Version: 1.0.6 | Published: 9 Oct 2025 | Updated: 61 days ago
WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals. [Safeguarded]
Dataset
Summary
Short Description:
This dataset contains details of >4.5 million rental property listings (2014 -
2023; England and Wales) as derived from Zoopla and processed by WhenFresh.
DOI Name:
Tier:
Tier 2
Access Type:
Safeguarded
Theme:
- Sustainability
- Place
Documentation
Description:
This dataset provides information on >4.5 million rental property listings in England and Wales between 2014 and 2023. The data are derived from rental property listings published on the Zoopla website and have been processed and provided by WhenFresh.
The dataset contains details of the listed rental properties, including property type (e.g., house, flat, etc.), number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and other property characteristics. It also includes information on rental listing activity, such as the date each property was first listed, the advertised rental price of each property, and the most recent date each property was recorded as rented.
Where available, energy performance attributes are provided. These are sourced from the Energy Performance of Buildings: England and Wales data and include property energy ratings and efficiency scores.
This safeguarded version of the dataset does not include any migration information.
Is Part Of:
WhenFresh/Zoopla Property Rentals & Transactions
How Published:
Data asset provided by the Healthy & Sustainable Places Data Service
(ES/Z504336/1), originally provided by the CDRC (ES/L011840/1; ES/L011891/1).
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Units:
Postcode - Unit Postcodes
Spatial Coverage:
England & Wales
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2014
End Date:
31 December 2023
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Date of Latest Release:
11 August 2025
Temporal Aggregation:
Daily
Geographic Bounding Box
Lower Left Latitude:
49.9
Lower Left Longitude:
-6.4
Upper Right Latitude:
55.8
Upper Right Longitude:
1.9
Provenance
Source:
- Transaction-derived data
- Website-derived data
- Administrative data
Purpose:
Data were originally collected for operational purposes by the Data Partner.
Collection Situation:
N/A
Collection Status:
Complete
Method of Collection:
Data were derived from rental property listings on the property search website
Zoopla.
Weighting:
N/A
Notes on Representation:
Not all properties available to rent in England and Wales appear on the property
search website Zoopla, either as a result of i) the owners not using an estate
agent to rent the property, or ii) the estate agent not advertising the property
with Zoopla.
Notes on Bias:
Rental property listing data is subject to estate agent (or equivalent entity)
practices relating to the registration of the information for the rental
property.
Access and Governance
Usage
Resource Creator:
- Fran Pontin
- Conor Rankine
Data Use Limitations:
A named delegate from the Organisation will be contacted by RAG to represent the
Organisation’s position in the approval process for use of the Safeguarded Data
and Controlled Data for Project Proposals from researchers (whether those
researchers are academics, employees, registered students of the University, or
researchers that are external to the University).
Data Use Requirements:
DISCLOSURE CONTROL
Access
Access Service:
All users of HASP Safeguarded Data will have to complete appropriate (as determined by HASP) safe researcher training before access to any HASP Safeguarded Data is granted. Outputs created by the user are not checked or approved by HASP as analysis is completed on a user’s own machine, although are governed by the terms for which the projects were agreed. The level of data granularity for this service is decreased relative to the HASP Secure Service; although user and project approval procedures remain the same.
Jurisdiction:
Great Britain
Data Controller:
- Healthy & Sustainable Places Data Service; - WhenFresh.
Data Processor:
N/A
Availability Status:
Active
Licence:
This dataset is categorised as Safeguarded, and access is only granted upon
successful application. Applications will be assessed based on their ability to
demonstrate that the proposed research benefits social science researchers,
businesses, government, or society at large. The research must not be conducted
for commercial gain or profit-making purposes.
Format and Standards
Language:
English
File Format:
Comma-separated value (.csv).
Estimated Dataset Size:
1GB-5GB