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EPC Deadline

What the 2030 EPC rules mean for your rental, area by area

EPC C by 2030 in the NE postcode area

28,256 privately rented homes across the NE (NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) postcode area are below EPC C, out of 420,765 properties with a current certificate.

How NE compares

Below average

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

Best postcode areas Worst postcode areas

47% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks NE 95 of 105 postcode areas by the share needing work.

Every band in NE

A 30
B 2,015
C 30,401
C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded
D 21,258
E 6,027
F 729
G 242

Of 60,702 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

Districts in NE

57 districts with enough data to publish. Districts below the threshold are not listed.
DistrictPost townRentedBelow CShare
NE2 Newcastle Upon Tyne 4,501 2,196 49%
NE6 Newcastle Upon Tyne 4,474 2,063 46%
NE4 Newcastle Upon Tyne 3,881 1,773 46%
NE8 Gateshead 4,210 1,598 38%
NE3 Newcastle Upon Tyne 3,110 1,175 38%
NE33 South Shields 2,174 1,118 51%
NE28 Wallsend 2,473 1,027 42%
NE29 North Shields 2,106 851 40%
NE66 Alnwick 1,168 834 71%
NE5 Newcastle Upon Tyne 1,791 809 45%
NE24 Blyth 1,448 768 53%
NE1 Newcastle Upon Tyne 2,725 754 28%
NE61 Morpeth 1,242 746 60%
NE15 Newcastle Upon Tyne 1,533 705 46%
NE34 South Shields 1,420 697 49%
NE63 Ashington 1,820 696 38%
NE23 Cramlington 1,105 563 51%
NE10 Gateshead 1,288 539 42%
NE30 North Shields 980 521 53%
NE65 Morpeth 787 479 61%
NE9 Gateshead 1,008 479 48%
NE26 Whitley Bay 779 424 54%
NE12 Newcastle Upon Tyne 1,177 417 35%
NE46 Hexham 597 386 65%
NE25 Whitley Bay 783 363 46%
NE32 Jarrow 644 345 54%
NE31 Hebburn 758 334 44%
NE47 Hexham 355 331 93%
NE16 Newcastle Upon Tyne 744 314 42%
NE38 Washington 950 309 33%
NE37 Washington 842 308 37%
NE22 Bedlington 664 289 44%
NE7 Newcastle Upon Tyne 624 272 44%
NE21 Blaydon-On-Tyne 596 267 45%
NE11 Gateshead 587 262 45%
NE48 Hexham 284 250 88%
NE20 Newcastle Upon Tyne 343 239 70%
NE17 Newcastle Upon Tyne 418 216 52%
NE13 Newcastle Upon Tyne 498 203 41%
NE40 Ryton 362 193 53%
NE71 Wooler 221 187 85%
NE62 Choppington 368 181 49%
NE42 Prudhoe 323 160 50%
NE43 Stocksfield 179 154 86%
NE19 Newcastle Upon Tyne 158 152 96%
NE27 Newcastle Upon Tyne 431 151 35%
NE64 Newbiggin-By-The-Sea 297 137 46%
NE49 Haltwhistle 191 128 67%
NE45 Corbridge 144 116 81%
NE70 Belford 125 113 90%
NE68 Seahouses 149 109 73%
NE67 Chathill 126 108 86%
NE39 Rowlands Gill 188 106 56%
NE35 Boldon Colliery 182 81 45%
NE36 East Boldon 152 73 48%
NE69 Bamburgh 80 72 90%
NE18 Newcastle Upon Tyne 63 57 90%