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EPC rating by region: how energy efficient are homes in England?

EPC rating by region in England: the share of existing homes rated A to C, D and E to G, worked out from official certificate statistics.

4 min read
Last reviewed 4 November 2026
By Your Property Check team

Part 1 of 7

What the official figures show

This page restates official statistics, it does not add our own survey. The table comes from the "EB1" live table in the government's Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates statistics for England and Wales, which covers certificates lodged from 2008 to 30 September 2026 and was published on 29 October 2026. We summed bands A to G for existing dwellings in each English region and worked out the shares ourselves. The next release is scheduled for 28 January 2027. General information, not advice.

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EPC rating by region, existing homes in England

Region	Certificates	Rated A to C	Rated D	Rated E to G
London	4,029,891	43.7%	40.3%	15.9%
North East	1,330,435	40.9%	42.7%	16.4%
South East	3,960,593	40.4%	40.3%	19.3%
East of England	2,666,857	39.6%	40.0%	20.4%
North West	3,468,222	38.6%	41.5%	19.9%
South West	2,551,149	36.9%	38.6%	24.6%
East Midlands	2,143,547	36.1%	41.8%	22.1%
West Midlands	2,567,098	35.6%	42.5%	22.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber	2,566,291	34.8%	43.8%	21.4%
All nine regions	25,284,049	38.8%	41.1%	20.1%

Rows are ordered by the A to C share. Shares are rounded to one decimal place, so a row may not add to exactly 100%.

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How to read the table

London leads on A to C, the South West trails on E to G. About 16 in 100 London certificates are rated E to G, against about 25 in 100 in the South West.
The North East is second on A to C and also has the second-largest share of D. The ranking is not a simple north-south split.
Band D is the single biggest band in every region. Across the nine regions together it is 41.1% of certificates.
Bands A and B are small everywhere. Most of the A to C share is band C.

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A worked example

Take London. The table shows 1,186 certificates rated A, 206,324 rated B and 1,554,638 rated C, which is 1,762,148 rated A to C. Divided by London's 4,029,891 certificates, that is 43.7%. For the South West, bands E, F and G add up to 627,051 out of 2,551,149 certificates, or 24.6%. We used the counts exactly as published and did not weight them. A small number of certificates have no band recorded, which is why we divide by each region's total lodgements.

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What this table does not tell you

It counts certificates, not homes. The statistics say a building can hold more than one certificate, so a home sold or let several times since 2008 can appear more than once. It is a picture of the register, not a census of every home.
It is not the full stock. Only homes that have had a certificate lodged appear. Homes never sold, let or assessed since 2008 are missing, and the mix of homes that need a certificate is not the same as the mix of all homes.
Older certificates may describe homes that have since been improved. The table does not remove superseded certificates.
Regions are England only. Wales is published in separate sheets of the same statistics, which we have not used here. Scotland has its own certificate service.
The region allocation method was updated. The cover sheet says the methodology for allocating regions and local authorities has been updated and may affect the figures, and that data are aligned to the published address-level data.

Because of these limits, treat small gaps, for example one percentage point, as noise. The larger gaps, such as London against the South West on E to G, are more meaningful.

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Check a specific home

A regional share says little about one house. GOV.UK runs a service to find an existing certificate by postcode, by street name and town, or by certificate number, and it covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with Scotland on a separate service. Our guide to finding an EPC for a property walks through it, and our EPC finder is a quick starting point. If you let property, the rules for landlords are covered separately, and our EPC C checker helps you see where a home stands against band C.

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Source and date

The figures come from the statistics page and the EB1 table named below, read on 4 November 2026. This page is general information, not advice. Check the latest release before relying on any number.

Our take

A regional share cannot tell you about one home

About 38.8% of certificates in England are rated A to C and 41.1% D, but a regional share cannot predict the rating on a particular home. We think the certificate for the actual address is the number that matters, so look that up rather than relying on the region.

Your Property Check makes that lookup simple. Our free EPC finder finds the energy certificate for a property, and our free property check shows the EPC alongside sold prices, crime, flood, planning and council tax for any UK address or postcode.

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Our opinion, drawn from the facts on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

Which region has the best EPC ratings?

By the share of certificates rated A to C, London is highest at 43.7%, then the North East at 40.9% and the South East at 40.4%. This counts existing-home certificates lodged since 2008.

What share of homes are rated C or better?

In the official EB1 table, 38.8% of existing-home certificates across the nine English regions are rated A to C. It counts certificates on the register, not every home in the country.

Which region has the lowest share of A to C?

Yorkshire and The Humber, at 34.8%, followed by the West Midlands at 35.6% and the East Midlands at 36.1%. The South West has the highest share rated E to G, at 24.6%.

Do these figures cover Wales and Scotland?

No. This table is the nine English regions. Wales is in separate sheets of the same statistics, which we did not use, and Scotland has its own certificate service.

How do I find the EPC for one property?

GOV.UK lets you search for a certificate by postcode, by street name and town, or by certificate number. It covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Scotland has a separate service.

Where this comes from

Sources

Last reviewed 4 November 2026 by the Your Property Check team. This page is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. For your own situation, speak to a conveyancing solicitor or another qualified professional.