Renting in Walsall
Median asking rent · all sizes · 452 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Walsall before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Walsall is £975 a month, from 452 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £731/moasking · 108 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £925/moasking · 122 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 149 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,575/moasking · 60 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £593/moasking · 50 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 Walsall by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/walsall, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Walsall
Walsall currently has 502 rental listings on the property sites we track, 452 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Walsall is £975 a month, from 452 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 76 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 56% 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 £700 a month in WS8 (3 live listings) to £1,275 in WS9 (16 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Walsall (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 Walsall, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Walsall is £731 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 108 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Walsall is £925 a month, 5% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 122 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Walsall is £1,200 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 149 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Walsall is £1,575 a month, 62% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 60 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Walsall is £593 a month, from 50 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 Walsall is £930 a month, up 9.4% 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
+9.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+40%
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 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 pay
£29,112/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
38%
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
39% of listings
48% of listings
12% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 35% of the 204 houses currently advertised in Walsall.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 249 live listings in 10 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 Walsall, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/walsall, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Walsall
Live signal across 502 Walsall rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
66%
of 157 Walsall listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
75%
of 171 Walsall listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
76 homes came onto the Walsall rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Walker Road, Walsall WS3
3 bed property
Daw End Lane, Rushall WS4
4 bed property
Poukhill Close, Walsall WS2
3 bed property
Emery Close, Walsall WS1
3 bed house
3 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
4 bed house
4 bed room
3 bed house
8 bed room
3 bed house
2 bed house
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
5 bed room
3 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
2 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
2 bed house
3 bed house
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Walsall. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
A
most common band
Mean band
2.16
≈ Band B–C
Stock
118k
118,170 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 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
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
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
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
18 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Walsall centroid. The five closest:
The Ladder School
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision · WS1 1RS
Walsall Studio School
Secondary · Studio schools · WS1 1RL
Butts Primary School
Primary · Community school · WS4 2AH
Queen Mary's High School
Secondary · Academy converter · WS4 2AE
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Walsall
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WS2 8HN
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Walsall has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 306 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Walsall is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
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 (140) · pop. ~28,000
Most common: Violent crime (133) · pop. ~30,000
Most common: Violent crime (153) · pop. ~27,000
Most common: Violent crime (22) · pop. ~18,000
Most common: Violent crime (61) · pop. ~12,000
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 Walsall is £975 a month, from 452 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Walsall is £731 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 108 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Walsall is £925 a month, 5% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 122 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Walsall is £1,200 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 149 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Walsall is £1,575 a month, 62% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 60 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Walsall is £593 a month, from 50 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 502 rental properties available in Walsall, with 76 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Walsall has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 306 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 Walsall is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across West Midlands
How Walsall compares with the other 22 places we track in West Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across West Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/walsall, updated 28 October 2026.
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