OFFICIAL ONS DATAJULY 2026

Average rent in St. Helens

Private rents in St. Helens average £802 a month across all property sizes, up 6.1% over the last year. These are the official Office for National Statistics figures, not portal asking rents, so they reflect what tenants actually pay.

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All sizes
£802
1-bed
£590
2-bed
£732
3-bed
£895
4+ bed
£1,293
Flats
£683

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The £802 average above is the whole district, every size and condition mixed together. It's a fair sanity check, but it isn't a valuation of one property, and the gap between a 1-bed at £590 and a 3-bed at £895 shows why. For an actual figure you need the specific address: its size, its EPC, its street, and what comparable homes nearby genuinely let for.

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Two years of rents in St. Helens
Two-year change: +15.4%Five-year change: +43.2%Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents
Rents are up 4.6% over the last six months, against +1.6% in the six before: rises are speeding up.
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What next door costs
St. Helens is the 4th cheapest of these 7 on a 2-bed, average rent by bedrooms
Area
2 bed
3 bed
4+ bed
1Halton£682£822£1,1572Wigan£698£836£1,1423West Lancashire£729£842£1,229
4St. HelensYou are here£732£895£1,293
5Knowsley£754£914£1,3066Warrington£831£1,010£1,4487Liverpool£834£959£1,288
Nearest by the centre point of each area, so a very large or coastal area can throw up a neighbour that is not a natural comparison.
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Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026, average private rents by local authority. Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Figures are area averages, not valuations of any individual property.