Renting in Slough

Average Rent in Slough: £1,500/mo

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Median asking rent across 4,301 live Slough listings on 5 portals from £400/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

£1,500 /month

4,301 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Slough by property size
SizeMedian rentListings
Studio£1,000/mo178
1 bed£1,200/mo1,491
2 bed£1,600/mo1,287
3 bed£2,000/mo593
4+ bed£2,973/mo408
Room (house share)£750/mo344

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Slough

What it costs to rent in Slough

Slough currently has 4,301 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,500 a month. 198 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 28% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is SL95 at around £1,450/mo, while SL4 sits nearer £2,325/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.

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Rent by property size

Average rent in Slough by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 4,301 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Slough

£1,000/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Slough is £1,000 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 178 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Slough

£1,200/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Slough is £1,200 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,491 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,600/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Slough is £1,600 a month, 7% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,287 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Slough

£2,000/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Slough is £2,000 a month, 33% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 593 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Slough

£2,973/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Slough is £2,973 a month, 98% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 408 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Slough

£750/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Slough house share is £750 a month, 50% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 344 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 Slough rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Slough. Latest: £1,569/mo (Jul 26, +2.4% YoY).

Latest

£1,569

Jul 26

Annual

+2.4%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£1,125

Aug 21

Total change

+39%

since 2021

£1,125£1,350£1,575Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Slough pay goes on rent?

Renters in Slough spend an estimated 53% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,569/mo

£18,828/yr

Median pay

£35,521/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

53%

Expensive — half of local median pay before tax.

0%30% threshold80%

Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials.

Property types

What’s on offer in Slough

Flats & apartments

2276

65% of listings

Houses

880

25% of listings

Rooms

344

10% of listings

Bungalows

20

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 38% of the 901 houses currently advertised in Slough.

  • Terraced
    38%343
  • Semi-detached
    32%290
  • Other house
    15%137
  • Detached
    12%111
  • Bungalow
    2%20

Rent by postcode

Where Slough rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 3,179 live listings in 7 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Slough

  1. 1SL4£2,325/mo108 rentals
  2. 2SL3£1,695/mo593 rentals
  3. 3SL6£1,550/mo21 rentals

Cheapest in Slough

  1. 1SL95£1,450/mo24 rentals
  2. 2SL1£1,475/mo1868 rentals
  3. 3SL2£1,500/mo514 rentals

Features · Slough

Garden, parking, and floor area in Slough

Live signal across 4,301 Slough 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 1,320 Slough listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

81%

of 1,742 Slough listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Slough this week

198 homes came onto the Slough rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

198 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 1 bed property for rent in Bradley Road, Slough SL1
    £900/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Bradley Road, Slough SL1

    1View listing
  2. 1 bed property for rent in Calbroke Road, Slough SL2
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Calbroke Road, Slough SL2

    1View listing
  3. property for rent in High Street, Slough SL1
    £1,100/moPrimeLocation

    Studio property

    High Street, Slough SL1

    View listing
  4. 1 bed property for rent in Sussex Keep, Slough SL1
    £1,150/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Sussex Keep, Slough SL1

    1View listing
  5. 1 bed property for rent in Tithe Court, Slough, Berkshire SL3
    £1,200/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Tithe Court, Slough, Berkshire SL3

    1View listing
  6. 1 bed property for rent in Kimberley Close, Slough, Berkshire SL3
    £1,250/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Kimberley Close, Slough, Berkshire SL3

    1View listing
  7. 1 bed property for rent in Windsor Road, Slough SL1
    £1,300/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Windsor Road, Slough SL1

    1View listing
  8. 2 bed property for rent in Littlebrook Avenue, Slough, Berkshire SL2
    £1,450/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Littlebrook Avenue, Slough, Berkshire SL2

    2View listing
  9. 1 bed property for rent in Refinery Square, Stoke Gardens SL1
    £1,500/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Refinery Square, Stoke Gardens SL1

    1View listing
  10. 2 bed property for rent in Lexington Apartments, Railway Terrace, Slough SL2
    £1,500/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Lexington Apartments, Railway Terrace, Slough SL2

    2View listing
  11. 2 bed property for rent in Lexington Apartments, Railway Terrace, Slough SL2
    £1,550/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Lexington Apartments, Railway Terrace, Slough SL2

    2View listing
  12. 2 bed property for rent in 40 Stoke Road, Slough, Berkshire SL2
    £1,550/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    40 Stoke Road, Slough, Berkshire SL2

    2View listing
  13. 2 bed property for rent in Aspects Court, Slough SL1
    £1,600/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Aspects Court, Slough SL1

