Will your Milton Keynes rental pass EPC C by 2030?

5,485 of 14,176 privately rented homes in Milton Keynes are below EPC C, 39% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Milton Keynes compares

Well below average

Milton Keynes is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

39% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Milton Keynes 310 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Milton Keynes

A 14

B 1,054

C 7,623

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 4,512

E 920

F 37

G 16

Of 14,176 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

5,252 of the 5,485 sub-C rentals in Milton Keynes, 96% 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 Milton Keynes, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	14,176
Socially rented	13,490
Owner occupied	42,312
Median floor area	79 m²

Postcode districts in Milton Keynes

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Milton Keynes.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
MK6	Milton Keynes	1,734	565	33%
MK7	Milton Keynes	935	473	51%
MK16	Newport Pagnell	825	471	57%
MK13	Milton Keynes	928	452	49%
MK17	Milton Keynes	683	448	66%
MK12	Milton Keynes	840	386	46%
MK46	Olney	608	365	60%
MK2	Milton Keynes	806	363	45%
MK14	Milton Keynes	1,072	347	32%
MK8	Milton Keynes	710	329	46%
MK4	Milton Keynes	1,112	326	29%
MK3	Milton Keynes	764	310	41%
MK11	Milton Keynes	432	279	65%
MK5	Milton Keynes	781	274	35%
MK19	Milton Keynes	348	202	58%
MK15	Milton Keynes	255	122	48%
MK9	Milton Keynes	968	105	11%
MK10	Milton Keynes	984	73	7%