Best places in South East for commuters

Persona weighting: Affordability (rent) 20%, Connectivity (broadband) 20%, Living cost (council tax) 20%, Safety (low crime) 15%, Health (life expectancy) 15%, Schools (Ofsted Good+) 10%.

Updated quarterly · last recomputed 2026-06-19 from the latest government data releases.

What is the best place to live in South East for commuters?

As of 2026-06-19, the best South East local authority for commuters is Bracknell Forest, scoring 72.9/100 on the Gera Persona Fit index — a persona-weighted composite of rent, crime, Ofsted schools, broadband, life expectancy and council tax across 64 South East local authorities. GeraRent recomputes it quarterly.

Gera Persona Fit: Bracknell Forest 72.9/100How this is computed

#	Area	Persona Fit	GLS
1	Bracknell Forest	72.9	76.0
2	Milton Keynes	68.2	70.1
3	Fareham	67.9	69.5
4	Epsom and Ewell	67.1	69.3
5	Rushmoor	66.2	67.4
6	Gosport	65.8	66.6
7	West Oxfordshire	65.6	67.5
8	Worthing	65.4	66.3
9	West Berkshire	64.9	67.5
10	Windsor and Maidenhead	64.9	66.0
11	Slough	64.6	66.8
12	Wokingham	64.4	67.4
13	Adur	63.6	65.4
14	Medway	63.3	65.2
15	Havant	63.2	64.9
16	Portsmouth	63.2	64.5
17	Southampton	63.1	62.9
18	Reading	62.9	65.0
19	Horsham	62.6	65.3
20	Vale of White Horse	62.2	64.9
21	Mid Sussex	62.1	64.5
22	Cherwell	61.8	64.0
23	Hart	61.7	64.6
24	Basingstoke and Deane	61.6	63.6
25	Crawley	61.5	63.4
26	Spelthorne	61.4	63.6
27	New Forest	60.8	63.7
28	Swale	60.8	62.4
29	Runnymede	60.7	63.2
30	Eastbourne	60.6	62.4
31	Eastleigh	60.5	63.2
32	Gravesham	60.4	62.3
33	South Oxfordshire	60.4	63.4
34	Surrey Heath	60.4	63.4
35	Tunbridge Wells	60.3	62.9
36	Reigate and Banstead	59.9	62.6
37	East Hampshire	59.5	62.3
38	Ashford	59.4	61.9
39	Elmbridge	59.3	62.7
40	Test Valley	59.3	62.2
41	Thanet	59.2	60.7
42	Buckinghamshire	59.1	61.5
43	Dover	58.9	60.9
44	Maidstone	58.4	60.9
45	Isle of Wight	58.2	56.7
46	Tonbridge and Malling	58.2	60.9
47	Guildford	58.1	61.6
48	Woking	57.9	61.3
49	Waverley	57.6	61.2
50	Chichester	56.8	59.9
51	Folkestone and Hythe	56.7	59.0
52	Mole Valley	56.6	60.5
53	Canterbury	56.4	59.0
54	Dartford	56.3	58.7
55	Rother	55.9	58.9
56	Sevenoaks	55.7	59.3
57	Winchester	55.5	59.1
58	Lewes	55.0	58.5
59	Tandridge	54.5	58.2
60	Wealden	54.4	58.0
61	Hastings	53.8	56.1
62	Arun	52.2	55.6
63	Brighton and Hove	51.4	53.7
64	Oxford	49.3	53.5

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Sources (all Open Government Licence v3.0):

ONS — Price Index of Private Rents — as of May 2026.
HM Land Registry — UK House Price Index — as of April 2026.
MHCLG — Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England — as of 2026-27.
Ofcom — Connected Nations (Gera Broadband Index) — as of July 2024.
ONS — Life expectancy by local authority — as of 2017-19.
Ofsted — State-funded school inspection outcomes — as of 31 May 2026.
Home Office — Police recorded crime (PFA) + ONS population — as of Year ending December 2025.

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 © Crown copyright. Recorded-crime figures are neutral official statistics shown as context only and must not be used to characterise an area or its residents.