Renting in High Wycombe
Median asking rent · all sizes · 686 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in High Wycombe is £1,400 a month, from 686 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,050/moasking · 245 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,450/moasking · 193 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,750/moasking · 110 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,250/moasking · 106 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 High Wycombe by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/high-wycombe, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in High Wycombe
High Wycombe currently has 686 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in High Wycombe is £1,400 a month, from 686 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 278 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 35% 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 £1,275 a month in HP13 (161 live listings) to £1,782 in SL6 (6 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in High Wycombe (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 High Wycombe, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in High Wycombe is £1,050 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 245 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in High Wycombe is £1,450 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 193 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in High Wycombe is £1,750 a month, 25% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 110 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in High Wycombe is £2,250 a month, 61% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 106 live listings on four 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 Buckinghamshire is £1,486 a month, up 5.8% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Buckinghamshire is the ONS area that covers High Wycombe. 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
+5.8%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+30%
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
64% of listings
35% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Semi-detached houses make up 50% of the 187 houses currently advertised in High Wycombe.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 463 live listings in 6 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 High Wycombe, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/high-wycombe, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · High Wycombe
Live signal across 686 High Wycombe rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
73%
of 185 High Wycombe listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
82%
of 259 High Wycombe listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
278 homes came onto the High Wycombe rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe HP12
2 bed property
Birinus Close, High Wycombe HP12
3 bed property
Gibson Road, High Wycombe HP12
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed flat/apartment
1 bed room
1 bed room
5 bed house
2 bed flat/apartment
5 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
3 bed semi-detached house
Green Street, High Wycombe, HP11
1 bed room
Furnished Double Room, West End Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2QE
4 bed semi-detached house
Tenzing Drive, Hp13
3 bed flat/apartment
Easton Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11
3 bed terraced house
Maybrook Gardens, High Wycombe, HP13
2 bed flat/apartment
Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, HP13
1 bed room
Roberts Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13
1 bed house
Roberts Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13
Studio flat/apartment
London Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for High Wycombe. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most High Wycombe homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band D–E across 236,780 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
4.36
≈ Band D–E
Stock
237k
236,780 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
73% of High Wycombe premises can already get full-fibre and 81% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
73%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
81%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
436 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Buckinghamshire), July 2025, covering 235,054 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
50% of High Wycombe 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
50%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
50%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
205k
204,650 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Buckinghamshire. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
11 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the High Wycombe centroid. The five closest:
Hamilton Academy
Primary · Academy converter · HP13 6SG
High Wycombe Church of England Combined School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · HP11 2JU
Aspire
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter · HP13 6PQ
Bowerdean Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · HP13 6AW
Hannah Ball Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · HP13 7JS
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the High Wycombe 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), High Wycombe has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 60 of 60 postcode districts analysed, the median was 148 reported crimes per area. The most common category in High Wycombe is Violent crime, accounting for 5% of all incidents.
High Wycombe’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 (34) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (17) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (10) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (9) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (30) · 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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in High Wycombe is £1,400 a month, from 686 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in High Wycombe is £1,050 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 245 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in High Wycombe is £1,450 a month, 4% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 193 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in High Wycombe is £1,750 a month, 25% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 110 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in High Wycombe is £2,250 a month, 61% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 106 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 686 rental properties available in High Wycombe, with 278 new listings added in the last 7 days.
High Wycombe has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 148 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 High Wycombe is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How High Wycombe 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/high-wycombe, updated 28 October 2026.
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