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

Oxford was the most expensive of South East’s 64 councils in September 2026 (three-bedroom private rent £2,030).

Isle of Wight was the cheapest (£1,092). The middle council, West Berkshire, had £1,532.

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Three-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	£2,030
2	Sevenoaks	£1,948
3	Elmbridge	£1,932
4	Windsor and Maidenhead	£1,918
5	Epsom and Ewell	£1,896
6	Guildford	£1,887
=7	Mole Valley	£1,873
=7	Spelthorne	£1,873
9	Tandridge	£1,846
10	Reigate and Banstead	£1,832
11	Brighton and Hove	£1,806
12	Woking	£1,770
13	Horsham	£1,718
=14	Dartford	£1,716
=14	Slough	£1,716
16	Tunbridge Wells	£1,714
17	Runnymede	£1,687
18	Reading	£1,680
19	Bracknell Forest	£1,666
20	Crawley	£1,652
21	Wokingham	£1,650
22	Waverley	£1,647
23	Tonbridge and Malling	£1,639
24	Mid Sussex	£1,636
25	South Oxfordshire	£1,634
26	Winchester	£1,633
27	Surrey Heath	£1,621
28	Buckinghamshire	£1,616
29	Adur	£1,614
30	Hart	£1,586
31	Rushmoor	£1,539
32	West Berkshire	£1,532
33	West Oxfordshire	£1,531
34	Vale of White Horse	£1,522
35	Lewes	£1,518
36	Chichester	£1,517
37	East Hampshire	£1,488
38	Cherwell	£1,485
39	Gravesham	£1,476
40	Basingstoke and Deane	£1,471
41	Maidstone	£1,468
42	Milton Keynes	£1,455
43	Wealden	£1,433
44	Worthing	£1,432
45	Ashford	£1,414
46	Test Valley	£1,409
47	Arun	£1,407
48	New Forest	£1,398
49	Canterbury	£1,377
50	Eastleigh	£1,368
51	Portsmouth	£1,366
52	Havant	£1,364
53	Southampton	£1,363
54	Medway	£1,340
55	Fareham	£1,334
56	Eastbourne	£1,313
57	Folkestone and Hythe	£1,298
58	Rother	£1,294
59	Gosport	£1,279
60	Swale	£1,260
61	Thanet	£1,237
62	Dover	£1,184
63	Hastings	£1,102
64	Isle of Wight	£1,092

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