League table
Where the largest share of rentals fall short
The share of each council’s privately rented stock rated below EPC C.
Isle of Anglesey tops this table at 80.2%, out of 315 councils counted.
Share is the fairer comparison between a city and a rural district. A council near the top of this table has a rental market that is mostly non-compliant, whatever its size.
Councils with at least 2,000 privately rented homes on the register.
The full table
| # | Council | Region | Rented | Share below C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 3,706 | 80.2% |
| 2 | Gwynedd | Wales | 5,853 | 75.3% |
| 3 | Derbyshire Dales | East Midlands | 2,793 | 75.1% |
| 4 | North Norfolk | East of England | 5,775 | 73.7% |
| 5 | Ceredigion | Wales | 5,831 | 73.6% |
| 6 | Powys | Wales | 6,178 | 72.6% |
| 7 | Ribble Valley | North West | 2,202 | 71.8% |
| 8 | Pendle | North West | 5,880 | 70.6% |
| 9 | Cotswold | South West | 5,175 | 70.5% |
| 10 | Denbighshire | Wales | 5,987 | 70.2% |
| 11 | Westmorland and Furness | North West | 11,882 | 69.6% |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 6,320 | 69.1% |
| 13 | Staffordshire Moorlands | West Midlands | 2,805 | 68.7% |
| 14 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 8,593 | 68.3% |
| 15 | Cumberland | North West | 8,205 | 68.3% |
| 16 | Melton | East Midlands | 2,433 | 67.7% |
| 17 | South Hams | South West | 4,650 | 67.7% |
| 18 | North Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 32,329 | 67.3% |
| 19 | Conwy | Wales | 7,340 | 67.2% |
| 20 | East Lindsey | East Midlands | 9,256 | 66.7% |
| 21 | Tendring | East of England | 8,591 | 66.4% |
| 22 | Calderdale | Yorkshire and The Humber | 11,367 | 66.2% |
| 23 | Southend-on-Sea | East of England | 15,020 | 66.2% |
| 24 | Torridge | South West | 3,990 | 66.1% |
| 25 | Tandridge | South East | 4,721 | 65.7% |
| 26 | Hyndburn | North West | 5,995 | 65.5% |
| 27 | Amber Valley | East Midlands | 4,915 | 65.4% |
| 28 | Cornwall | South West | 35,453 | 65.3% |
| 29 | Castle Point | East of England | 3,218 | 65.3% |
| 30 | Shropshire | West Midlands | 14,875 | 65.2% |
| 31 | Mid Suffolk | East of England | 3,672 | 65.0% |
| 32 | Babergh | East of England | 3,582 | 64.9% |
| 33 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | East of England | 8,266 | 64.8% |
| 34 | North Warwickshire | West Midlands | 2,324 | 64.8% |
| 35 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Wales | 11,521 | 64.6% |
| 36 | Broxtowe | East Midlands | 5,378 | 64.6% |
| 37 | North Devon | South West | 6,701 | 64.6% |
| 38 | Oadby and Wigston | East Midlands | 2,178 | 64.5% |
| 39 | Bradford | Yorkshire and The Humber | 28,629 | 64.0% |
| 40 | North East Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 11,571 | 63.9% |
| 41 | Herefordshire, County of | West Midlands | 10,166 | 63.9% |
| 42 | Blaenau Gwent | Wales | 2,731 | 63.7% |
| 43 | West Devon | South West | 3,070 | 63.7% |
| 44 | Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 12,913 | 63.3% |
| 45 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 6,582 | 63.3% |
| 46 | Rossendale | North West | 2,844 | 63.3% |
| 47 | Erewash | East Midlands | 5,121 | 63.2% |
| 48 | Uttlesford | East of England | 2,881 | 63.0% |
| 49 | Monmouthshire | Wales | 2,733 | 63.0% |
| 50 | Malvern Hills | West Midlands | 3,051 | 63.0% |
| 51 | Wyre | North West | 5,997 | 63.0% |
| 52 | East Devon | South West | 6,708 | 62.7% |
| 53 | Lancaster | North West | 9,284 | 62.4% |
