Renting in Bath
Median asking rent · all sizes · 746 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Bath before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bath is £1,750 a month, from 746 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,105/moasking · 213 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,650/moasking · 128 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,850/moasking · 82 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £4,572/moasking · 270 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 60 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 Bath by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bath, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Bath
Bath currently has 806 rental listings on the property sites we track, 746 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bath is £1,750 a month, from 746 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 187 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 54% 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 £1,650 a month in BA1 (279 live listings) to £1,950 in BA2 (325 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Bath (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 Bath, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bath is £1,105 a month, 37% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 213 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bath is £1,650 a month, 6% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bath is £1,850 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 82 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bath is £4,572 a month, 161% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 270 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bath is £650 a month, from 60 live listings (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 Bath is £1,893 a month, up 7.5% 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
+7.5%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+41%
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 Bath spend an estimated 70% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£32,481/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
70%
Severely stretched — most local renters need a flatmate or supplement income.
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
42% of listings
50% of listings
8% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 59% of the 353 houses currently advertised in Bath.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 606 live listings in 2 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 Bath, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bath, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Bath
Live signal across 806 Bath rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
100%
of 76 Bath listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
99%
of 137 Bath listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
187 homes came onto the Bath rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
6 bed house
Argyle Terrace, Bath
4 bed property
Burlington Street, Bath BA1
1 bed property
Montpelier, Bath BA1
2 bed property
Walcot BA1
4 bed property
Wellsway, Bath, Somerset BA2
2 bed property
North Parade, Bath BA2
1 bed property
Windsor Bridge Road, Bath BA2
1 bed property
Windsor Bridge Road, Bath BA2
1 bed property
Windsor Bridge Road, Bath BA2
2 bed property
Margarets Buildings, Bath BA1
2 bed property
Kingsway, Bath BA2
2 bed property
Park Street, Bath, Somerset BA1
Studio property
Avon Studios BA1
3 bed property
Odins Road, Odins Road, Bath BA2
1 bed property
Russell Street, Bath BA1
1 bed property
Bennett Street, Bath BA1
1 bed flat/apartment
Duke Street, Bath, Somerset, BA2
Studio flat/apartment
Avon Studios, BA1
3 bed terraced house
Odins Road, Odins Road, Bath, BA2
1 bed house
Montpelier, Bath BA1
2 bed terraced house
Margarets Buildings, Bath BA1
2 bed flat/apartment
North Parade, Bath, BA2
1 bed property
Lower Camden Place, Bath BA1
1 bed flat/apartment
The Hollow (Studio 2), Southdown, Bath, Somerset, BA2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Bath. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Bath homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 86,570 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.44
≈ Band C–D
Stock
87k
86,570 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
72% of Bath premises can already get full-fibre and 79% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
72%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
79%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
97%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
434 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Bath and North East Somerset), July 2025, covering 85,167 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Bath 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
45%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
55%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
73k
72,553 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Bath and North East Somerset. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Bath centroid. The five closest:
Widcombe Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · BA2 4JG
Widcombe CofE Junior School
Primary · Academy converter · BA2 4JG
Beechen Cliff School
Secondary · Academy converter · BA2 4RE
St Andrew's Church School
Primary · Academy converter · BA1 2SN
Hayesfield Girls School
Secondary · Academy converter · BA2 3LA
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Bath 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), Bath has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 37 of 37 postcode districts analysed, the median was 157 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Bath is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Bath’s overall figures sit above the national median, but crime varies a lot by neighbourhood. Dwellio alerts include the area’s data so you can pick the right street.
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: Violent crime (152) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (98) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (175) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (91) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (64) · 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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bath is £1,750 a month, from 746 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bath is £1,105 a month, 37% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 213 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bath is £1,650 a month, 6% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bath is £1,850 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 82 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bath is £4,572 a month, 161% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 270 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bath is £650 a month, from 60 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 806 rental properties available in Bath, with 187 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Bath has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 157 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 Bath is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South West
How Bath compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bath, updated 28 October 2026.
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