Will your Southwark rental pass EPC C by 2030?

10,075 of 27,949 privately rented homes in Southwark are below EPC C, 36% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Southwark compares

Well below average

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

Best councils Worst councils

36% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Southwark 315 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Southwark

A 5

B 3,201

C 14,668

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 8,282

E 1,659

F 89

G 45

Of 27,949 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

8,321 of the 10,075 sub-C rentals in Southwark, 83% 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 Southwark, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	27,949
Socially rented	17,785
Owner occupied	34,698
Median floor area	66 m²

Postcode districts in Southwark

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Southwark.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
SE1	London	10,152	2,592	26%
SE15	London	4,280	1,937	45%
SE5	London	3,845	1,878	49%
SE22	London	2,700	1,426	53%
SE19	London	2,566	1,345	52%
SE16	London	5,391	1,298	24%
SE17	London	3,109	1,129	36%
SE24	London	1,432	847	59%
SE11	London	1,670	633	38%
SE21	London	942	558	59%