Renting in Wrexham

Average Rent in Wrexham: £850/mo

Rent in Wrexham before the rush.

Median asking rent across 1,290 live Wrexham 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

£850 /month

1,290 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Wrexham by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£731/mo30
1 bed£698/mo332
2 bed£850/mo443
3 bed£1,100/mo239
4+ bed£1,650/mo106
Room (house share)£600/mo140

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Wrexham

What it costs to rent in Wrexham

Wrexham currently has 1,290 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £850 a month. 48 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 L1 at around £650/mo, while CH7 sits nearer £1,400/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.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Wrexham 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.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Wrexham by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,290 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Wrexham

£731/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Wrexham is £731 a month, 14% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 30 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Wrexham

£698/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Wrexham is £698 a month, 18% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 332 listings currently on the market.

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

£850/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Wrexham is £850 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £850, based on 443 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Wrexham

£1,100/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Wrexham is £1,100 a month, 29% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 239 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Wrexham

£1,650/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Wrexham is £1,650 a month, 94% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 106 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Wrexham

£600/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Wrexham house share is £600 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 140 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 Wrexham rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Wrexham. Latest: £766/mo (Jul 26, +3.1% YoY).

Latest

£766

Jul 26

Annual

+3.1%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£577

Aug 21

Total change

+33%

since 2021

£575£675£775Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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 Wrexham pay goes on rent?

Renters in Wrexham spend an estimated 31% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£766/mo

£9,192/yr

Median pay

£29,752/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

31%

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 Wrexham

Flats & apartments

197

32% of listings

Houses

266

43% of listings

Rooms

140

23% of listings

Bungalows

14

2% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 42% of the 280 houses currently advertised in Wrexham.

  • Terraced
    42%117
  • Semi-detached
    28%79
  • Other house
    15%41
  • Detached
    10%29
  • Bungalow
    5%14

Rent by postcode

Where Wrexham rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 941 live listings in 40 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Wrexham

  1. 1CH7£1,400/mo10 rentals
  2. 2L25£1,300/mo11 rentals
  3. 3CH8£1,300/mo3 rentals

Cheapest in Wrexham

  1. 1L1£650/mo18 rentals
  2. 2CH42£750/mo30 rentals
  3. 3CH41£750/mo9 rentals

Features · Wrexham

Garden, parking, and floor area in Wrexham

Live signal across 1,290 Wrexham 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 154 Wrexham listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

60%

of 129 Wrexham listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Wrexham this week

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

48 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 2 bed property for rent in Robin Close, Murdishaw WA7
    £850/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Robin Close, Murdishaw WA7

    2View listing
  2. 2 bed property for rent in Lansdown Road, Broughton, Chester CH4
    £995/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Lansdown Road, Broughton, Chester CH4

    2View listing
  3. 2 bed property for rent in Overleigh Road, Chester, Cheshire CH4
    £2,100/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Overleigh Road, Chester, Cheshire CH4

    2View listing
  4. 1 bed property for rent in Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1
    £1,050/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1

    1View listing
  5. 1 bed property for rent in Deeside, Wales CH5
    £575/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Deeside, Wales CH5

    1View listing
  6. 1 bed property for rent in 12 Denbigh Street CH1
    £525/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    12 Denbigh Street CH1

    1View listing
  7. 1 bed property for rent in Thomas Brassey Close, Chester CH2
    £652/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Thomas Brassey Close, Chester CH2

    1View listing
  8. 3 bed property for rent in Richmond Green, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port CH66
    £1,300/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Richmond Green, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port CH66

    3View listing
  9. 1 bed property for rent in Badger Bait, Neston CH64
    £700/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Badger Bait, Neston CH64

    1View listing
  10. 2 bed property for rent in Lowbridge Court, Liverpool L19
    £800/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Lowbridge Court, Liverpool L19

    2View listing
  11. 1 bed property for rent in Mellor Road, Birkenhead CH42
    £500/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Mellor Road, Birkenhead CH42

    1View listing
  12. 2 bed property for rent in Princes Avenue, Liverpool L8
    £1,300/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Princes Avenue, Liverpool L8

    2View listing
  13. 4 bed property for rent in Russell Road, Liverpool L18
    £1,450/moPrimeLocation

    4 bed property

    Russell Road, Liverpool L18

    4View listing
  14. 2 bed property for rent in Todd Row, Hartford, Northwich CW8
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Todd Row, Hartford, Northwich CW8

