	£895/mo	579
3 bed	£1,150/mo	540
4+ bed	£1,550/mo	245
Room (house share)	£583/mo	64

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 Stafford

What it costs to rent in Stafford

Stafford currently has 1,848 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £925 a month. 99 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 64% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is ST10 at around £673/mo, while WS6 sits nearer £1,348/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 Stafford by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,848 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Stafford

£638/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Stafford is £638 a month, 31% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 27 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Stafford

£695/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Stafford is £695 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 393 listings currently on the market.

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

£895/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Stafford is £895 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 579 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Stafford

£1,150/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Stafford is £1,150 a month, 24% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 540 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Stafford

£1,550/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Stafford is £1,550 a month, 68% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 245 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Stafford

£583/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Stafford house share is £583 a month, 37% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 64 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 Stafford rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Stafford. Latest: £898/mo (Jul 26, +6.3% YoY).

Latest

£898

Jul 26

Annual

+6.3%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£672

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 Stafford pay goes on rent?

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 rent

£898/mo

£10,776/yr

Median pay

£33,872/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

32%

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 Stafford

Flats & apartments

454

33% of listings

Houses

824

61% of listings

Rooms

5% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 38% of the 838 houses currently advertised in Stafford.

Terraced
38%319
Semi-detached
33%274
Other house
19%158
Detached
9%73
Bungalow
2%14

Rent by postcode

Where Stafford rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,424 live listings in 32 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Stafford

1WS6£1,348/mo10 rentals
2WS13£1,298/mo12 rentals
3ST18£1,150/mo9 rentals

Cheapest in Stafford

1ST10£673/mo6 rentals
2WS1£750/mo3 rentals
3ST11£760/mo6 rentals

Features · Stafford

Garden, parking, and floor area in Stafford

Live signal across 1,848 Stafford rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

82%

of 611 Stafford listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

87%

of 659 Stafford listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Stafford this week

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

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Stafford

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

most common band

Mean band

3.05

≈ Band C–D

Stock

64k

63,720 properties

A
19%12,370
B
23%14,360
C
23%14,560
D
16%9,970
E
11%6,950
F
6%3,750
G
3%1,660
H
0%110

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 Stafford

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

Full fibre (FTTP)
72%
Gigabit-capable
85%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
96%

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

EPC ratings for Stafford homes

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

A
1%510
B
17%8,612
C
29%14,232
D
36%17,787
E
12%6,060
F
4%1,738
G
1%530

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

State-funded schools near Stafford

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

1
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · ST17 4BG
0.17 mi
2
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · ST17 4BT
0.37 mi
3
St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · ST17 4BT
0.37 mi
4
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · ST17 9AB
0.47 mi
5
John Wheeldon Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · ST16 3LX
0.55 mi

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

Safety in Stafford

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Stafford has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 38 of 38 postcode districts analysed, the median was 189 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Stafford is Violent crime, accounting for 45% of all incidents.

Crime overview

189 crimes per area (median)
38 of 38 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Violent crime
45% of 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

Safety by suburb in Stafford

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.

Stone has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Stafford.

Stone
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (49) · pop. ~16,000
7.3
per 1k
Rising Brook
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (116) · pop. ~6,000
41
per 1k
Highfields
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (49) · pop. ~6,000
14
per 1k
Baswich
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (57) · pop. ~10,000
13
per 1k
Castletown
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (157) · pop. ~5,000
78
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

Stafford listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Stafford.

OpenRent

727

Rightmove

456

OnTheMarket

369

PrimeLocation

232

SpareRoom

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Frequently asked

Renting in Stafford — your questions answered

How much is rent in Stafford?

The average (median) asking rent in Stafford is £925 a month — a 1-bed is £695 and a 2-bed £895, based on 1,848 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Stafford?

The median asking rent for a studio in Stafford is £638 a month, 31% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 27 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Stafford is £695 a month, 25% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 393 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Stafford is £895 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 579 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Stafford is £1,150 a month, 24% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 540 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Stafford is £1,550 a month, 68% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 245 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Stafford?

The median asking rent for a room in a Stafford house share is £583 a month, 37% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 64 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Stafford?

There are currently 1,848 rental properties available in Stafford, with 99 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Stafford safe for renters?

Stafford has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 189 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Stafford?

The most commonly reported crime category in Stafford is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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