Renting in Bath

Average Rent in Bath: £1,645/mo

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Median asking rent across 3,400 live Bath listings on 5 portals from £400/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£1,645 /month

3,400 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Bath by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£1,300/mo	203
1 bed	£1,200/mo	914
2 bed	£1,679/mo	754
3 bed	£2,000/mo	393
4+ bed	£4,200/mo	704
Room (house share)	£700/mo	432

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 13 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Bath

What it costs to rent in Bath

Bath currently has 3,400 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,645 a month. 117 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 40% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is BA14 at around £975/mo, while BA15 sits nearer £2,500/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Bath around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Bath by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 3,400 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Bath

£1,300/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Bath is £1,300 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 203 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Bath

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Bath is £1,200 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 914 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Bath

£1,679/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Bath is £1,679 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 754 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Bath

£2,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Bath is £2,000 a month, 22% above the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 393 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Bath

£4,200/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Bath is £4,200 a month, 155% above the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 704 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Bath

£700/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Bath house share is £700 a month, 57% below the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 432 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Bath rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Bath. Latest: £1,881/mo (Jul 26, +7.4% YoY).

Latest

£1,881

Jul 26

Annual

+7.4%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£1,306

Aug 21

Total change

+44%

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Bath pay goes on rent?

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 rent

£1,881/mo

£22,572/yr

Median pay

£32,481/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

70%

Severely stretched — most local renters need a flatmate or supplement income.

0%30% threshold80%

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Bath

Flats & apartments

1277

50% of listings

Houses

839

33% of listings

Rooms

432

17% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Bath — what's on the market

Other house houses make up 40% of the 849 houses currently advertised in Bath.

Other house
40%339
Terraced
34%290
Semi-detached
16%133
Detached
9%78
Bungalow
1%9

Rent by postcode

Where Bath rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 2,153 live listings in 18 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Bath

1BA15£2,500/mo3 rentals
2BA2£1,775/mo1021 rentals
3BA1£1,650/mo874 rentals

Cheapest in Bath

1BA14£975/mo23 rentals
2BS39£1,200/mo3 rentals
3BA11£1,323/mo6 rentals

Features · Bath

Garden, parking, and floor area in Bath

Live signal across 3,400 Bath rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

85%

of 660 Bath listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

85%

of 830 Bath listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Bath this week

117 homes came onto the Bath rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

117 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Bath

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

most common band

Mean band

3.44

≈ Band C–D

Stock

87k

86,570 properties

A
11%9,280
B
23%19,580
C
25%21,270
D
17%14,450
E
12%10,400
F
7%5,940
G
6%5,200
H
1%450

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

Broadband coverage across Bath

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

Full fibre (FTTP)
72%
Gigabit-capable
79%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
97%

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

EPC ratings for Bath homes

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

A
0%361
B
13%9,453
C
31%22,693
D
37%26,879
E
14%10,314
F
3%2,279
G
1%574

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

State-funded schools near Bath

8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Bath centroid. The five closest:

1
Widcombe Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · BA2 4JG
0.38 mi
2
Widcombe CofE Junior School
Primary · Academy converter · BA2 4JG
0.38 mi
3
Beechen Cliff School
Secondary · Academy converter · BA2 4RE
0.61 mi
4
St Andrew's Church School
Primary · Academy converter · BA1 2SN
0.63 mi
5
Hayesfield Girls School
Secondary · Academy converter · BA2 3LA
0.66 mi

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

Safety in Bath

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Bath has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 37 of 37 postcode districts analysed, the median was 192 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Bath is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

192 crimes per area (median)
37 of 37 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of 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

Safety by suburb in Bath

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Weston has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Bath.

Widcombe
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (178) · pop. ~5,000
113
per 1k
Twerton
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (86) · pop. ~9,000
27
per 1k
Oldfield Park
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (199) · pop. ~8,000
72
per 1k
Larkhall
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (85) · pop. ~6,000
51
per 1k
Weston
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (60) · pop. ~8,000
18
per 1k

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.

Where we search

Bath listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Bath.

Rightmove

1779

PrimeLocation

494

OpenRent

477

SpareRoom

432

OnTheMarket

218

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Frequently asked

Renting in Bath — your questions answered

How much is rent in Bath?

The average (median) asking rent in Bath is £1,645 a month — a 1-bed is £1,200 and a 2-bed £1,679, based on 3,400 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Bath?

The median asking rent for a studio in Bath is £1,300 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 203 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Bath?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Bath is £1,200 a month, 27% below the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 914 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Bath?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Bath is £1,679 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 754 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Bath?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Bath is £2,000 a month, 22% above the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 393 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Bath?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Bath is £4,200 a month, 155% above the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 704 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Bath?

The median asking rent for a room in a Bath house share is £700 a month, 57% below the city-wide median of £1,645, based on 432 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Bath?

There are currently 3,400 rental properties available in Bath, with 117 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Bath safe for renters?

Bath has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 192 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Bath?

The most commonly reported crime category in Bath is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

Across South West

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