Will your Reading rental pass EPC C by 2030?

8,493 of 16,602 privately rented homes in Reading are below EPC C, 51% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Reading compares

About average

Reading sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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51% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Reading 214 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Reading

A 40

B 1,381

C 6,688

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 6,766

E 1,621

F 76

G 30

Of 16,602 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

7,851 of the 8,493 sub-C rentals in Reading, 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 Reading, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	16,602
Socially rented	6,492
Owner occupied	23,502
Median floor area	71 m²

Postcode districts in Reading

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Reading.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
RG1	Reading	8,791	4,221	48%
RG30	Reading	3,532	1,906	54%
RG6	Reading	2,177	1,202	55%
RG2	Reading	2,439	1,164	48%
RG4	Reading	1,935	1,072	55%
RG31	Reading	956	428	45%