Renting in Dewsbury

Average Rent in Dewsbury: £825/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,435 live Dewsbury 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

£825 /month

1,435 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Dewsbury by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£799/mo	74
1 bed	£675/mo	463
2 bed	£800/mo	529
3 bed	£1,050/mo	273
4+ bed	£1,450/mo	96

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 Dewsbury

What it costs to rent in Dewsbury

Dewsbury currently has 1,435 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £825 a month. 25 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 54% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is HD1 at around £650/mo, while LS4 sits nearer £1,597/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 Dewsbury 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 Dewsbury by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,435 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Dewsbury

£799/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Dewsbury is £799 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 74 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Dewsbury

£675/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Dewsbury is £675 a month, 18% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 463 listings currently on the market.

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

£800/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Dewsbury is £800 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 529 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Dewsbury

£1,050/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Dewsbury is £1,050 a month, 27% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 273 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Dewsbury

£1,450/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Dewsbury is £1,450 a month, 76% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 96 listings currently on the market.

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 Kirklees rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Kirklees, the ONS area that covers Dewsbury. Latest: £780/mo (Jul 26, +12.6% YoY).

Latest

£780

Jul 26

Annual

+12.6%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£568

Aug 21

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.

Property types

What’s on offer in Dewsbury

Flats & apartments

406

46% of listings

Houses

469

53% of listings

Bungalows

2% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 49% of the 484 houses currently advertised in Dewsbury.

Terraced
49%238
Semi-detached
24%114
Other house
15%71
Detached
10%46
Bungalow
3%15

Rent by postcode

Where Dewsbury rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 1,160 live listings in 37 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Dewsbury

1LS4£1,597/mo6 rentals
2LS7£1,195/mo13 rentals
3BD6£1,100/mo3 rentals

Cheapest in Dewsbury

1HD1£650/mo19 rentals
2BD1£650/mo5 rentals
3HD2£745/mo11 rentals

Features · Dewsbury

Garden, parking, and floor area in Dewsbury

Live signal across 1,435 Dewsbury rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

54%

of 375 Dewsbury listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

83%

of 420 Dewsbury listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Dewsbury this week

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

25 new this weekUpdated today

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Dewsbury

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

most common band

Mean band

2.29

≈ Band B–C

Stock

193k

192,510 properties

A
45%85,950
B
18%35,180
C
17%33,020
D
9%17,690
E
7%12,550
F
3%5,670
G
1%2,290
H
0%160

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 Dewsbury

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

Full fibre (FTTP)
92%
Gigabit-capable
95%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

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

EPC ratings for Dewsbury homes

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

A
0%666
B
8%12,017
C
29%44,688
D
43%65,559
E
15%23,002
F
3%4,408
G
1%1,544

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

State-funded schools near Dewsbury

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

1
Eastborough Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · WF13 1NS
0.14 mi
2
Flatts Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · WF13 2SU
0.37 mi
3
Manor Croft Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · WF12 7DW
0.51 mi
4
Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · WF12 9LY
0.52 mi
5
Earlsheaton Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · WF12 8JF
0.72 mi

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

Safety in Dewsbury

Higher Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Dewsbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 90 of 90 postcode districts analysed, the median was 243 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Dewsbury is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

243 crimes per area (median)
90 of 90 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of 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

Safety by suburb in Dewsbury

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.

Mirfield has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Dewsbury.

Batley
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (140) · pop. ~32,000
11
per 1k
Mirfield
Safer area
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (44) · pop. ~20,000
5.5
per 1k
Ravensthorpe
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (87) · pop. ~8,000
29
per 1k
Savile Town
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (115) · pop. ~5,000
53
per 1k
Thornhill
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (64) · pop. ~5,000
23
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

Dewsbury listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Dewsbury.

PrimeLocation

499

OpenRent

397

Rightmove

294

OnTheMarket

233

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Dewsbury — your questions answered

How much is rent in Dewsbury?

The average (median) asking rent in Dewsbury is £825 a month — a 1-bed is £675 and a 2-bed £800, based on 1,435 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Dewsbury?

The median asking rent for a studio in Dewsbury is £799 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 74 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Dewsbury is £675 a month, 18% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 463 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Dewsbury is £800 a month, 3% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 529 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Dewsbury is £1,050 a month, 27% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 273 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Dewsbury is £1,450 a month, 76% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 96 listings currently on the market.

How many rental properties are available in Dewsbury?

There are currently 1,435 rental properties available in Dewsbury, with 25 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Dewsbury safe for renters?

Dewsbury has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 243 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 Dewsbury?

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

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