Renting in Westminster
Median asking rent · all sizes · 2,127 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Westminster before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Westminster is £4,004 a month, from 2,127 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £2,921/moasking · 527 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £4,500/moasking · 713 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £6,847/moasking · 493 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £9,997/moasking · 171 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £1,300/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 Westminster by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/westminster, updated 31 October 2026.
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Renting in Westminster
Westminster currently has 2,200 rental listings on the property sites we track, 2,127 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Westminster is £4,004 a month, from 2,127 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 768 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 6% 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 £2,800 a month in W9 (158 live listings) to £24,375 in SW1A (4 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Westminster (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.
Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Westminster 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.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Westminster, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Westminster is £2,921 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 527 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Westminster is £4,500 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 713 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Westminster is £6,847 a month, 71% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 493 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Westminster is £9,997 a month, 150% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 171 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Westminster is £1,300 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 Westminster is £3,209 a month, down 0.4% 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
-0.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+36%
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
90% of listings
6% of listings
3% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 53% of the 129 houses currently advertised in Westminster.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,908 live listings in 36 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 Westminster, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/westminster, updated 31 October 2026.
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Features · Westminster
Live signal across 2,200 Westminster rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
75%
of 421 Westminster listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
60%
of 292 Westminster listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£6.24/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 796 live listings · October 2026Median 934 sqft across the 796 Westminster listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
768 homes came onto the Westminster rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Charlwood St, London SW1V
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed room
2 bed room
3 bed room
3 bed room
3 bed room
3 bed room
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Little Russell St, WC1A
3 bed flat/apartment
Wilfred Street, London SW1E
1 bed flat/apartment
Grove End Road, London NW8
3 bed flat/apartment
Circus Road, London NW8
2 bed flat/apartment
Sheldon Square, Paddington, London, W2
2 bed flat/apartment
Sheldon Square, Paddington, London, W2
4 bed flat/apartment
Harley Street, Marylebone Village, London W1G
1 bed flat/apartment
Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London, NW8
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Westminster. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
How it works
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Schools · GIAS · DfE
9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Westminster centroid. The five closest:
St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · W1K 2XH
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · W1U 4DF
The St Marylebone CofE School
Secondary · Academy converter · W1U 5BA
Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · W1H 5HA
Soho Parish CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · W1D 7LF
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Westminster centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Westminster is £4,004 a month, from 2,127 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Westminster is £2,921 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 527 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Westminster is £4,500 a month, 12% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 713 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Westminster is £6,847 a month, 71% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 493 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Westminster is £9,997 a month, 150% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 171 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Westminster is £1,300 a month, from 73 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 2,200 rental properties available in Westminster, with 768 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Westminster compared with the rest of Greater London — 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 London boroughs, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/westminster, updated 30 October 2026.
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