Renting in York
Median asking rent · all sizes · 673 live listings · October 2026
Rent in York before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in York is £1,250 a month, from 673 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £883/moasking · 222 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,300/moasking · 245 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,550/moasking · 109 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,400/moasking · 70 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £737/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 York by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/york, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in York
York currently has 746 rental listings on the property sites we track, 673 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in York is £1,250 a month, from 673 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 139 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 £1,100 a month in YO10 (108 live listings) to £1,741 in YO19 (7 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in York (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 York, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in York is £883 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 222 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in York is £1,300 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 245 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in York is £1,550 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 109 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in York is £2,400 a month, 92% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in York is £737 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 York is £1,206 a month, up 6.7% 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
+6.7%
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 York spend an estimated 44% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£32,961/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
44%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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
43% of listings
43% of listings
13% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 66% of the 244 houses currently advertised in York.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 520 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 York, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/york, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · York
Live signal across 746 York rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
84%
of 138 York listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
86%
of 216 York listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
139 homes came onto the York rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Lea Way, Huntington, York YO32
1 bed property
Melrosegate, York YO10
2 bed property
Ings Court, York YO26
1 bed property
Trinity Lane, Bishophill, York YO1
2 bed property
Coeside, York YO24
1 bed property
Lunds Court, Low Petergate, York YO1
2 bed property
Whitehouse Court, St. Olaves Road, York YO30
2 bed property
David Longhurst Way, York YO30
2 bed property
Melrosegate, York YO10
1 bed property
Bootham Crescent, York YO30
3 bed property
Fifth Avenue, York YO31
3 bed property
North Parade, York YO30
1 bed flat/apartment
Studio Flat, Aldwark, YO1
3 bed flat/apartment
3 Bed Maisonette, Buckingham Court, YO1
2 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Turner Close, YO31
3 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Constantine Avenue, YO10
3 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Constantine Avenue, YO10
2 bed terraced house
Tamworth Road, York, YO30
1 bed flat/apartment
Green Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3DA
2 bed terraced house
Rose Street, Off Haxby Road, York, YO31 8JE
2 bed flat/apartment
Whitecross Gardens, Huntington Road, York, YO31
1 bed house
Bootham Crescent, York
2 bed terraced house
Stamford Street East, York
3 bed semi-detached house
Rishworth Grove, York, YO30
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for York. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most York homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 93,040 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
2.98
≈ Band B–C
Stock
93k
93,040 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
86% of York premises can already get full-fibre and 91% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
86%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
91%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
470 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (York), July 2025, covering 90,992 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
46% of York 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
46%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
54%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
70k
69,937 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under York. 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 York centroid. The five closest:
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · YO31 7PB
Fishergate Primary School
Primary · Community school · YO10 4AP
Scarcroft Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · YO23 1BS
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · YO10 4BT
Park Grove Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · YO31 8LG
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the York 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), York has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 31 of 31 postcode districts analysed, the median was 117 reported crimes per area. The most common category in York is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
York’s figures sit in line with the national picture. Safety varies by street as much as by city — every Dwellio alert includes the area’s data to help.
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: Anti-social behaviour (61) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (105) · pop. ~20,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (102) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (121) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (18) · pop. ~4,000
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 York is £1,250 a month, from 673 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in York is £883 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 222 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in York is £1,300 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 245 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in York is £1,550 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 109 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in York is £2,400 a month, 92% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in York is £737 a month, from 73 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 746 rental properties available in York, with 139 new listings added in the last 7 days.
York has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 117 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 York is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How York compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/york, updated 28 October 2026.
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