Will your Dacorum rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,712 of 5,868 privately rented homes in Dacorum are below EPC C, 46% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Dacorum compares

Below average

Dacorum is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

46% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Dacorum 269 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Dacorum

A 2

B 328

C 2,826

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 2,041

E 606

F 47

G 18

Of 5,868 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,497 of the 2,712 sub-C rentals in Dacorum, 92% of them, already have a potential rating of C or better on their current certificate. That is the assessor's own estimate of what the property would reach if the recommended measures were installed.

Landlords are required to spend up to £10,000 per property. Above that, an exemption may apply.

The transitional rule

An EPC rated C or higher on the existing Energy Efficiency Rating, issued before 1 October 2029, counts as compliant until that certificate expires.

Source: Transitional rule. Verified 21 September 2026.

Local housing stock

All tenures in Dacorum, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	5,868
Socially rented	9,791
Owner occupied	22,886
Median floor area	81 m²

Postcode districts in Dacorum

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Dacorum.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
HP2	Hemel Hempstead	1,781	846	48%
AL3	St. Albans	1,138	691	61%
HP3	Hemel Hempstead	1,317	538	41%
HP1	Hemel Hempstead	1,139	462	41%
HP4	Berkhamsted	874	431	49%
HP23	Tring	500	292	58%
WD4	Kings Langley	524	209	40%