Renting in Walsall

Average Rent in Walsall: £925/mo

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Median asking rent across 2,085 live Walsall 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

£925 /month

2,085 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Walsall by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£650/mo	43
1 bed	£737/mo	472
2 bed	£895/mo	481
3 bed	£1,195/mo	564
4+ bed	£1,500/mo	230
Room (house share)	£575/mo	295

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 Walsall

What it costs to rent in Walsall

Walsall currently has 2,085 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £925 a month. 103 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 57% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is B70 at around £750/mo, while B74 sits nearer £1,725/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.

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Rent by property size

Average rent in Walsall by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 2,085 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Walsall

£650/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Walsall is £650 a month, 30% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 43 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Walsall

£737/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Walsall is £737 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 472 listings currently on the market.

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

£895/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Walsall is £895 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 481 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Walsall

£1,195/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Walsall is £1,195 a month, 29% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 564 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Walsall

£1,500/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Walsall is £1,500 a month, 62% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 230 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Walsall

£575/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Walsall house share is £575 a month, 38% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 295 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 Walsall rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Walsall. Latest: £916/mo (Jul 26, +8.7% YoY).

Latest

£916

Jul 26

Annual

+8.7%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£663

Aug 21

Total change

+38%

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Walsall pay goes on rent?

Renters in Walsall spend an estimated 38% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£916/mo

£10,992/yr

Median pay

£29,112/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

38%

Affordable for most renters.

0%30% threshold80%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Walsall

Flats & apartments

627

36% of listings

Houses

826

47% of listings

Rooms

295

17% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 41% of the 839 houses currently advertised in Walsall.

Terraced
41%341
Semi-detached
33%277
Other house
18%155
Detached
6%53
Bungalow
2%13

Rent by postcode

Where Walsall rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,301 live listings in 18 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Walsall

1B74£1,725/mo8 rentals
2WV14£1,400/mo3 rentals
3WS5£1,300/mo113 rentals

Cheapest in Walsall

1B70£750/mo5 rentals
2WS10£780/mo112 rentals
3WS1£850/mo321 rentals

Features · Walsall

Garden, parking, and floor area in Walsall

Live signal across 2,085 Walsall rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

69%

of 421 Walsall listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

82%

of 489 Walsall listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Walsall this week

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

103 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Walsall

Most Walsall homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 118,170 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.16

≈ Band B–C

Stock

118k

118,170 properties

A
44%52,150
B
23%27,700
C
16%18,880
D
9%10,460
E
5%5,650
F
2%2,420
G
1%850
H
0%50

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 Walsall

84% of Walsall premises can already get full-fibre and 94% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

84%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

94%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

100%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

480 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
84%
Gigabit-capable
94%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
100%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Walsall), July 2025, covering 113,326 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Walsall homes

40% of Walsall 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

103k

102,711 EPCs

A
0%340
B
8%8,087
C
32%32,581
D
43%43,861
E
14%14,471
F
2%2,562
G
1%809

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Walsall

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

1
The Ladder School
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision · WS1 1RS
0.25 mi
2
Walsall Studio School
Secondary · Studio schools · WS1 1RL
0.27 mi
3
Butts Primary School
Primary · Community school · WS4 2AH
0.30 mi
4
Queen Mary's High School
Secondary · Academy converter · WS4 2AE
0.31 mi
5
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WS2 8HN
0.35 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Walsall

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Walsall has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 292 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Walsall is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

292 crimes per area (median)
100 of 100 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Walsall’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

Safety by suburb in Walsall

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.

Aldridge has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Walsall.

Willenhall
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (138) · pop. ~28,000
14
per 1k
Bloxwich
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (199) · pop. ~30,000
14
per 1k
Darlaston
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (122) · pop. ~27,000
12
per 1k
Aldridge
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (39) · pop. ~18,000
4.4
per 1k
Brownhills
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~12,000
12
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

Walsall listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Walsall.

Rightmove

736

OpenRent

519

OnTheMarket

417

SpareRoom

295

PrimeLocation

118

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Frequently asked

Renting in Walsall — your questions answered

How much is rent in Walsall?

The average (median) asking rent in Walsall is £925 a month — a 1-bed is £737 and a 2-bed £895, based on 2,085 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Walsall?

The median asking rent for a studio in Walsall is £650 a month, 30% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 43 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Walsall is £737 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 472 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Walsall is £895 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 481 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Walsall is £1,195 a month, 29% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 564 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Walsall is £1,500 a month, 62% above the city-wide median of £925, based on 230 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Walsall?

The median asking rent for a room in a Walsall house share is £575 a month, 38% below the city-wide median of £925, based on 295 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Walsall?

There are currently 2,085 rental properties available in Walsall, with 103 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Walsall safe for renters?

Walsall has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 292 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 Walsall?

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

Across West Midlands

Average rent across West Midlands

How Walsall compares with the other 22 places we track in West Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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