Renting in Dewsbury
Median asking rent · all sizes · 154 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Dewsbury is £800 a month, from 154 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £650/moasking · 49 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £800/moasking · 64 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,000/moasking · 27 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,475/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 Dewsbury by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dewsbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Dewsbury
Dewsbury currently has 154 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Dewsbury is £800 a month, from 154 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 73 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 52% 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 £695 a month in WF17 (7 live listings) to £950 in WF1 (9 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Dewsbury (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 Dewsbury, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Dewsbury is £650 a month, 19% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 49 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Dewsbury is £800 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 64 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Dewsbury is £1,000 a month, 25% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 27 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Dewsbury is £1,475 a month, 84% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 10 live listings on three 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 Kirklees is £784 a month, up 12.5% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Kirklees is the ONS area that covers Dewsbury. 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
+12.5%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+37%
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
Property types
48% of listings
51% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 44% of the 64 houses currently advertised in Dewsbury.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 125 live listings in 7 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 Dewsbury, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dewsbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Dewsbury
Live signal across 154 Dewsbury rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Floor area
£1.25/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 19 live listings · October 2026Median 775 sqft across the 19 Dewsbury listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
73 homes came onto the Dewsbury rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Westgate Lofts, Dewsbury WF13
1 bed property
Combs Road, Dewsbury WF12
2 bed flat/apartment
The Mill, Dewsbury Road, Ossett, WF5
2 bed house
23 Kirkgate, Hanging Heaton, WF17 6DJ
4 bed terraced house
North Park Street, Dewsbury, WF13
1 bed flat/apartment
Westgate Lofts, Dewsbury, WF13
1 bed flat/apartment
Combs Road, Dewsbury, WF12
2 bed house
Dawson Gardens, Dewsbury
1 bed flat/apartment
47-51 Daisy Hill, Dewsbury
3 bed semi-detached house
Windermere Road, DEWSBURY, WF12
1 bed terraced house
The Combs, DEWSBURY, WF12
2 bed terraced house
School Street, Dewsbury, WF13
3 bed semi-detached house
Moor End Lane, Dewsbury
2 bed flat/apartment
Combs Road, Dewsbury, WF12
5 bed detached house
High Street, Thornhill, Dewsbury
3 bed semi-detached house
North Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13
3 bed bungalow
Low Road, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12
3 bed semi-detached house
Heaton Grange, Batley
3 bed terraced house
Leeds Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12
4 bed detached house
Church Street, Ravensthorpe
3 bed semi-detached house
Leeds Road, Dewsbury, WF12
2 bed terraced house
Castle Hill View, Heckmondwike
3 bed semi-detached house
Princess Avenue, Dewsbury, WF12
3 bed flat/apartment
Thornhill Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Dewsbury homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 192,510 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.29
≈ Band B–C
Stock
193k
192,510 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
92% of Dewsbury premises can already get full-fibre and 95% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
92%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
95%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
483 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Kirklees), July 2025, covering 189,602 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
38% of Dewsbury 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
38%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
62%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
152k
151,884 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Kirklees. 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 Dewsbury centroid. The five closest:
Eastborough Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · WF13 1NS
Flatts Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · WF13 2SU
Manor Croft Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · WF12 7DW
Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · WF12 9LY
Earlsheaton Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · WF12 8JF
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Dewsbury 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), Dewsbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 90 of 90 postcode districts analysed, the median was 249 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Dewsbury is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Dewsbury’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 (118) · pop. ~32,000
Most common: Violent crime (27) · pop. ~20,000
Most common: Violent crime (72) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (78) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (44) · pop. ~5,000
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 Dewsbury is £800 a month, from 154 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Dewsbury is £650 a month, 19% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 49 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Dewsbury is £800 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 64 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Dewsbury is £1,000 a month, 25% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 27 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Dewsbury is £1,475 a month, 84% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 10 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 154 rental properties available in Dewsbury, with 73 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Dewsbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 249 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 Dewsbury is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Dewsbury compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dewsbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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