Most expensive and cheapest places in South East to rent a one-bedroom home (September 2026)

Oxford was the most expensive of South East’s 64 councils in September 2026 (one-bedroom private rent £1,346).

Isle of Wight was the cheapest (£664). The middle council, Cherwell, had £984.

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One-bedroom private rent for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Oxford	£1,346
2	Sevenoaks	£1,278
3	Elmbridge	£1,259
4	Spelthorne	£1,252
5	Windsor and Maidenhead	£1,245
=6	Epsom and Ewell	£1,197
=6	Guildford	£1,197
8	Brighton and Hove	£1,194
9	Tandridge	£1,166
=10	Mole Valley	£1,149
=10	Reigate and Banstead	£1,149
12	Slough	£1,142
13	Woking	£1,138
14	Reading	£1,120
15	Dartford	£1,095
16	Runnymede	£1,093
17	Bracknell Forest	£1,080
18	Crawley	£1,071
19	Waverley	£1,065
20	Tunbridge Wells	£1,062
21	Wokingham	£1,056
22	South Oxfordshire	£1,053
23	Buckinghamshire	£1,043
24	Surrey Heath	£1,041
25	Tonbridge and Malling	£1,039
26	Horsham	£1,033
27	Hart	£1,025
28	Winchester	£1,021
29	Mid Sussex	£1,018
30	Adur	£1,003
31	Vale of White Horse	£998
32	Cherwell	£984
33	Rushmoor	£982
34	Milton Keynes	£979
35	West Oxfordshire	£961
36	Chichester	£953
37	West Berkshire	£948
38	Basingstoke and Deane	£932
39	Lewes	£930
40	Maidstone	£922
41	Gravesham	£915
=42	East Hampshire	£903
=42	Portsmouth	£903
=44	Ashford	£898
=44	Wealden	£898
46	Medway	£897
47	Worthing	£891
48	Test Valley	£888
49	Southampton	£883
50	Canterbury	£880
51	New Forest	£868
52	Eastleigh	£864
53	Havant	£857
54	Arun	£855
55	Fareham	£833
56	Gosport	£825
57	Eastbourne	£823
58	Folkestone and Hythe	£812
59	Rother	£802
60	Swale	£788
61	Thanet	£777
62	Dover	£739
63	Hastings	£697
64	Isle of Wight	£664

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