Will your Tower Hamlets rental pass EPC C by 2030?

9,717 of 40,950 privately rented homes in Tower Hamlets are below EPC C, 24% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Tower Hamlets compares

Well below average

Tower Hamlets is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

24% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Tower Hamlets 318 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Tower Hamlets

A 10

B 8,477

C 22,746

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 8,002

E 1,618

F 65

G 32

Of 40,950 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

7,919 of the 9,717 sub-C rentals in Tower Hamlets, 81% 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 Tower Hamlets, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	40,950
Socially rented	20,611
Owner occupied	25,834
Median floor area	65 m²

Postcode districts in Tower Hamlets

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Tower Hamlets.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
E1	London	10,529	3,070	29%
E14	London	16,345	2,481	15%
E2	London	5,661	1,983	35%
E3	London	7,314	1,852	25%
E9	London	3,397	1,271	37%
E1W	London	2,323	677	29%