Renting in Dorchester
Median asking rent · all sizes · 117 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Dorchester is £1,200 a month, from 117 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,100/moasking · 37 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,200/moasking · 54 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,400/moasking · 16 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 35 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 Dorchester by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dorchester, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Dorchester
Dorchester currently has 152 rental listings on the property sites we track, 117 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Dorchester is £1,200 a month, from 117 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 58 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 23% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Dorchester, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Dorchester is £1,100 a month, 8% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 37 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Dorchester is £1,200 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 54 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Dorchester is £1,400 a month, 17% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 16 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Dorchester is £650 a month, from 35 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 Dorset is £1,059 a month, up 4.2% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Dorset is the ONS area that covers Dorchester. 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
+4.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+25%
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
58% of listings
17% of listings
24% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 46% of the 26 houses currently advertised in Dorchester.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 80 live listings in 1 district (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 Dorchester, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/dorchester, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
58 homes came onto the Dorchester rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed room
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed house
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed bungalow
Agra Place, Dorchester, DT1
2 bed flat/apartment
Poets Way, Dorchester, DT1
1 bed flat/apartment
Cowley Close, Dorchester, DT1 2
1 bed flat/apartment
Dorchester DT1
1 bed flat/apartment
Keats House, Poets Way, Dorchester DT1
2 bed flat/apartment
Buttermarket, Poundbury, Dorchester
2 bed house
Fordington, Dorchester
2 bed flat/apartment
Princes Street Dorchester
2 bed flat/apartment
Poets Way, Dorchester, DT1
1 bed flat/apartment
Haven House, The Barrack Quarter, Bridport Road, Dorchester
1 bed flat/apartment
Haven House, The Barrack Quarter, Bridport Road, Dorchester
2 bed flat/apartment
Hessary Place, Poundbury, Dorchester
1 bed flat/apartment
Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3
2 bed flat/apartment
Dorchester, Dorset
3 bed terraced house
Dukes Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 1
2 bed flat/apartment
Hamslade Street, Dorchester
3 bed terraced house
Arnhem Green, Dorchester, DT1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Dorchester. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Dorchester homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 185,720 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.57
≈ Band C–D
Stock
186k
185,720 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
71% of Dorchester premises can already get full-fibre and 72% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
71%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
72%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
404 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Dorset), July 2025, covering 182,989 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
45% of Dorchester 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
144k
144,058 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Dorset. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
5 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Dorchester centroid. The five closest:
St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester
Primary · Academy converter · DT1 2DD
Dorchester Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter · DT1 2HS
St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter · DT1 2DZ
The Thomas Hardye School
Secondary · Academy converter · DT1 2ET
Manor Park Church of England First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · DT1 2BH
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Dorchester 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), Dorchester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 25 of 25 postcode districts analysed, the median was 47 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Dorchester is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Dorchester ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.
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 (22) · pop. ~4,500
Most common: Violent crime (15) · pop. ~2,000
Most common: Violent crime (39) · pop. ~3,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (1) · pop. ~1,000
Most common: Violent crime (4) · pop. ~1,500
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 Dorchester is £1,200 a month, from 117 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Dorchester is £1,100 a month, 8% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 37 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Dorchester is £1,200 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 54 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Dorchester is £1,400 a month, 17% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 16 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Dorchester is £650 a month, from 35 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 152 rental properties available in Dorchester, with 58 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Dorchester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 47 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 Dorchester is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South West
How Dorchester 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/dorchester, updated 28 October 2026.
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