Renting in Stevenage
Median asking rent · all sizes · 310 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stevenage is £1,495 a month, from 310 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,138/moasking · 118 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,500/moasking · 76 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,700/moasking · 68 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,000/moasking · 30 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £750/moasking · 71 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 Stevenage by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stevenage, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Stevenage
Stevenage currently has 381 rental listings on the property sites we track, 310 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stevenage is £1,495 a month, from 310 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 53 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 47% 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 £1,025 a month in LU1 (3 live listings) to £1,875 in LU3 (4 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Stevenage (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 Stevenage, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stevenage is £1,138 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 118 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stevenage is £1,500 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 76 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stevenage is £1,700 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 68 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stevenage is £2,000 a month, 34% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stevenage is £750 a month, from 71 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 Stevenage is £1,445 a month, up 4.7% 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
+4.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+37%
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 Stevenage spend an estimated 49% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£35,747/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
49%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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
40% of listings
36% of listings
24% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 47% of the 107 houses currently advertised in Stevenage.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 245 live listings in 6 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 Stevenage, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stevenage, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Stevenage
Live signal across 381 Stevenage rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Parking
100%
of 80 Stevenage listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.23/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 32 live listings · October 2026Median 785 sqft across the 32 Stevenage listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
53 homes came onto the Stevenage rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Southgate, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1
3 bed property
Leaves Spring, Stevenage SG2
Studio property
Shephall Way, Hertfordshire SG2
1 bed flat/apartment
High Street, Stevenage SG1
3 bed terraced house
Leaves Spring, Stevenage, SG2
2 bed flat/apartment
Southgate, Hertfordshire SG1
1 bed house
Downlands, Stevenage
1 bed flat/apartment
Wisden Road, Stevenage
Studio flat/apartment
Popple Way, Stevenage Old Town
1 bed room
Buckthorn Avenue, Stevenage
1 bed room
Buckthorn Avenue, Stevenage
3 bed semi-detached house
Blackwater Close, Stevenage, SG1
Studio flat/apartment
Prestatyn Close, Stevenage
2 bed flat/apartment
Skyline House, Stevenage
3 bed terraced house
Ripon Road, Stevenage SG1
1 bed flat/apartment
Park Place, Stevenage SG1
1 bed room
Victoria Close, Stevenage
3 bed property
Briardale, STEVENAGE, SG1
3 bed house
Scarborough Avenue, Stevenage SG1
3 bed house
Park Close, Stevenage
1 bed flat/apartment
Runswick Court, Stevenage, SG1
3 bed house
Fawcett Road, Stevenage SG2
4 bed detached house
Conifer Walk, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
3 bed semi-detached house
Ranworth Avenue, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Stevenage. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Stevenage homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 38,270 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.12
≈ Band C–D
Stock
38k
38,270 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
63% of Stevenage premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
63%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
482 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Stevenage), July 2025, covering 38,245 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
57% of Stevenage 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
57%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
43%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
36k
35,549 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Stevenage. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Stevenage centroid. The five closest:
Broom Barns Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · SG1 1UE
Fairlands Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SG1 3JA
St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SG2 0PZ
Woolenwick Junior School
Primary · Community school · SG1 2NU
Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · SG1 2NU
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Stevenage 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), Stevenage has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 43 of 43 postcode districts analysed, the median was 116 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Stevenage is Violent crime, accounting for 7% of all incidents.
Stevenage’s figures sit in line with the national picture. Safety varies by street as much as by city — every Dwellio alert includes the area’s data to help.
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 (192) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (198) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (164) · pop. ~7,000
Most common: Violent crime (101) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (121) · pop. ~9,000
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 Stevenage is £1,495 a month, from 310 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stevenage is £1,138 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 118 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stevenage is £1,500 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 76 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stevenage is £1,700 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 68 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stevenage is £2,000 a month, 34% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stevenage is £750 a month, from 71 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 381 rental properties available in Stevenage, with 53 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Stevenage has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 116 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 Stevenage is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East of England
How Stevenage compares with the other 20 places we track in East of England — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East of England, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stevenage, updated 28 October 2026.
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