    2View listing
  15. 2 bed property for rent in Leighton Road, Birkenhead CH41
    £795/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Leighton Road, Birkenhead CH41

    2View listing
  16. 3 bed property for rent in Miller Road, Halewood, Liverpool, Merseyside L26
    £1,600/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Miller Road, Halewood, Liverpool, Merseyside L26

    3View listing
  17. 2 bed property for rent in Beechfield Close, Halewood, Liverpool L26
    £850/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Beechfield Close, Halewood, Liverpool L26

    2View listing
  18. 3 bed property for rent in James Court, Woolton L25
    £1,800/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    James Court, Woolton L25

    3View listing
  19. 7 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Rhosddu Road, LL11
    £695/moOpenRent

    7 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Rhosddu Road, LL11

    71View listing
  20. 8 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, King St, LL11
    £650/moOpenRent

    8 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, King St, LL11

    85View listing
  21. 4 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Benjamin Road, LL13
    £425/moOpenRent

    4 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Benjamin Road, LL13

    41View listing
  22. 3 bed house for rent in Owens Street, Wrexham, LL14
    £950/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed house

    Owens Street, Wrexham, LL14

    31View listing
  23. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Stoneleigh, Wrexham, LL11
    £1,050/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed terraced house

    Stoneleigh, Wrexham, LL11

    21View listing
  24. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in Ffordd Morgan, Llay, LL12
    £995/moOnTheMarket

    3 bed semi-detached house

    Ffordd Morgan, Llay, LL12

    31View listing

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Wrexham

Most Wrexham homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 61,700 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

C

most common band

Mean band

3.59

≈ Band C–D

Stock

62k

61,700 properties

  • A
    7%4,460
  • B
    21%12,790
  • C
    28%17,210
  • D
    17%10,280
  • E
    13%8,250
  • F
    8%5,140
  • G
    4%2,570
  • H
    1%720
  • I
    0%290

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 Wrexham

79% of Wrexham premises can already get full-fibre and 79% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

79%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

79%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

98%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

426 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    79%
  • Gigabit-capable
    79%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    98%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Wrexham), July 2025, covering 62,595 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Wrexham homes

45% of Wrexham 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

45%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

55%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

46k

45,702 EPCs

  • A
    1%441
  • B
    8%3,799
  • C
    35%16,101
  • D
    38%17,425
  • E
    13%5,715
  • F
    4%1,630
  • G
    1%591

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

Area safety

Safety in Wrexham

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Wrexham has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 21 of 21 postcode districts analysed, the median was 60 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Wrexham is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

  • 60 crimes per area (median)
  • 21 of 21 postcode districts covered
  • Data: September 2026

Most reported

  • Anti-social behaviour
  • 0% of incidents

Wrexham 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

Safety by suburb in Wrexham

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.

Gwersyllt has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Wrexham.

  • Acrefair

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (23) · pop. ~3,000

    17
    per 1k

  • Rhosllanerchrugog

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (48) · pop. ~10,000

    10
    per 1k

  • Rhosddu

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (133) · pop. ~8,000

    52
    per 1k

  • Brynteg

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (25) · pop. ~5,000

    9.2
    per 1k

  • Gwersyllt

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (29) · pop. ~10,000

    5.8
    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

Wrexham listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Wrexham.

PrimeLocation
537
OnTheMarket
255
Rightmove
224
SpareRoom
140
OpenRent
134

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Frequently asked

Renting in Wrexham — your questions answered

How much is rent in Wrexham?

The average (median) asking rent in Wrexham is £850 a month — a 1-bed is £698 and a 2-bed £850, based on 1,290 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Wrexham?

The median asking rent for a studio in Wrexham is £731 a month, 14% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 30 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Wrexham is £698 a month, 18% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 332 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Wrexham is £850 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £850, based on 443 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Wrexham is £1,100 a month, 29% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 239 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Wrexham is £1,650 a month, 94% above the city-wide median of £850, based on 106 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Wrexham?

The median asking rent for a room in a Wrexham house share is £600 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £850, based on 140 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Wrexham?

There are currently 1,290 rental properties available in Wrexham, with 48 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Wrexham safe for renters?

Wrexham has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 60 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 Wrexham?

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

Across Wales

Average rent across Wales

How Wrexham compares with the other 6 places we track in Wales — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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