Renting in Poole
Median asking rent · all sizes · 578 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Poole is £1,300 a month, from 578 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £900/moasking · 162 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,300/moasking · 209 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,650/moasking · 108 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,500/moasking · 74 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £695/moasking · 25 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 Poole by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/poole, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Poole
Poole currently has 603 rental listings on the property sites we track, 578 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Poole is £1,300 a month, from 578 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 284 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 36% 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 £1,250 a month in BH14 (113 live listings) to £1,850 in BH13 (25 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Poole (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 Poole, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Poole is £900 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 162 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Poole is £1,300 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 209 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Poole is £1,650 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 108 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Poole is £2,500 a month, 92% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 74 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Poole is £695 a month, from 25 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 Poole is £1,400 a month, up 2.2% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). 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
+2.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+31%
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
59% of listings
33% of listings
5% of listings
3% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 37% of the 186 houses currently advertised in Poole.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 430 live listings in 7 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 Poole, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/poole, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Poole
Live signal across 603 Poole rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
90%
of 136 Poole listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
96%
of 218 Poole listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
284 homes came onto the Poole rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed house
Collwood Close, Poole, BH15
2 bed flat/apartment
Lulworth Close, Poole, BH15
3 bed bungalow
Whitby Avenue, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18
2 bed flat/apartment
Bournemouth Road, Poole, Dorset, BH14
1 bed flat/apartment
Stanley Road, Poole, BH15
2 bed flat/apartment
Commercial Road, Ashley Cross
Room room
Bournemouth Road, Poole, Dorset, BH14
3 bed flat/apartment
Cliff Drive, Poole BH13
2 bed semi-detached house
Chesil Gardens , Poole
3 bed bungalow
Whitby Avenue, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18
2 bed flat/apartment
Lulworth Close, Poole, BH15
2 bed flat/apartment
High Street North, Voyager House, BH15
2 bed flat/apartment
The Waterfront, 23 W Quay Rd BH15
1 bed room
Poole Road, POOLE, BH12
3 bed flat/apartment
Salterns Way, Poole, Dorset, BH14
3 bed flat/apartment
The Waterfront, Twin Sails Bridge Approach BH15
3 bed house
Hibbs Close, Poole, BH16
1 bed flat/apartment
Garland Road, Poole, BH15
3 bed terraced house
Garland Road, POOLE, BH15
2 bed flat/apartment
The Waterfront, 23 W Quay Rd BH15
1 bed flat/apartment
The Sloop, 5 Commercial Road, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0HW
1 bed flat/apartment
Purbeck Gate 311-313, Wimborne Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 3DH
1 bed flat/apartment
Layton Road, Poole BH12
2 bed flat/apartment
78 Princess Road, Poole
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Poole. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Poole homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 189,550 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.26
≈ Band C–D
Stock
190k
189,550 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
79% of Poole premises can already get full-fibre and 90% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
79%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
90%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
99%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
467 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole), July 2025, covering 189,447 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
47% of Poole 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
47%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
53%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
161k
161,419 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
6 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Poole centroid. The five closest:
Old Town Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · BH15 1QB
Poole High School
Secondary · Academy converter · BH15 2BW
Longfleet Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · BH15 2HF
Oakdale Junior School
Primary · Academy converter · BH15 3JR
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole
Primary · Academy converter · BH15 3QQ
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Poole 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), Poole has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 14 of 14 postcode districts analysed, the median was 21 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Poole is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Poole 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 (72) · pop. ~17,000
Most common: Violent crime (54) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (57) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (118) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (14) · pop. ~3,000
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 Poole is £1,300 a month, from 578 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Poole is £900 a month, 31% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 162 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Poole is £1,300 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 209 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Poole is £1,650 a month, 27% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 108 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Poole is £2,500 a month, 92% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 74 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Poole is £695 a month, from 25 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 603 rental properties available in Poole, with 284 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Poole has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 21 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 Poole is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South West
How Poole 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/poole, updated 28 October 2026.
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