Renting in Tamworth
Median asking rent · all sizes · 155 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Tamworth is £1,100 a month, from 155 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £750/moasking · 28 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £950/moasking · 29 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,198/moasking · 65 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,650/moasking · 30 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £600/moasking · 29 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 Tamworth by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/tamworth, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Tamworth
Tamworth currently has 184 rental listings on the property sites we track, 155 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Tamworth is £1,100 a month, from 155 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 46 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 75% 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 £950 a month in B79 (34 live listings) to £1,395 in B78 (13 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Tamworth (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 Tamworth, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Tamworth is £750 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 28 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Tamworth is £950 a month, 14% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 29 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Tamworth is £1,198 a month, 9% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 65 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Tamworth is £1,650 a month, 50% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Tamworth is £600 a month, from 29 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 Tamworth is £930 a month, up 0.4% 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
+0.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+26%
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 Tamworth spend an estimated 34% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£33,167/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
34%
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
20% of listings
60% of listings
19% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 32% of the 90 houses currently advertised in Tamworth.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 86 live listings in 3 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 Tamworth, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/tamworth, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Tamworth
Live signal across 184 Tamworth rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
75%
of 65 Tamworth listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
81%
of 69 Tamworth listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
46 homes came onto the Tamworth rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed property
Coronation Street, Tamworth B79
3 bed property
Park Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire B79
3 bed house
3 bed house
2 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
5 bed room
3 bed house
2 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
Amington Road, Tamworth
3 bed terraced house
Coronation Street, Tamworth
3 bed semi-detached house
Cowley Tamworth B77
3 bed terraced house
Castle Close, Tamworth
2 bed flat/apartment
Ribble Court, Tamworth, B77
3 bed terraced house
St. Johns Street, Tamworth
1 bed property
Amington Road, Tamworth
2 bed flat/apartment
Ribble Court, Tamworth, B77
3 bed house
Maitland, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77
3 bed semi-detached house
Hill Top Avenue, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79
3 bed terraced house
Castle Close, Tamworth
2 bed terraced house
Mount Pleasant, Two Gates
6 bed detached house
Park Lane, Bonehill, Tamworth, B78
1 bed flat/apartment
Colehill, Tamworth
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Tamworth. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Tamworth homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 34,840 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
2.41
≈ Band B–C
Stock
35k
34,840 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
66% of Tamworth premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
66%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
483 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Tamworth), July 2025, covering 35,024 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
49% of Tamworth 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
49%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
51%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
25k
25,447 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Tamworth. 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 Tamworth centroid. The five closest:
Moorgate Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · B79 7EL
Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form
16 plus · Academy 16 to 19 sponsor led · B79 8AA
Kettlebrook Short Stay School
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit · B77 1AL
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · B79 8AH
William MacGregor Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · B77 2AF
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Tamworth 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), Tamworth has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 76 of 76 postcode districts analysed, the median was 289 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Tamworth is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Tamworth’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. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (26) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (59) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (36) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (12) · 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 Tamworth is £1,100 a month, from 155 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Tamworth is £750 a month, 32% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 28 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Tamworth is £950 a month, 14% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 29 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Tamworth is £1,198 a month, 9% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 65 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Tamworth is £1,650 a month, 50% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Tamworth is £600 a month, from 29 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 184 rental properties available in Tamworth, with 46 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Tamworth has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 289 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 Tamworth is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across West Midlands
How Tamworth 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/tamworth, updated 28 October 2026.
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