Renting in Stoke-on-Trent
Median asking rent · all sizes · 783 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stoke-on-Trent is £750 a month, from 783 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £595/moasking · 184 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £775/moasking · 239 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £950/moasking · 136 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,650/moasking · 134 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £560/moasking · 86 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 Stoke-on-Trent by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stoke-on-trent, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent currently has 869 rental listings on the property sites we track, 783 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Stoke-on-Trent is £750 a month, from 783 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 211 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 66% 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 £650 a month in ST7 (7 live listings) to £995 in ST9 (5 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Stoke-on-Trent (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 Stoke-on-Trent, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stoke-on-Trent is £595 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 184 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stoke-on-Trent is £775 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 239 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stoke-on-Trent is £950 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 136 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stoke-on-Trent is £1,650 a month, 120% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 134 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stoke-on-Trent is £560 a month, from 86 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 Stoke-on-Trent is £718 a month, up 5.1% 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
+5.1%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+32%
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 Stoke-on-Trent spend an estimated 30% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£29,041/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
30%
Very affordable — well below 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
30% of listings
57% of listings
12% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 72% of the 409 houses currently advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 523 live listings in 9 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 Stoke-on-Trent, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/stoke-on-trent, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Stoke-on-Trent
Live signal across 869 Stoke-on-Trent rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
100%
of 72 Stoke-on-Trent listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
100%
of 77 Stoke-on-Trent listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
211 homes came onto the Stoke-on-Trent rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
4 bed property
Elgin Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4
1 bed property
5 Queen Street ST6
3 bed property
Oak Place, Stoke-On-Trent ST3
5 bed property
Seaford Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4
3 bed property
Essington Way, Brindley Village, Stoke-On-Trent ST6
3 bed property
Kelham Road, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST4
2 bed property
Chamberlain Avenue, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST4
2 bed property
Well Street, Biddulph, Stoke-On-Trent ST8
2 bed property
Joseph Austin Close, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST4
2 bed property
Cardwell Street, Northwood, Stoke-On-Trent ST1
4 bed property
Ashford Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4
4 bed property
Gilman Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST1
5 bed property
Copeland Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4
3 bed property
Spring Cresent, Stoke-On-Trent ST6
1 bed house
217 Waterloo Road, Stoke On Trent, ST6
3 bed semi-detached house
Werrington ST9
Studio flat/apartment
Spark Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4
Studio flat/apartment
Deluxe Studio, Poulson House, Spark Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4
Studio flat/apartment
Deluxe Studio, Poulson House, Stoke-on-Trent ST4
Studio flat/apartment
Spark Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4
Studio flat/apartment
Deluxe Studio, Poulson House, Spark Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4
3 bed terraced house
St John Street, Stoke-On-Trent, ST1
Studio flat/apartment
Spark Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST4
Studio flat/apartment
London Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Stoke-on-Trent homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 119,510 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.71
≈ Band A–B
Stock
120k
119,510 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
90% of Stoke-on-Trent premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
90%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
487 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Stoke-on-Trent), July 2025, covering 117,095 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
40% of Stoke-on-Trent 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
40%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
60%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
99k
98,939 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Stoke-on-Trent. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Stoke-on-Trent centroid. The five closest:
City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · ST4 2RU
Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · ST4 4EE
St Peter's CofE Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ST4 2RR
Our Lady's Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy converter · ST4 4NP
The Willows Primary School
Primary · Community school · ST4 7JY
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Stoke-on-Trent 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), Stoke-on-Trent has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 29 of 29 postcode districts analysed, the median was 122 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Stoke-on-Trent is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Stoke-on-Trent’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 (214) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (142) · pop. ~20,000
Most common: Violent crime (140) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (114) · pop. ~16,000
Most common: Violent crime (100) · pop. ~22,000
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 Stoke-on-Trent is £750 a month, from 783 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Stoke-on-Trent is £595 a month, 21% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 184 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Stoke-on-Trent is £775 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 239 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Stoke-on-Trent is £950 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 136 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Stoke-on-Trent is £1,650 a month, 120% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 134 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Stoke-on-Trent is £560 a month, from 86 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 869 rental properties available in Stoke-on-Trent, with 211 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Stoke-on-Trent has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 122 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 Stoke-on-Trent is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across West Midlands
How Stoke-on-Trent 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/stoke-on-trent, updated 28 October 2026.
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