Renting in Newbury
Median asking rent · all sizes · 267 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Newbury is £1,500 a month, from 267 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,100/moasking · 70 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,544/moasking · 128 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £2,035/moasking · 30 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,600/moasking · 31 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £700/moasking · 46 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 Newbury by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/newbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Newbury
Newbury currently has 313 rental listings on the property sites we track, 267 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Newbury is £1,500 a month, from 267 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 83 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 19% 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 £1,100 a month in RG20 (3 live listings) to £1,568 in RG14 (198 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Newbury (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 Newbury, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Newbury is £1,100 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Newbury is £1,544 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Newbury is £2,035 a month, 36% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Newbury is £2,600 a month, 73% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 31 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Newbury is £700 a month, from 46 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 West Berkshire is £1,355 a month, up 6.2% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). West Berkshire is the ONS area that covers Newbury. 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
+6.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+29%
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
66% of listings
16% of listings
16% of listings
2% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 31% of the 51 houses currently advertised in Newbury.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 204 live listings in 2 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 Newbury, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/newbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Newbury
Live signal across 313 Newbury rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
63%
of 76 Newbury listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
91%
of 99 Newbury listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£1.96/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 27 live listings · October 2026Median 698 sqft across the 27 Newbury listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
83 homes came onto the Newbury rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed flat/apartment
Highfield Avenue Newbury RG14
3 bed flat/apartment
Cape Cross House Newbury RG14
3 bed terraced house
Fairstone, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
2 bed flat/apartment
London Road, Newbury, RG14
1 bed flat/apartment
Boundary Road, Newbury RG14
1 bed flat/apartment
Grove Court, Newtown Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
1 bed flat/apartment
Apartment 15, Farrow House, 6 Station Approach RG14
2 bed flat/apartment
Farrow House Newbury RG14
2 bed flat/apartment
Cable House Newbury RG14
1 bed flat/apartment
Purl House, 11 Market Street Newbury RG14
2 bed flat/apartment
Purl House, 10 Market St Newbury RG14
2 bed flat/apartment
Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
2 bed flat/apartment
Cable House Newbury RG14
2 bed property
Bamboo House Newbury RG14
Studio flat/apartment
Newbury, Newbury, RG14
4 bed bungalow
Chaucer Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
4 bed bungalow
Chaucer Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
5 bed bungalow
Chaucer Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
5 bed bungalow
Chaucer Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
2 bed house
Kiln Road, Newbury
2 bed property
Farrow House, Newbury RG14
1 bed flat/apartment
Farrow House Newbury RG14
1 bed flat/apartment
Racecourse Road, Newbury, RG14
3 bed flat/apartment
Woodridge, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Newbury. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
C
most common band
Mean band
4.00
≈ Band D
Stock
72k
71,700 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
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
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
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
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
9 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Newbury centroid. The five closest:
St Nicolas C.E. Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · RG14 7LU
Victoria Park Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · RG14 1EH
Speenhamland School
Primary · Academy converter · RG14 1NU
The Winchcombe School
Primary · Community school · RG14 1LN
St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · RG14 7DE
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
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Newbury has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 16 of 16 postcode districts analysed, the median was 47 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Newbury is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all 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
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 (36) · pop. ~26,000
Most common: Violent crime (60) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (60) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (72) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (39) · pop. ~4,000
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 Newbury is £1,500 a month, from 267 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Newbury is £1,100 a month, 27% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Newbury is £1,544 a month, 3% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 128 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Newbury is £2,035 a month, 36% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 30 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Newbury is £2,600 a month, 73% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 31 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Newbury is £700 a month, from 46 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 313 rental properties available in Newbury, with 83 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Newbury 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 Newbury is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Newbury 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/newbury, updated 28 October 2026.
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