Renting in Sutton Coldfield
Median asking rent · all sizes · 383 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Sutton Coldfield before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sutton Coldfield is £1,224 a month, from 383 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £875/moasking · 87 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,100/moasking · 114 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,550/moasking · 96 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,450/moasking · 72 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £625/moasking · 69 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 Sutton Coldfield by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/sutton-coldfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield currently has 452 rental listings on the property sites we track, 383 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sutton Coldfield is £1,224 a month, from 383 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 92 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 £1,175 a month in B72 (33 live listings) to £1,500 in B74 (81 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Sutton Coldfield (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 Sutton Coldfield, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Sutton Coldfield is £875 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 87 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Sutton Coldfield is £1,100 a month, 10% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 114 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Sutton Coldfield is £1,550 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 96 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Sutton Coldfield is £2,450 a month, 100% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 72 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Sutton Coldfield is £625 a month, from 69 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 Birmingham is £1,106 a month, up 3.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Birmingham is the ONS area that covers Sutton Coldfield. 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
+3.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+36%
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
Property types
42% of listings
37% of listings
19% of listings
2% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 32% of the 146 houses currently advertised in Sutton Coldfield.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 246 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 Sutton Coldfield, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/sutton-coldfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Sutton Coldfield
Live signal across 452 Sutton Coldfield rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
84%
of 115 Sutton Coldfield listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
88%
of 145 Sutton Coldfield listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
92 homes came onto the Sutton Coldfield rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Fledburgh Drive, Sutton Coldfield B76
1 bed property
Far Highfield, Sutton Coldfield B76
3 bed house
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed room
6 bed room
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed room
2 bed flat/apartment
12 bed room
4 bed detached house
Walsall Road, Sutton Coldfield B74
1 bed flat/apartment
Far Highfield, Sutton Coldfield
1 bed flat/apartment
Fledburgh Drive, Sutton Coldfield
3 bed detached house
Anvil Place, Springfield Road, Sutton Coldfield
5 bed house
Chester Road North, Sutton Coldfield
2 bed flat/apartment
Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5DA
2 bed flat/apartment
Green Gables, Sutton Coldfield, B74
1 bed property
Water Orton Lane, Sutton Coldfield B76
2 bed terraced house
Four Oaks Common Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74
2 bed property
Water Mill Crescent, Sutton Coldfield, B76
4 bed bungalow
Monmouth Drive, Sutton Coldfield, B73
2 bed flat/apartment
Green Gables, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield. B74 2SX
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Sutton Coldfield. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Sutton Coldfield homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 461,670 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.32
≈ Band B–C
Stock
462k
461,670 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
84% of Sutton Coldfield premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
84%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
482 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Birmingham), July 2025, covering 457,270 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
40% of Sutton Coldfield 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
460k
460,499 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Birmingham. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Sutton Coldfield centroid. The five closest:
Holland House Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · B72 1RE
Plantsbrook School
Secondary · Academy converter · B72 1RB
Town Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · B72 1NX
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · B74 2NH
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · B73 5PT
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Sutton Coldfield 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), Sutton Coldfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 312 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Sutton Coldfield is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Sutton Coldfield’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 (85) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (26) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (72) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (16) · pop. ~15,000
Most common: Violent crime (13) · pop. ~17,000
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Sutton Coldfield is £1,224 a month, from 383 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Sutton Coldfield is £875 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 87 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Sutton Coldfield is £1,100 a month, 10% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 114 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Sutton Coldfield is £1,550 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 96 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Sutton Coldfield is £2,450 a month, 100% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 72 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Sutton Coldfield is £625 a month, from 69 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 452 rental properties available in Sutton Coldfield, with 92 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Sutton Coldfield has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 312 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 Sutton Coldfield is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across West Midlands
How Sutton Coldfield 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/sutton-coldfield, updated 28 October 2026.
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