Average studio rent in Tower Hamlets
£1,993/mo
The median asking rent for a studio in Tower Hamlets is £1,993 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 259 studios currently on the market.
Renting in Tower Hamlets
Average Rent in Tower Hamlets: £2,600/mo
Rent in Tower Hamlets before the rush.
Median asking rent across 4,403 live Tower Hamlets listings on 5 portals from £550/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
£2,600 /month
4,403 live listings · 5 portals
| Size | Median rent | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | £1,993/mo | 259 |
| 1 bed | £2,100/mo | 1,469 |
| 2 bed | £2,899/mo | 1,780 |
| 3 bed | £3,357/mo | 488 |
| 4+ bed | £4,000/mo | 406 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly.
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Renting in Tower Hamlets
What it costs to rent in Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets currently has 4,403 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £2,600 a month. 675 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 7% are houses and the rest are flats.
Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is SE14 at around £1,650/mo, while E98 sits nearer £3,250/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.
Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Tower Hamlets around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.
Rent by property size
Average rent in Tower Hamlets by bedrooms
Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 4,403 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).
Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Tower Hamlets
£2,100/mo
The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Tower Hamlets is £2,100 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 1,469 listings currently on the market.
Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Tower Hamlets
£2,899/mo
The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Tower Hamlets is £2,899 a month, 12% above the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 1,780 listings currently on the market.
Average rent for a 3-bed house in Tower Hamlets
£3,357/mo
The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Tower Hamlets is £3,357 a month, 29% above the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 488 listings currently on the market.
Average rent for a 4-bed house in Tower Hamlets
£4,000/mo
The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Tower Hamlets is £4,000 a month, 54% above the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 406 listings currently on the market.
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 Tower Hamlets rents have moved
Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Tower Hamlets. Latest: £2,439/mo (Jul 26, +3.0% YoY).
Latest
£2,439
Jul 26
Annual
+3.0%
vs last year
5-yr ago
£1,753
Aug 21
Total change
+39%
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.
Property types
What’s on offer in Tower Hamlets
Flats & apartments
348093% of listings
Houses
2497% of listings
Rooms
10% of listings
Bungalows
10% of listings
Property mix · houses
Houses to rent in Tower Hamlets — what's on the market
Terraced houses make up 57% of the 250 houses currently advertised in Tower Hamlets.
- Terraced57%142
- Other house36%90
- Semi-detached6%15
- Detached1%2
- Bungalow0%1
Rent by postcode
Where Tower Hamlets rent is highest and lowest
Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 3,497 live listings in 18 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.
Most expensive in Tower Hamlets
- 1E98£3,250/mo57 rentals
- 2E1W£2,950/mo190 rentals
- 3E22£2,775/mo171 rentals
Cheapest in Tower Hamlets
- 1SE14£1,650/mo3 rentals
- 2E5£1,870/mo17 rentals
- 3E11£2,000/mo3 rentals
Features · Tower Hamlets
Garden, parking, and floor area in Tower Hamlets
Live signal across 4,403 Tower Hamlets rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
54%
of 1,715 Tower Hamlets listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
45%
of 1,533 Tower Hamlets listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area · £/sqft
£4.12 /sqft
Median 686 sqft across 1,276 Tower Hamlets listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
New rentals in Tower Hamlets this week
675 homes came onto the Tower Hamlets rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
675 new this weekUpdated today
£1,025/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Morant Street, London E14
1View listing
£1,100/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Ida Street, London E14
1View listing
£1,148/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Mile End Road, London E1
1View listing
£1,450/moPrimeLocationStudio property
Cambridge House, London E1
View listing
£1,495/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Roach Road, London E3
1View listing
£1,575/moPrimeLocationStudio property
Commercial Road, London E14
View listing
£1,595/moPrimeLocationStudio property
Commercial Road, London E14
View listing
£1,600/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Hayfield Passage, Whitechapel E1
1View listing
£1,655/moPrimeLocationStudio property
Commercial Road, London E14
View listing
£1,690/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Ambassador Square, Docklands E14, Canary Wharf, Isle Of Dogs
1View listing
£1,777/moPrimeLocationStudio property
Cordage House, 15 Cobblestone Square, Wapping, London E1W
View listing
£1,800/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
11 Canton Street, London E14
1View listing
£1,820/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Westferry Road E14, Isle Of Dogs, Canary Wharf, Docklands
1View listing
£1,820/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Helion Court, Isle Of Dogs, Canary Wharf, Docklands, London E14
1View listing
£1,850/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Wilmot Street, London E2
1View listing
£1,898/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Newton Place, Nova Building, Canary Wharf E14
1View listing
£1,950/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Cromwell Lodge, Whitechapel E1
1View listing
£2,000/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Merchant House, 39 Goulston Street, London E1
1View listing
£2,000/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Manningtree Street, Aldgate, London E1
1View listing
£2,100/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
White Church Passage, Aldgate, London E1
1View listing
£2,500/moPrimeLocation2 bed property
Copperfield Road, London E3
2View listing
£2,500/moPrimeLocation2 bed property
White Church Passage, Aldgate, London E1
2View listing
£2,500/moPrimeLocation1 bed property
Manningtree Street, Aldgate, London E1
1View listing
£2,574/moPrimeLocation2 bed property
Coke Street, London E1
2View listing
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Tower Hamlets. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Frequently asked
Renting in Tower Hamlets — your questions answered
How much is rent in Tower Hamlets?
The average (median) asking rent in Tower Hamlets is £2,600 a month — a 1-bed is £2,100 and a 2-bed £2,899, based on 4,403 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.
What is the average studio rent in Tower Hamlets?
The median asking rent for a studio in Tower Hamlets is £1,993 a month, 23% below the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 259 studios currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Tower Hamlets?
The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Tower Hamlets is £2,100 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 1,469 listings currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Tower Hamlets?
The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Tower Hamlets is £2,899 a month, 12% above the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 1,780 listings currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Tower Hamlets?
The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Tower Hamlets is £3,357 a month, 29% above the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 488 listings currently on the market.
What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Tower Hamlets?
The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Tower Hamlets is £4,000 a month, 54% above the city-wide median of £2,600, based on 406 listings currently on the market.
How many rental properties are available in Tower Hamlets?
There are currently 4,403 rental properties available in Tower Hamlets, with 675 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Average rent across London boroughs
Tower Hamlets compared with the rest of Greater London — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.
- London£2,400/mo
- Croydon£1,650/mo
- Newham£2,300/mo
- Ealing£2,001/mo
- Wandsworth£2,900/mo
- Lambeth£2,750/mo
- Southwark£2,850/mo
- Brent£2,050/mo
- Lewisham£1,950/mo
- Bromley£1,800/mo
- Greenwich£2,300/mo
- Hackney£2,800/mo
- Haringey£2,150/mo
- Islington£2,950/mo
- Camden£3,200/mo
- Westminster£3,878/mo
- Hammersmith£3,000/mo
- Fulham£3,100/mo
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