Renting in Truro

Average Rent in Truro: £1,200/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,251 live Truro listings on 5 portals from £400/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

£1,200 /month

1,251 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Truro by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£700/mo	25
1 bed	£850/mo	144
2 bed	£1,150/mo	295
3 bed	£1,375/mo	205
4+ bed	£1,950/mo	171
Room (house share)	£650/mo	411

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 12 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Truro

What it costs to rent in Truro

Truro currently has 1,251 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,200 a month. 21 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 58% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is PL25 at around £800/mo, while PL30 sits nearer £1,638/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 Truro 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 Truro by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,251 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Truro

£700/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Truro is £700 a month, 42% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 25 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Truro

£850/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Truro is £850 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 144 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Truro

£1,150/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Truro is £1,150 a month, 4% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 295 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Truro

£1,375/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Truro is £1,375 a month, 15% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 205 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Truro

£1,950/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Truro is £1,950 a month, 63% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 171 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Truro

£650/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Truro house share is £650 a month, 46% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 411 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

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 Cornwall rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Cornwall, the ONS area that covers Truro. Latest: £1,004/mo (Jul 26, +3.3% YoY).

Latest

£1,004

Jul 26

Annual

+3.3%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£780

Aug 21

Total change

+29%

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 Truro

Flats & apartments

177

21% of listings

Houses

247

29% of listings

Rooms

411

48% of listings

Bungalows

2% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Truro — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 29% of the 268 houses currently advertised in Truro.

Terraced
29%77
Other house
28%76
Semi-detached
22%58
Detached
14%37
Bungalow
7%20

Rent by postcode

Where Truro rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 545 live listings in 33 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Truro

1PL30£1,638/mo4 rentals
2TR3£1,500/mo11 rentals
3PL35£1,470/mo3 rentals

Cheapest in Truro

1PL25£800/mo11 rentals
2PL14£850/mo22 rentals
3PL31£885/mo20 rentals

Features · Truro

Garden, parking, and floor area in Truro

Live signal across 1,251 Truro rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

86%

of 139 Truro listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

83%

of 187 Truro listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Truro this week

21 homes came onto the Truro rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

21 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Truro

Most Truro homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 284,310 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.80

≈ Band B–C

Stock

284k

284,310 properties

A
23%65,440
B
26%72,580
C
21%60,890
D
16%44,640
E
9%26,430
F
3%9,520
G
2%4,370
H
0%440

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

Broadband coverage across Truro

63% of Truro premises can already get full-fibre and 64% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

63%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

64%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

94%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

373 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
63%
Gigabit-capable
64%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
94%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Cornwall), July 2025, covering 277,679 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Truro homes

39% of Truro 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

39%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

61%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

246k

245,871 EPCs

A
1%3,023
B
12%29,919
C
25%61,884
D
30%72,804
E
19%47,177
F
9%22,116
G
4%8,948

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Cornwall. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Truro

8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Truro centroid. The five closest:

1
Bosvigo School
Primary · Community school · TR1 3BJ
0.39 mi
2
Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · TR1 1BN
0.47 mi
3
Truro Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · TR1 3RJ
0.49 mi
4
St Mary's CofE School, Truro
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · TR1 3RJ
0.49 mi
5
Tregolls Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · TR1 1LH
0.65 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Truro centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Truro

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Truro has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 17 of 17 postcode districts analysed, the median was 45 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Truro is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

45 crimes per area (median)
17 of 17 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Truro ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.

Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Truro

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Playing Place has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Truro.

Highertown
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (41) · pop. ~5,000
16
per 1k
Kenwyn
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (92) · pop. ~4,000
57
per 1k
Trelander
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (93) · pop. ~3,000
72
per 1k
Malabar
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (91) · pop. ~2,000
109
per 1k
Playing Place
Safer area
No data available this month · pop. ~1,500
0.0
per 1k

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.

Where we search

Truro listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Truro.

SpareRoom

411

PrimeLocation

292

Rightmove

206

OpenRent

177

OnTheMarket

165

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Frequently asked

Renting in Truro — your questions answered

How much is rent in Truro?

The average (median) asking rent in Truro is £1,200 a month — a 1-bed is £850 and a 2-bed £1,150, based on 1,251 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Truro?

The median asking rent for a studio in Truro is £700 a month, 42% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 25 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Truro?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Truro is £850 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 144 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Truro?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Truro is £1,150 a month, 4% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 295 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Truro?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Truro is £1,375 a month, 15% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 205 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Truro?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Truro is £1,950 a month, 63% above the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 171 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Truro?

The median asking rent for a room in a Truro house share is £650 a month, 46% below the city-wide median of £1,200, based on 411 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Truro?

There are currently 1,251 rental properties available in Truro, with 21 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Truro safe for renters?

Truro has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 45 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Truro?

The most commonly reported crime category in Truro is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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