Renting in Winchester
Median asking rent · all sizes · 449 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Winchester is £1,250 a month, from 449 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £675/moasking · 233 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,500/moasking · 100 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,750/moasking · 50 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,600/moasking · 61 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £649/moasking · 15 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 Winchester by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/winchester, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Winchester
Winchester currently has 464 rental listings on the property sites we track, 449 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Winchester is £1,250 a month, from 449 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 84 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 53% 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 £695 a month in SO25 (43 live listings) to £1,750 in SO21 (3 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Winchester (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 Winchester, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Winchester is £675 a month, 46% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 233 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Winchester is £1,500 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 100 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Winchester is £1,750 a month, 40% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 50 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Winchester is £2,600 a month, 108% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 61 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Winchester is £649 a month, from 15 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 Winchester is £1,514 a month, up 4.8% 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
+4.8%
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 Winchester spend an estimated 47% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£38,352/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
47%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
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
45% of listings
49% of listings
5% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 51% of the 146 houses currently advertised in Winchester.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 402 live listings in 4 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 Winchester, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/winchester, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Winchester
Live signal across 464 Winchester rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
100%
of 121 Winchester listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
98%
of 150 Winchester listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£0.63/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 162 live listings · October 2026Median 1,037 sqft across the 162 Winchester listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
84 homes came onto the Winchester rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Chesil Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23
2 bed property
Northlands Drive, Winchester, Hampshire SO23
2 bed property
Winton Close, Winchester, Hampshire SO22
3 bed property
King Alfred Terrace, Winchester SO23
1 bed room
Sparkford Close, Winchester, SO22
2 bed flat/apartment
Winton Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22
4 bed detached house
Kings Road, Hampshire SO22
1 bed flat/apartment
Capitol House, Winchester, SO23
2 bed flat/apartment
Little Minster Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23
3 bed terraced house
King Alfred Terrace, Winchester, SO23
2 bed flat/apartment
Northlands Drive, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23
3 bed terraced house
Winchester City Centre
2 bed flat/apartment
Apartment, Hyde House Gardens, Winchester
2 bed flat/apartment
Marston Gate, City Centre, Unfurnished
3 bed terraced house
Eling Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22
2 bed semi-detached house
Rotherley Gardens, Winchester, SO22
2 bed flat/apartment
Sarum Court, Sarum Road, Winchester, SO22
2 bed terraced house
St. Faiths Road, Winchester, SO23
1 bed flat/apartment
Staple Gardens, Winchester, SO23
3 bed property
Falcon View, WINCHESTER, SO22
2 bed flat/apartment
Austen House, Winchester SO23
4 bed semi-detached house
Great Minster Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23
1 bed flat/apartment
Burstall Gardens, Winchester
3 bed terraced house
Parchment Street, Winchester, SO23
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Winchester homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band D–E across 57,980 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
4.12
≈ Band D–E
Stock
58k
57,980 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
46% of Winchester premises can already get full-fibre and 64% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
46%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
64%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
95%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
374 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Winchester), July 2025, covering 56,962 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
55% of Winchester 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
48k
47,745 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Winchester. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
7 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Winchester centroid. The five closest:
St Bede Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · SO23 7DD
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · SO23 0PS
Winnall Primary School
Primary · Community school · SO23 0NY
Osborne School
Not applicable · Community special school · SO23 7GA
St Faith's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SO23 9QB
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Winchester 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), Winchester has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 32 of 32 postcode districts analysed, the median was 91 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Winchester is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Winchester’s figures sit in line with the national picture. Safety varies by street as much as by city — every Dwellio alert includes the area’s data to help.
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 (47) · pop. ~8,000
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (46) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (70) · pop. ~3,000
Most common: Violent crime (49) · 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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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Winchester is £1,250 a month, from 449 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Winchester is £675 a month, 46% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 233 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Winchester is £1,500 a month, 20% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 100 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Winchester is £1,750 a month, 40% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 50 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Winchester is £2,600 a month, 108% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 61 live listings on three property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Winchester is £649 a month, from 15 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 464 rental properties available in Winchester, with 84 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Winchester has a typical crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 91 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 Winchester is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South East
How Winchester compares with the other 34 places we track in South East — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South East, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/winchester, updated 28 October 2026.
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