| 54 | Kirklees | Yorkshire and The Humber | 20,340 | 62.4% |
| 55 | Neath Port Talbot | Wales | 5,206 | 62.3% |
| 56 | Rother | South East | 4,689 | 62.3% |
| 57 | Stratford-on-Avon | West Midlands | 5,576 | 62.2% |
| 58 | Blackburn with Darwen | North West | 7,735 | 62.0% |
| 59 | North East Derbyshire | East Midlands | 2,294 | 61.9% |
| 60 | Leicester | East Midlands | 25,511 | 61.9% |
| 61 | Fylde | North West | 4,304 | 61.8% |
| 62 | Stockport | North West | 10,250 | 61.8% |
| 63 | Dudley | West Midlands | 10,123 | 61.7% |
| 64 | Derby | East Midlands | 16,187 | 61.6% |
| 65 | Ashfield | East Midlands | 5,726 | 61.6% |
| 66 | Broadland | East of England | 4,316 | 61.6% |
| 67 | South Staffordshire | West Midlands | 2,836 | 61.5% |
| 68 | Bolsover | East Midlands | 3,780 | 61.4% |
| 69 | Teignbridge | South West | 6,865 | 61.2% |
| 70 | Tunbridge Wells | South East | 5,785 | 61.2% |
| 71 | High Peak | East Midlands | 2,911 | 61.2% |
| 72 | Flintshire | Wales | 5,146 | 61.1% |
| 73 | Sevenoaks | South East | 3,578 | 61.0% |
| 74 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 17,066 | 61.0% |
| 75 | Northumberland | North East | 13,499 | 60.8% |
| 76 | South Norfolk | East of England | 5,269 | 60.8% |
| 77 | Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | 16,918 | 60.8% |
| 78 | Sandwell | West Midlands | 14,982 | 60.6% |
| 79 | Caerphilly | Wales | 5,715 | 60.5% |
| 80 | Dorset | South West | 16,551 | 60.5% |
| 81 | Wirral | North West | 19,693 | 60.5% |
| 82 | Bassetlaw | East Midlands | 5,543 | 60.5% |
| 83 | Worthing | South East | 6,137 | 60.4% |
| 84 | Wrexham | Wales | 5,354 | 60.4% |
| 85 | Blackpool | North West | 17,531 | 60.3% |
| 86 | Burnley | North West | 8,139 | 60.3% |
| 87 | Darlington | North East | 5,736 | 59.9% |
| 88 | Breckland | East of England | 6,963 | 59.9% |
| 89 | Bath and North East Somerset | South West | 12,232 | 59.9% |
| 90 | Wealden | South East | 4,548 | 59.7% |
| 91 | Wyre Forest | West Midlands | 4,589 | 59.7% |
| 92 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | West Midlands | 4,813 | 59.6% |
| 93 | Torbay | South West | 12,002 | 59.5% |
| 94 | Mid Devon | South West | 4,451 | 59.4% |
| 95 | West Lindsey | East Midlands | 5,250 | 59.3% |
| 96 | East Staffordshire | West Midlands | 6,746 | 59.1% |
| 97 | East Suffolk | East of England | 13,265 | 59.0% |
| 98 | Thanet | South East | 10,807 | 59.0% |
| 99 | Newark and Sherwood | East Midlands | 5,346 | 58.9% |
| 100 | Dover | South East | 5,779 | 58.9% |
| 101 | Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | 13,839 | 58.8% |
| 102 | Middlesbrough | North East | 9,329 | 58.6% |
| 103 | Stafford | West Midlands | 5,146 | 58.5% |
| 104 | Swale | South East | 7,561 | 58.5% |
| 105 | Gedling | East Midlands | 5,395 | 58.5% |
| 106 | South Holland | East Midlands | 4,044 | 58.4% |
| 107 | Chesterfield | East Midlands | 4,575 | 58.3% |
| 108 | Stroud | South West | 4,832 | 58.2% |
| 109 | Birmingham | West Midlands | 69,234 | 58.1% |
| 110 | Mansfield | East Midlands | 5,459 | 58.1% |
| 111 | Boston | East Midlands | 4,280 | 58.1% |
| 112 | Adur | South East | 2,033 | 58.0% |
| 113 | North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | 8,139 | 58.0% |
| 114 | Merthyr Tydfil | Wales | 2,516 | 58.0% |
| 115 | Bridgend | Wales | 6,451 | 57.9% |
| 116 | New Forest | South East | 7,159 | 57.8% |
| 117 | Vale of Glamorgan | Wales | 6,949 | 57.8% |
| 118 | Cheshire East | North West | 17,026 | 57.8% |
