Rent Rises
North East · September 2026

Rent in Middlesbrough is up

+3.8%

The average private rent in Middlesbrough is now £699 a month, £26 more than in September 2025. That's £312 a year more for the average renter. It's 174th of 334 areas, and 9th of 12 in North East.

Since 2015

£479£802£1,125£1,448201520172019202120232025
━ Middlesbrough   ┅ UK average · average monthly private rent, all property types

How it compares

AreaAvg rent1 year5 years
Middlesbrough£699+3.8%+32%
North East£790+5.3%+35%
England£1,466+4.0%+35%
UK£1,406+3.8%+35%

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Rent in Middlesbrough is up 3.8% in a year

By home size

TypeAvg rent1 year
1 bed£498+3.6%
2 bed£634+4.0%
3 bed£754+4.4%
4+ bed£991+3.3%
Flat / maisonette£597+2.9%
Terraced£710+4.3%
Semi-detached£758+4.1%
Detached£951+3.5%

Nearby in the table

North Tyneside +6.4%Darlington +6.2%County Durham +6.1%Gateshead +5.7%Sunderland +4.1%Stockton-on-Tees +3.4%

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (area code E06000002), published 9:30am on 21 October 2026. Averages across all private tenancies, not asking rents. Five-year change compares September 2026 with September 2021. Method · Journalists