Renting in Warrington
Median asking rent · all sizes · 528 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Warrington before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Warrington is £900 a month, from 528 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £750/moasking · 161 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £925/moasking · 139 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,250/moasking · 96 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,900/moasking · 89 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £600/moasking · 73 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 Warrington by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/warrington, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Warrington
Warrington currently has 601 rental listings on the property sites we track, 528 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Warrington is £900 a month, from 528 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 138 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 49% 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 £850 a month in WA55 (16 live listings) to £1,250 in WA8 (5 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Warrington (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 Warrington, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Warrington is £750 a month, 17% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 161 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Warrington is £925 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 139 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Warrington is £1,250 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 96 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Warrington is £1,900 a month, 111% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 89 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Warrington is £600 a month, from 73 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 Warrington is £903 a month, up 5.3% 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
+5.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+34%
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 Warrington spend an estimated 32% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£34,144/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
32%
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
42% of listings
40% of listings
16% of listings
2% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 47% of the 186 houses currently advertised in Warrington.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 398 live listings in 9 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 Warrington, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/warrington, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Warrington
Live signal across 601 Warrington rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
72%
of 181 Warrington listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
79%
of 223 Warrington listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£1.56/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 50 live listings · October 2026Median 716 sqft across the 50 Warrington listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
138 homes came onto the Warrington rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed house
Beamont Street, Widnes, WA8
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Old Liverpool Road, WA5
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Earl Street, WA2
9 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Salisbury Street, WA1
9 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Salisbury Street, WA1
9 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Salisbury St, WA1
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Haryngton Avenue, WA5
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, Algernon Street, WA1
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Ripley St, WA5
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Lovely Lane, WA5
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, Folly Lane, WA5
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Wilderspool Causeway, WA4
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Wilderspool Causeway, WA4
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, St Barnabas Place, WA5
9 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Bewsey Street, WA2
8 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Winmarleigh Street, WA1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Arundel House, WA1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Bovey Court, WA1
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Scott St, WA2
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, St Barnabas Place, WA5
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Orford Lane, WA2
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Orford Lane, WA2
6 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Wilderspool Causeway, WA4
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, Orford Lane, WA2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Warrington. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Warrington homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 96,590 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.78
≈ Band B–C
Stock
97k
96,590 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
92% of Warrington premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
92%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
489 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Warrington), July 2025, covering 96,020 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
51% of Warrington 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
51%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
49%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
78k
77,683 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Warrington. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Warrington centroid. The five closest:
UTC Warrington
Secondary · University technical college · WA2 7NG
Latchford St James CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WA4 1AP
St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · WA1 2GN
St Alban's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · WA5 0JS
Priestley College
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · WA4 6RD
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Warrington 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), Warrington has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 88 of 88 postcode districts analysed, the median was 70 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Warrington is Violent crime, accounting for 10% of all incidents.
Warrington 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
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 (91) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (52) · pop. ~20,000
Most common: Violent crime (132) · pop. ~12,000
Most common: Violent crime (153) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (12) · 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 Warrington is £900 a month, from 528 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Warrington is £750 a month, 17% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 161 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Warrington is £925 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 139 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Warrington is £1,250 a month, 39% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 96 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Warrington is £1,900 a month, 111% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 89 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Warrington is £600 a month, from 73 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 601 rental properties available in Warrington, with 138 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Warrington has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 70 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Warrington is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How Warrington compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/warrington, updated 28 October 2026.
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