Renting in Bracknell
Median asking rent · all sizes · 335 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bracknell is £1,550 a month, from 335 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,150/moasking · 78 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,550/moasking · 148 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £2,000/moasking · 49 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,500/moasking · 45 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £725/moasking · 41 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 Bracknell by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bracknell, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Bracknell
Bracknell currently has 376 rental listings on the property sites we track, 335 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bracknell is £1,550 a month, from 335 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 173 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 41% 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 £1,550 a month in RG12 (185 live listings) to £1,750 in RG42 (65 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Bracknell (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 Bracknell, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bracknell is £1,150 a month, 26% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bracknell is £1,550 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 148 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bracknell is £2,000 a month, 29% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 49 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bracknell is £2,500 a month, 61% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bracknell is £725 a month, from 41 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 Bracknell is £1,481 a month, up 2.4% 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
+2.4%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+35%
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 Bracknell spend an estimated 49% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£36,067/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
49%
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
52% of listings
36% of listings
12% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 33% of the 123 houses currently advertised in Bracknell.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 261 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 Bracknell, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bracknell, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Bracknell
Live signal across 376 Bracknell rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
80%
of 96 Bracknell listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
95%
of 151 Bracknell listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.24/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 35 live listings · October 2026Median 677 sqft across the 35 Bracknell listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
173 homes came onto the Bracknell rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
4 bed detached house
Worcestershire Lea, Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42
1 bed flat/apartment
Royal Winchester House, Bracknell RG12
4 bed semi-detached house
Pigeon Grove, Bracknell, RG12
1 bed flat/apartment
Kelvin Gate, Bracknell, RG12
3 bed semi-detached house
Bullbrook Drive, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12
2 bed flat/apartment
Century Court, Millennium Way, Bracknell, RG12
3 bed terraced house
Roby Drive, Bracknell, RG12
4 bed detached house
Shakespeare Way, Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42
2 bed flat/apartment
Compass Court, The Boulevard, Cain Road, RG12
2 bed flat/apartment
Millennium Way, Bracknell, RG12
2 bed terraced house
Tarnbrook Way, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12
4 bed detached house
Plantagenet Park, Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42
1 bed flat/apartment
Greenacres, Old Bracknell Lane West, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12
3 bed detached house
Thackeray Drive, Warfield, Berkshire, RG42
2 bed semi-detached house
Heather Green, Warfield RG42
2 bed flat/apartment
Winchester House, Bracknell RG12
5 bed detached house
Bracknell Road Warfield RG42
2 bed flat/apartment
Winchester House, Bracknell RG12
2 bed flat/apartment
WINCHESTER HOUSE, Bracknell RG12
1 bed flat/apartment
Market Street, Bracknell, RG12
2 bed flat/apartment
London Road, Bracknell RG42
5 bed detached house
All Saints Rise, Warfield, Berkshire, RG42
1 bed room
Southwold, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12
4 bed terraced house
Appledore, BRACKNELL, Berkshire, RG12
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Bracknell homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 54,280 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.87
≈ Band C–D
Stock
54k
54,280 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
97% of Bracknell premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
97%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
97%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
490 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Bracknell Forest), July 2025, covering 54,799 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
58% of Bracknell 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
47k
46,891 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Bracknell Forest. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Bracknell centroid. The five closest:
Garth Hill College
Secondary · Community school · RG42 2AD
Sandy Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · RG12 2JG
Ranelagh School
Secondary · Academy converter · RG12 9DA
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell
Primary · Voluntary aided school · RG12 9AP
The Brakenhale School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · RG12 7BA
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Bracknell 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), Bracknell has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 76 of 76 postcode districts analysed, the median was 144 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Bracknell is Violent crime, accounting for 8% of all incidents.
Bracknell’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 (94) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (87) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (44) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (29) · pop. ~6,000
Most common: Violent crime (28) · 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 Bracknell is £1,550 a month, from 335 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bracknell is £1,150 a month, 26% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 78 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bracknell is £1,550 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 148 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bracknell is £2,000 a month, 29% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 49 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bracknell is £2,500 a month, 61% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 45 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bracknell is £725 a month, from 41 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 376 rental properties available in Bracknell, with 173 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Bracknell has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 144 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Bracknell is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Bracknell compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bracknell, updated 28 October 2026.
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