Renting in Swindon
Median asking rent · all sizes · 985 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Swindon is £1,100 a month, from 985 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £875/moasking · 343 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,100/moasking · 318 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,350/moasking · 186 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,595/moasking · 83 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £700/moasking · 77 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 Swindon by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/swindon, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Swindon
Swindon currently has 1,062 rental listings on the property sites we track, 985 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Swindon is £1,100 a month, from 985 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 143 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 46% 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 £993 a month in SN38 (24 live listings) to £1,425 in SN99 (8 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Swindon (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 Swindon, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Swindon is £875 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 343 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Swindon is £1,100 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 318 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Swindon is £1,350 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 186 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Swindon is £1,595 a month, 45% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Swindon is £700 a month, from 77 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 Swindon is £1,103 a month, up 5.0% 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
+5.0%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+33%
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
Affordability · ONS ASHE
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 pay
£33,135/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
40%
Affordable for most renters.
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. How we measure this
Property types
49% of listings
42% of listings
9% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 58% of the 376 houses currently advertised in Swindon.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 879 live listings in 8 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 Swindon, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/swindon, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Swindon
Live signal across 1,062 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 244 Swindon listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
88%
of 406 Swindon listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£2.74/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 166 live listings · October 2026Median 423 sqft across the 166 Swindon listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
143 homes came onto the Swindon rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Cricklade Road, SN2
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, King John Street, SN1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Curtis Street, SN1
1 bed terraced house
1 Bed Terraced House, Exeter Street, SN1
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, County Road, SN1
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Rosebery Street, SN1
8 bed room
Room in a Shared House, County Road, SN1
2 bed flat/apartment
2 Bed Flat, Brunel Crescent, SN2
1 bed flat/apartment
1 Bed Flat, Cricklade Road, SN2
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Watercrook Mews, SN5
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Kitchener St, SN2
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, North Street, SN1
1 bed terraced house
1 Bed Terraced House, Burnet Close, SN2
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Pennycress Close, SN25
3 bed semi-detached house
3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Fairford Crescent, SN25
4 bed semi-detached house
4 Bed Semi-Detached House, Linden Avenue, SN2
5 bed room
Room in a Shared House, High St, SN4
2 bed flat/apartment
Lincoln Street, Swindon SN1
1 bed flat/apartment
Cricklade Road, Swindon, SN2
2 bed terraced house
Amber Court, Swindon SN1
1 bed flat/apartment
Farnsby Street, Central, Swindon, SN1
2 bed terraced house
Redcap Gardens, Swindon SN5
1 bed flat/apartment
Marney Road, Grange Park, Swindon, SN5
1 bed flat/apartment
Lansdown Road, Swindon SN1
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Council tax · VOA 2024
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
B
most common band
Mean band
2.98
≈ Band B–C
Stock
101k
101,400 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
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
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
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
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
14 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Swindon centroid. The five closest:
UTC Swindon
Secondary · University technical college · SN1 5ET
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 2LU
Drove Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 3AH
King William Street Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 3LB
Robert Le Kyng Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · SN1 5HS
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
Based on the latest police data (August 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 327% of all 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
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 (225) · pop. ~14,000
Most common: Violent crime (45) · pop. ~27,000
Most common: Violent crime (25) · pop. ~18,000
Most common: Violent crime (10) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (7) · pop. ~8,000
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 for homes of all sizes in Swindon is £1,100 a month, from 985 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Swindon is £875 a month, 20% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 343 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Swindon is £1,100 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 318 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Swindon is £1,350 a month, 23% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 186 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Swindon is £1,595 a month, 45% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Swindon is £700 a month, from 77 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,062 rental properties available in Swindon, with 143 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Swindon has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 7 reported crimes per postcode area (August 2026). The most common category is Violent crime. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Swindon is Violent crime, based on data.police.uk records for August 2026.
Across South West
How Swindon 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/swindon, updated 28 October 2026.
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