Renting in West Bromwich
Median asking rent · all sizes · 225 live listings · October 2026
Rent in West Bromwich before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in West Bromwich is £1,050 a month, from 225 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £725/moasking · 68 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,050/moasking · 58 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 58 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,625/moasking · 30 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 West Bromwich by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/west-bromwich, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in West Bromwich
West Bromwich currently has 225 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in West Bromwich is £1,050 a month, from 225 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 29 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 51% 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 £800 a month in DY2 (3 live listings) to £1,100 in DY4 (4 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in West Bromwich (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 West Bromwich, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in West Bromwich is £725 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 68 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in West Bromwich is £1,050 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 58 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in West Bromwich is £1,200 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 58 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in West Bromwich is £1,625 a month, 55% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on five property sites (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 Sandwell is £953 a month, up 7.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Sandwell is the ONS area that covers West Bromwich. 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
+7.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+42%
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
Property types
49% of listings
50% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 41% of the 88 houses currently advertised in West Bromwich.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 135 live listings in 5 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 West Bromwich, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/west-bromwich, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · West Bromwich
Live signal across 225 West Bromwich rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
68%
of 90 West Bromwich listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
75%
of 96 West Bromwich listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
29 homes came onto the West Bromwich rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Victoria Court, Victoria Street, West Bromwich B70
2 bed house
4 bed house
3 bed house
3 bed house
2 bed house
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
4 bed house
3 bed property
Vicarage Road, WEST BROMWICH, B71
2 bed detached house
Cooper Street, West Bromwich, B70 7NZ
3 bed terraced house
Greets Green Road, Birmingham, B70 9EP
3 bed flat/apartment
High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70
4 bed semi-detached house
West Bromwich, B70
4 bed terraced house
Hallam Street, West Bromwich B71
2 bed flat/apartment
Victoria Street, West Bromwich, B70
2 bed flat/apartment
Victoria Court, Victoria Street, West Bromwich, B70
2 bed flat/apartment
Victoria Court, West Bromwich B70
3 bed flat/apartment
Victoria Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell
2 bed flat/apartment
Harrington Croft, West Bromwich, B71 3RJ
1 bed flat/apartment
Meadow Avenue, West Bromwich, B71
3 bed terraced house
Thynne Street, West Bromwich
2 bed flat/apartment
Castle Court, The Minories, Dudley, DY2
3 bed semi-detached house
Rayford Drive, West Bromwich, B71
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for West Bromwich. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most West Bromwich homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band A–B across 136,380 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
1.92
≈ Band A–B
Stock
136k
136,380 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
89% of West Bromwich premises can already get full-fibre and 96% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
89%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
96%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
488 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Sandwell), July 2025, covering 135,157 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
42% of West Bromwich 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
42%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
58%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
121k
121,414 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Sandwell. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
14 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the West Bromwich centroid. The five closest:
Shireland Biomedical Utc
Secondary · University technical college · B70 8DJ
Shireland CBSO Academy
Secondary · Free schools · B70 8SZ
Hargate Primary School
Primary · Community school · B71 1PG
Lodge Primary School
Primary · Community school · B70 8PN
King George V Primary School
Primary · Community school · B70 6JA
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the West Bromwich 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), West Bromwich has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 100 of 100 postcode districts analysed, the median was 305 reported crimes per area. The most common category in West Bromwich is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
West Bromwich’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 (112) · pop. ~62,000
Most common: Violent crime (124) · pop. ~38,000
Most common: Violent crime (133) · pop. ~37,000
Most common: Violent crime (210) · pop. ~63,000
Most common: Violent crime (58) · pop. ~36,000
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 West Bromwich is £1,050 a month, from 225 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in West Bromwich is £725 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 68 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in West Bromwich is £1,050 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 58 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in West Bromwich is £1,200 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 58 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in West Bromwich is £1,625 a month, 55% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 225 rental properties available in West Bromwich, with 29 new listings added in the last 7 days.
West Bromwich has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 305 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 West Bromwich is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across West Midlands
How West Bromwich compares with the other 22 places we track in West Midlands — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across West Midlands, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/west-bromwich, updated 28 October 2026.
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