Renting in Basingstoke
Median asking rent · all sizes · 237 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Basingstoke is £1,300 a month, from 237 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,150/moasking · 74 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,395/moasking · 113 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,600/moasking · 27 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,150/moasking · 10 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 Basingstoke by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/basingstoke, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Basingstoke
Basingstoke currently has 237 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Basingstoke is £1,300 a month, from 237 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 170 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 32% 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 £1,300 a month in RG21 (118 live listings) to £2,425 in RG25 (4 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Basingstoke (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 Basingstoke, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Basingstoke is £1,150 a month, 12% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 74 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Basingstoke is £1,395 a month, 7% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 113 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Basingstoke is £1,600 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 27 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Basingstoke is £2,150 a month, 65% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 10 live listings on four property sites (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 Basingstoke is £1,312 a month, up 1.1% 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
+1.1%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+30%
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 Basingstoke spend an estimated 40% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£39,279/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
40%
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
68% of listings
31% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 38% of the 66 houses currently advertised in Basingstoke.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 221 live listings in 6 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 Basingstoke, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/basingstoke, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Basingstoke
Live signal across 237 Basingstoke rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Parking
94%
of 69 Basingstoke listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
170 homes came onto the Basingstoke rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Forsythia Walk, Basingstoke RG21
2 bed property
Lime Tree Way, Chineham, Basingstoke RG24
2 bed property
Norn Hill, Basingstoke RG21
2 bed property
Russell Road, Basingstoke RG21
2 bed property
Oakridge Road, Oakridge, Basingstoke RG21
2 bed property
Hollies Court, Basingstoke RG24
3 bed property
Sycamore Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG23
2 bed property
Cranbourne Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21
1 bed flat/apartment
Springfield House, Ashwood Way RG23
1 bed flat/apartment
Central Point, Feathers Lane
2 bed property
The Street, Basingstoke, RG24
1 bed flat/apartment
Bessemer Road, BASINGSTOKE, RG21
3 bed property
Roding Close, BASINGSTOKE, RG21
3 bed terraced house
Bowyer Close, Basingstoke, RG21
2 bed property
Elder Road, Basingstoke, RG24
3 bed bungalow
Kempshott, Basingstoke, RG22
2 bed terraced house
Blackberry Walk, Lychpit, Basingstoke, RG24
2 bed terraced house
Cliddesden Road, Hampshire RG21
3 bed semi-detached house
The Topiary, Lychpit, Basingstoke, RG24
2 bed flat/apartment
Hollies Court, Basingstoke, RG24
2 bed flat/apartment
Forsythia Walk, Basingstoke, RG21
2 bed flat/apartment
Norn Hill, Basingstoke, RG21
2 bed flat/apartment
Oakridge Road, Oakridge, Basingstoke, RG21
2 bed flat/apartment
Lime Tree Way, Chineham, Basingstoke
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Basingstoke homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 81,090 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.69
≈ Band C–D
Stock
81k
81,090 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
69% of Basingstoke premises can already get full-fibre and 82% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
69%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
82%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
436 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Basingstoke and Deane), July 2025, covering 81,710 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
58% of Basingstoke 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
58%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
42%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
65k
64,990 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Basingstoke and Deane. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
16 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Basingstoke centroid. The five closest:
The Vyne Community School
Secondary · Community school · RG21 5PB
Dove House Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter · RG21 5SU
Maple Ridge School
Not applicable · Community special school · RG21 5SX
South View Junior School
Primary · Community school · RG21 5LL
South View Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · RG21 5LL
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Basingstoke 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), Basingstoke has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 35 of 35 postcode districts analysed, the median was 81 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Basingstoke is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Basingstoke ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.
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 (26) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (97) · pop. ~13,000
Most common: Violent crime (90) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (49) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (158) · pop. ~8,000
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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Basingstoke is £1,300 a month, from 237 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Basingstoke is £1,150 a month, 12% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 74 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Basingstoke is £1,395 a month, 7% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 113 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Basingstoke is £1,600 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 27 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Basingstoke is £2,150 a month, 65% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 10 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 237 rental properties available in Basingstoke, with 170 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Basingstoke has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 81 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 Basingstoke is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Basingstoke compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/basingstoke, updated 28 October 2026.
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