Average rent in Coventry (2026)

Data as of July 2026 · computed by Flatscout from live cross-portal listings and official open data

Coventry's rental market is powered by two universities and a manufacturing-and-tech jobs base: purpose-built student blocks dominate the centre, while Earlsdon and Tile Hill supply the professional and family end at distinctly Midlands prices.

Coventry currently has 1,724 live rental listings across the portals Flatscout tracks — Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom — with a median asking rent of £1,000 a month for a whole property. Rooms in shared homes start lower, and the by-postcode table below shows how much the same budget buys in different corners of the city.

Everything on this page is computed from listings Flatscout scrapes and de-duplicates around the clock, joined with official open data: the ONS Price Index of Private Rents for the long-run trend, ONS earnings data for affordability, police.uk street-level crime, VOA council-tax bands, Ofcom broadband coverage, and EPC certificates matched to the homes actually being advertised right now. Figures refresh continuously — the numbers below were last computed in July 2026.

If you're actively hunting, the data has one practical message: well-priced Coventry rentals go in hours, not days. Flatscout watches every portal and can alert you by email, WhatsApp or Telegram within minutes of a matching listing appearing — before most renters have refreshed the app.

Rent by bedrooms in Coventry

Median monthly asking rent by bedrooms, Coventry
BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
Studio£750/mo88
1 bed£725/mo431
2 bed£1,050/mo344
3 bed£1,200/mo329
4+ bed£1,500/mo136
Room in shared home£550/mo396

Rent by postcode district

Median monthly rent by outcode (3+ listings each), Coventry
OutcodeMedian rentListings
CV7£1,275/mo47
CV3£1,100/mo180
CV4£1,100/mo104
CV6£1,075/mo197
CV5£1,000/mo124
CV2£992/mo212
CV1£925/mo463

Official rent trend (ONS)

The ONS Price Index of Private Rents puts the average rent across ALL Coventry tenancies at £1,018/mo in June 2026 — up 2.0% on a year earlier. In January 2020 it was £749/mo. The ONS average sits below asking-rent medians because it includes existing tenancies, not just newly advertised homes.

Affordability

Renting at the ONS average of £1,018/mo takes roughly 37% of the local median gross salary of £33,063 a year (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

Property type mix

Gardens and parking

Of 1,724 live listings, 58% advertise a garden and 19% advertise parking. Portals under-report features, so treat these as a floor.

EPC energy ratings

EPC bands of live Coventry rentals matched to certificates
BandListings
B1
C37
D43
E11
G1

Council-tax bands

VOA council-tax stock of domestic properties, Coventry
BandProperties
Band A63,870
Band B44,380
Band C25,220
Band D10,750
Band E5,440
Band F2,700
Band G1,530
Band H190

Broadband

Residential premises coverage in Coventry: 96% full fibre (FTTP), 97% gigabit-capable, 99% superfast (30 Mbit/s+) (Ofcom Connected Nations).

Crime

police.uk street-level data for May 2026: median 274 reported incidents per postcode district across 8 districts around the busiest rental postcodes. The most common category city-wide is violence and sexual offences (41% of reports).

Reported crimes by inner area, May 2026
AreaReports / 1,000 peopleMost common category
Cannon Park7.1violence and sexual offences
City Centre83.3violence and sexual offences
Earlsdon23.8violence and sexual offences
Foleshill26.0violence and sexual offences
Tile Hill11.7violence and sexual offences

Where the listings come from

No single portal has every home — Flatscout merges and de-duplicates them all, so each property is counted once.

Renting in Coventry, answered

What is the average rent in Coventry?

The median asking rent in Coventry is £1,000 per month for a whole property, based on 1,724 live listings tracked by Flatscout across Rightmove, Zoopla and SpareRoom (July 2026).

How many rental properties are available in Coventry?

Flatscout is currently tracking 1,724 active rental listings in Coventry, with 284 new listings added in the last 7 days. Listings from every portal are merged and de-duplicated, so each home is counted once.

How much is a one-bedroom flat to rent in Coventry?

The median asking rent for a one-bedroom property in Coventry is £725 per month, while a room in a shared home has a median of £550 (July 2026).

Is Coventry safe for renters?

Across 8 postcode districts analysed, the median is 274 reported crimes per district per month, and the most common category is violence and sexual offences. Crime varies a lot street by street — data from data.police.uk (May 2026).

What share of income goes on rent in Coventry?

Renting at the ONS average of £1,018/mo takes roughly 37% of the local median gross salary of £33,063 (ONS ASHE 2025). The conventional affordability threshold is 30%.

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