Renting in Swindon

Average Rent in Swindon: £1,050/mo

Rent in Swindon before the rush.

Median asking rent across 3,753 live Swindon listings on 4 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

£1,050 /month

3,753 live listings · 4 portals

Median monthly rent in Swindon by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£775/mo	125
1 bed	£850/mo	1,120
2 bed	£1,100/mo	1,225
3 bed	£1,400/mo	557
4+ bed	£1,700/mo	292
Room (house share)	£675/mo	434

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 Swindon

What it costs to rent in Swindon

Swindon currently has 3,753 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £1,050 a month. 124 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 43% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is SN38 at around £950/mo, while SN4 sits nearer £1,635/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 Swindon 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 Swindon by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 3,753 live listings across 4 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Swindon

£775/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Swindon is £775 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 125 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Swindon

£850/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Swindon is £850 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 1,120 listings currently on the market.

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

£1,100/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Swindon is £1,100 a month, 5% above the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 1,225 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Swindon

£1,400/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Swindon is £1,400 a month, 33% above the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 557 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Swindon

£1,700/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Swindon is £1,700 a month, 62% above the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 292 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Swindon

£675/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Swindon house share is £675 a month, 36% below the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 434 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 Swindon rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Swindon. Latest: £1,090/mo (Jul 26, +3.8% YoY).

Latest

£1,090

Jul 26

Annual

+3.8%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£824

Aug 21

Total change

+32%

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.

Affordability · ONS ASHE

What share of Swindon pay goes on rent?

Renters in Swindon spend an estimated 40% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).

Median rent

£1,090/mo

£13,080/yr

Median pay

£33,135/yr

gross, ASHE 2025

Rent burden

40%

Affordable for most renters.

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 Swindon

Flats & apartments

1608

49% of listings

Houses

1230

37% of listings

Rooms

434

13% of listings

Bungalows

0% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 54% of the 1,241 houses currently advertised in Swindon.

Terraced
54%665
Semi-detached
20%246
Other house
18%224
Detached
8%95
Bungalow
1%11

Rent by postcode

Where Swindon rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 2,492 live listings in 9 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Swindon

1SN4£1,635/mo11 rentals
2SN99£1,425/mo8 rentals
3SN3£1,300/mo264 rentals

Cheapest in Swindon

1SN38£950/mo47 rentals
2SN1£975/mo1136 rentals
3SN2£1,050/mo508 rentals

Features · Swindon

Garden, parking, and floor area in Swindon

Live signal across 3,753 Swindon rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

76%

of 775 Swindon listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

89%

of 1,231 Swindon listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Floor area · £/sqft

£1.73 /sqft

Median 635 sqft across 398 Swindon listings that publish floor area.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Swindon this week

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

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Swindon

Most Swindon homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 101,400 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.98

≈ Band B–C

Stock

101k

101,400 properties

A
15%15,040
B
28%27,960
C
25%25,080
D
18%18,260
E
9%9,530
F
4%3,980
G
1%1,490
H
0%70

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 Swindon

91% of Swindon premises can already get full-fibre and 94% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

91%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

94%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

98%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

480 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
91%
Gigabit-capable
94%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
98%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Swindon), July 2025, covering 101,086 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Swindon homes

55% of Swindon 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

55%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

45%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

80k

80,246 EPCs

A
1%610
B
14%11,141
C
40%32,477
D
35%27,931
E
9%6,897
F
1%953
G
0%237

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

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Swindon

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

1
UTC Swindon
Secondary · University technical college · SN1 5ET
0.37 mi
2
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 2LU
0.44 mi
3
Drove Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 3AH
0.60 mi
4
King William Street Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 3LB
0.61 mi
5
Robert Le Kyng Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 5HS
0.62 mi

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

Area safety

Safety in Swindon

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Swindon has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 19 of 19 postcode districts analysed, the median was 7 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Swindon is Violent crime, accounting for 295% of all incidents.

Crime overview

7 crimes per area (median)
19 of 19 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Violent crime
295% of incidents

Swindon 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 Swindon

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.

Highworth has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Swindon.

Old Town
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (182) · pop. ~14,000
39
per 1k
West Swindon
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (70) · pop. ~27,000
6.0
per 1k
Stratton St Margaret
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (42) · pop. ~18,000
5.8
per 1k
Highworth
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (9) · pop. ~8,000
4.4
per 1k
Wroughton
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (15) · pop. ~8,000
4.9
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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We watch 4 property sites for rentals in Swindon.

Rightmove

2002

OpenRent

667

OnTheMarket

650

SpareRoom

434

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Frequently asked

Renting in Swindon — your questions answered

How much is rent in Swindon?

The average (median) asking rent in Swindon is £1,050 a month — a 1-bed is £850 and a 2-bed £1,100, based on 3,753 live listings across 4 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Swindon?

The median asking rent for a studio in Swindon is £775 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 125 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Swindon is £850 a month, 19% below the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 1,120 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Swindon is £1,100 a month, 5% above the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 1,225 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Swindon is £1,400 a month, 33% above the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 557 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Swindon is £1,700 a month, 62% above the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 292 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Swindon?

The median asking rent for a room in a Swindon house share is £675 a month, 36% below the city-wide median of £1,050, based on 434 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Swindon?

There are currently 3,753 rental properties available in Swindon, with 124 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Swindon safe for renters?

Swindon has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 7 reported crimes per postcode area (September 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Swindon?

The most commonly reported crime category in Swindon is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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