    2View listing
  14. 2 bed property for rent in Shelton Court, Slough SL3
    £1,600/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Shelton Court, Slough SL3

    2View listing
  15. 2 bed property for rent in Refinery Square, Stoke Gardens SL1
    £1,800/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Refinery Square, Stoke Gardens SL1

    2View listing
  16. 3 bed property for rent in Calbroke Road, Slough SL2
    £2,000/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Calbroke Road, Slough SL2

    3View listing
  17. 10 bed property for rent in Yew Tree Road, Slough SL1
    £7,500/moPrimeLocation

    10 bed property

    Yew Tree Road, Slough SL1

    10View listing
  18. 1 bed property for rent in Baytree House, Sutton Lane, Langley SL3
    £1,450/moPrimeLocation

    1 bed property

    Baytree House, Sutton Lane, Langley SL3

    1View listing
  19. 1 bed terraced house for rent in 1 Bed Terraced House, Ingleside, SL3
    £1,200/moOpenRent

    1 bed terraced house

    1 Bed Terraced House, Ingleside, SL3

    11View listing
  20. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Studio Flat, Wilmot Road, SL1
    £1,150/moOpenRent

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Studio Flat, Wilmot Road, SL1

    11View listing
  21. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, St. Leonards Road, SL4
    £2,900/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, St. Leonards Road, SL4

    21View listing
  22. 1 bed semi-detached house for rent in 1 Bed Semi-Detached House, Imperial Road, SL4
    £2,350/moOpenRent

    1 bed semi-detached house

    1 Bed Semi-Detached House, Imperial Road, SL4

    11View listing
  23. 7 bed detached house for rent in 7 Bed Detached House, Imperial Road, SL4
    £6,000/moOpenRent

    7 bed detached house

    7 Bed Detached House, Imperial Road, SL4

    74View listing
  24. 3 bed semi-detached house for rent in 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Trent Road, SL3
    £2,100/moOpenRent

    3 bed semi-detached house

    3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Trent Road, SL3

    31View listing

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Slough

Most Slough homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 56,860 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

C

most common band

Mean band

3.27

≈ Band C–D

Stock

57k

56,860 properties

  • A
    3%1,620
  • B
    19%10,870
  • C
    42%24,100
  • D
    24%13,520
  • E
    8%4,660
  • F
    3%1,720
  • G
    1%360
  • H
    0%10

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 Slough

91% of Slough premises can already get full-fibre and 97% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

91%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

97%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

100%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

491 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    91%
  • Gigabit-capable
    97%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    100%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Slough), July 2025, covering 56,174 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Slough homes

54% of Slough 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

54%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

46%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

52k

51,984 EPCs

  • A
    0%115
  • B
    12%6,052
  • C
    42%21,740
  • D
    36%18,507
  • E
    9%4,730
  • F
    1%655
  • G
    0%185

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Slough

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

  1. 1

    St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Primary · Voluntary controlled school · SL1 2AR

    0.40 mi
  2. 2

    Littledown School

    Not applicable · Academy special converter · SL1 3QW

    0.46 mi
  3. 3

    Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College

    Secondary · Academy converter · SL1 2PU

    0.53 mi
  4. 4

    Upton Court Grammar School

    Secondary · Academy converter · SL3 7PR

    0.70 mi
  5. 5

    Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy

    Secondary · Free schools · SL2 5AY

    0.70 mi

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

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Slough

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.

Langley has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Slough.

  • Langley

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (79) · pop. ~23,000

    10.0
    per 1k

  • Cippenham

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (72) · pop. ~17,000

    12
    per 1k

  • Chalvey

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (175) · pop. ~10,000

    59
    per 1k

  • Colnbrook

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (32) · pop. ~6,000

    14
    per 1k

  • Wexham

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (111) · pop. ~7,000

    33
    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.

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Slough listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Slough.

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OpenRent
1296
OnTheMarket
404
SpareRoom
344
PrimeLocation
330

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Frequently asked

Renting in Slough — your questions answered

How much is rent in Slough?

The average (median) asking rent in Slough is £1,500 a month — a 1-bed is £1,200 and a 2-bed £1,600, based on 4,301 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Slough?

The median asking rent for a studio in Slough is £1,000 a month, 33% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 178 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Slough is £1,200 a month, 20% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,491 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Slough is £1,600 a month, 7% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 1,287 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Slough is £2,000 a month, 33% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 593 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Slough is £2,973 a month, 98% above the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 408 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Slough?

The median asking rent for a room in a Slough house share is £750 a month, 50% below the city-wide median of £1,500, based on 344 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Slough?

There are currently 4,301 rental properties available in Slough, with 198 new listings added in the last 7 days.

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