Renting in Newbury

Average Rent in Newbury: £1,250/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,021 live Newbury listings on 5 portals from £430/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

£1,250 /month

1,021 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Newbury by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£900/mo	16
1 bed	£1,000/mo	295
2 bed	£1,310/mo	434
3 bed	£1,750/mo	84
4+ bed	£2,125/mo	57
Room (house share)	£700/mo	135

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 Newbury

What it costs to rent in Newbury

Newbury currently has 1,021 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,250 a month. 25 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 21% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is RG20 at around £1,188/mo, while RG19 sits nearer £1,550/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 Newbury 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 Newbury by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,021 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Newbury

£900/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Newbury is £900 a month, 28% below the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 16 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Newbury

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Newbury is £1,000 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 295 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,310/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Newbury is £1,310 a month, 5% above the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 434 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Newbury

£1,750/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Newbury is £1,750 a month, 40% above the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 84 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Newbury

£2,125/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Newbury is £2,125 a month, 70% above the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 57 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Newbury

£700/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Newbury house share is £700 a month, 44% below the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 135 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

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 West Berkshire rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in West Berkshire, the ONS area that covers Newbury. Latest: £1,314/mo (Jul 26, +3.2% YoY).

Latest

£1,314

Jul 26

Annual

+3.2%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£1,045

Aug 21

Total change

+26%

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 Newbury

Flats & apartments

653

68% of listings

Houses

169

18% of listings

Rooms

135

14% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 48% of the 176 houses currently advertised in Newbury.

Terraced
48%84
Semi-detached
22%38
Other house
14%24
Detached
13%23
Bungalow
4%7

Rent by postcode

Where Newbury rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 784 live listings in 4 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Newbury

1RG19£1,550/mo4 rentals
2RG18£1,400/mo9 rentals
3RG14£1,250/mo754 rentals

Cheapest in Newbury

1RG20£1,188/mo12 rentals
2RG14£1,250/mo754 rentals
3RG18£1,400/mo9 rentals

Features · Newbury

Garden, parking, and floor area in Newbury

Live signal across 1,021 Newbury rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

70%

of 131 Newbury listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

93%

of 260 Newbury listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Floor area · £/sqft

£2.01 /sqft

Median 629 sqft across 133 Newbury listings that publish floor area.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Newbury this week

25 homes came onto the Newbury 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 Newbury

Most Newbury homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band D across 71,700 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

4.00

≈ Band D

Stock

72k

71,700 properties

A
4%2,730
B
10%7,210
C
28%20,420
D
25%17,790
E
15%10,880
F
10%7,080
G
7%4,840
H
1%770

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 Newbury

77% of Newbury premises can already get full-fibre and 88% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

77%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

88%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

461 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
77%
Gigabit-capable
88%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (West Berkshire), July 2025, covering 70,425 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Newbury homes

46% of Newbury 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

46%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

54%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

59k

58,948 EPCs

A
0%291
B
11%6,550
C
34%20,082
D
36%20,962
E
14%8,304
F
4%2,254
G
1%505

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under West Berkshire. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Newbury

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

1
St Nicolas C.E. Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · RG14 7LU
0.25 mi
2
Victoria Park Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · RG14 1EH
0.33 mi
3
Speenhamland School
Primary · Academy converter · RG14 1NU
0.46 mi
4
The Winchcombe School
Primary · Community school · RG14 1LN
0.61 mi
5
St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · RG14 7DE
0.61 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Newbury centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Newbury

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Newbury has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 16 of 16 postcode districts analysed, the median was 48 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Newbury is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

48 crimes per area (median)
16 of 16 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Newbury 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

Safety by suburb in Newbury

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.

Thatcham has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Newbury.

Thatcham
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (60) · pop. ~26,000
5.8
per 1k
Greenham
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (79) · pop. ~5,000
43
per 1k
Shaw
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (63) · pop. ~5,000
44
per 1k
Speenhamland
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (94) · pop. ~4,000
74
per 1k
Wash Common
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~4,000
44
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

Newbury listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Newbury.

Rightmove

450

OnTheMarket

287

OpenRent

144

SpareRoom

135

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Newbury — your questions answered

How much is rent in Newbury?

The average (median) asking rent in Newbury is £1,250 a month — a 1-bed is £1,000 and a 2-bed £1,310, based on 1,021 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Newbury?

The median asking rent for a studio in Newbury is £900 a month, 28% below the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 16 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Newbury is £1,000 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 295 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Newbury is £1,310 a month, 5% above the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 434 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Newbury is £1,750 a month, 40% above the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 84 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Newbury is £2,125 a month, 70% above the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 57 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Newbury?

The median asking rent for a room in a Newbury house share is £700 a month, 44% below the city-wide median of £1,250, based on 135 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Newbury?

There are currently 1,021 rental properties available in Newbury, with 25 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Newbury safe for renters?

Newbury has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 48 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 Newbury?

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

Across South East

Average rent across South East

How Newbury compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated September 2026.

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