Renting in Skipton
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The median asking rent in Skipton is £900 a month for a 2-bed (29 live listings) and £850 for a 3-bed (10 live listings), on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
Median asking rent
No single figure for Skipton this month
This month it doesn’t fit the 1-, 2- and 3-bed figures, which usually means large student houses dominate the listings. The figures by size below are not affected.
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 2-bed | £900/moasking · 29 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £850/moasking · 10 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 Skipton by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/skipton, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Skipton
Skipton currently has 57 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent in Skipton is £900 a month for a 2-bed (29 live listings) and £850 for a 3-bed (10 live listings), on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 5 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 73% 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 £913 a month in BD23 (26 live listings) to £950 in BB7 (3 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Skipton (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 Skipton, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Skipton is £900 a month, from 29 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Skipton is £850 a month, from 10 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 North Yorkshire is £852 a month, up 2.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). North Yorkshire is the ONS area that covers Skipton. 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
+2.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+24%
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
27% of listings
73% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 48% of the 33 houses currently advertised in Skipton.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 34 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 Skipton, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/skipton, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
5 homes came onto the Skipton rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Cavendish House, Skipton, BD23
2 bed flat/apartment
101 Firth Mill, Firth Street, Skipton
4 bed detached house
Swarth Fell Close, Skipton
2 bed flat/apartment
Cavendish House, Skipton, BD23
2 bed flat/apartment
101 Firth Mill, Firth Street, Skipton
2 bed property
Nora Street, Barrowford, Nelson BB9
1 bed property
Main Street, Gisburn, Clitheroe BB7
2 bed property
Holgate Street, Burnley, Lancashire BB10
2 bed property
Parker Street, Burnley, Lancashire BB10
3 bed property
Woone Lane, Clitheroe, Lancs BB7
3 bed property
Milton Street, Padiham, Burnley BB12
4 bed property
Henthorn Road, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7
3 bed property
Canal Walk, Burnley BB12
1 bed flat/apartment
Glista Mill, Broughton Road, Skipton, BD23 1FL
2 bed terraced house
Upper Sackville Street, Skipton, BD23
2 bed terraced house
Castle Street, Skipton, BD23
2 bed terraced house
Upper Union Street, Skipton, BD23 2NN
2 bed terraced house
Belgrave Street, Skipton, BD23
2 bed terraced house
Castle Street, Skipton, BD23
4 bed semi-detached house
Ryemoor Lane, Carleton, Skipton, BD23 2FH
2 bed terraced house
Upper Union Street, Skipton, BD23 2NN
3 bed house
3 bed house
2 bed terraced house
Belgrave Street, Skipton, BD23
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Skipton. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Skipton homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 303,780 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.29
≈ Band C–D
Stock
304k
303,780 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
80% of Skipton premises can already get full-fibre and 81% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
80%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
81%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
96%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
429 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (North Yorkshire), July 2025, covering 299,002 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
40% of Skipton 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
40%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
60%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
252k
251,910 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under North Yorkshire. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Skipton centroid. The five closest:
Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · BD23 1PE
Christ Church Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · BD23 2AP
Brougham Street Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · BD23 2ES
Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · BD23 2ES
Otley Street Community Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · BD23 1ET
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Skipton 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), Skipton has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 28 of 28 postcode districts analysed, the median was 188 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Skipton is Violent crime, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Skipton’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 (5) · pop. ~2,000
Most common: Violent crime (3) · pop. ~1,500
Most common: Anti-social behaviour (1) · pop. ~1,500
Most common: Violent crime (6) · pop. ~1,500
No data available this month · pop. ~1,000
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 in Skipton is £900 a month for a 2-bed (29 live listings) and £850 for a 3-bed (10 live listings), on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
This month it doesn’t fit the 1-, 2- and 3-bed figures, which usually means large student houses dominate the listings. The median asking rents by size are not affected.
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Skipton is £900 a month, from 29 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Skipton is £850 a month, from 10 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 57 rental properties available in Skipton, with 5 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Skipton has a higher crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 188 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 Skipton is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber
How Skipton compares with the other 20 places we track in Yorkshire and the Humber — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across Yorkshire and the Humber, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/skipton, updated 28 October 2026.
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