| 119 | Torfaen | Wales | 2,100 | 57.6% |
| 120 | Folkestone and Hythe | South East | 6,267 | 57.5% |
| 121 | Walsall | West Midlands | 10,863 | 57.5% |
| 122 | Blaby | East Midlands | 2,831 | 57.5% |
| 123 | Gravesham | South East | 5,609 | 57.4% |
| 124 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | West Midlands | 5,954 | 57.2% |
| 125 | East Hampshire | South East | 3,840 | 57.2% |
| 126 | Rochford | East of England | 2,480 | 57.1% |
| 127 | Chichester | South East | 6,887 | 57.0% |
| 128 | Rushcliffe | East Midlands | 4,840 | 57.0% |
| 129 | Bromsgrove | West Midlands | 2,631 | 56.9% |
| 130 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | Yorkshire and The Humber | 21,630 | 56.9% |
| 131 | Forest of Dean | South West | 2,997 | 56.8% |
| 132 | North West Leicestershire | East Midlands | 3,717 | 56.8% |
| 133 | Bedford | East of England | 9,868 | 56.8% |
| 134 | West Lancashire | North West | 2,931 | 56.8% |
| 135 | Arun | South East | 8,160 | 56.7% |
| 136 | Medway | South East | 14,090 | 56.7% |
| 137 | Wakefield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 15,054 | 56.6% |
| 138 | Barnsley | Yorkshire and The Humber | 11,211 | 56.6% |
| 139 | Horsham | South East | 4,683 | 56.6% |
| 140 | Rotherham | Yorkshire and The Humber | 11,852 | 56.5% |
| 141 | Harborough | East Midlands | 3,372 | 56.5% |
| 142 | South Kesteven | East Midlands | 7,277 | 56.4% |
| 143 | Oldham | North West | 10,597 | 56.4% |
| 144 | Isle of Wight | South East | 6,438 | 56.4% |
| 145 | Braintree | East of England | 5,544 | 56.1% |
| 146 | St. Helens | North West | 7,530 | 56.1% |
| 147 | Waverley | South East | 4,145 | 56.1% |
| 148 | Newport | Wales | 4,280 | 55.9% |
| 149 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 14,866 | 55.9% |
| 150 | South Oxfordshire | South East | 6,230 | 55.8% |
| 151 | Bury | North West | 10,105 | 55.6% |
| 152 | Lewes | South East | 3,660 | 55.6% |
| 153 | Sefton | North West | 14,411 | 55.6% |
| 154 | Enfield | London | 28,471 | 55.4% |
| 155 | East Cambridgeshire | East of England | 4,191 | 55.4% |
| 156 | Waltham Forest | London | 26,837 | 55.4% |
| 157 | West Berkshire | South East | 8,150 | 55.2% |
| 158 | Cannock Chase | West Midlands | 3,737 | 55.1% |
| 159 | North Kesteven | East Midlands | 4,920 | 55.1% |
| 160 | Great Yarmouth | East of England | 5,944 | 55.1% |
| 161 | Coventry | West Midlands | 22,248 | 54.8% |
| 162 | Mole Valley | South East | 3,635 | 54.8% |
| 163 | Hinckley and Bosworth | East Midlands | 4,216 | 54.8% |
| 164 | Richmond upon Thames | London | 13,821 | 54.7% |
| 165 | Preston | North West | 8,912 | 54.5% |
| 166 | Rugby | West Midlands | 5,275 | 54.3% |
| 167 | Brighton and Hove | South East | 28,873 | 54.3% |
| 168 | Somerset | South West | 29,357 | 54.2% |
| 169 | Guildford | South East | 7,189 | 54.1% |
| 170 | Hastings | South East | 9,371 | 54.1% |
| 171 | West Oxfordshire | South East | 5,637 | 54.0% |
| 172 | Wiltshire | South West | 24,721 | 54.0% |
| 173 | Test Valley | South East | 4,768 | 54.0% |
| 174 | Croydon | London | 28,938 | 53.8% |
| 175 | Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 55,040 | 53.7% |
| 176 | Swansea | Wales | 15,231 | 53.7% |
| 177 | Mid Sussex | South East | 4,900 | 53.7% |
| 178 | South Ribble | North West | 3,627 | 53.7% |
| 179 | Havering | London | 12,076 | 53.7% |
| 180 | Luton | East of England | 16,843 | 53.7% |
| 181 | Bexley | London | 9,990 | 53.7% |
| 182 | Haringey | London | 31,269 | 53.6% |
| 183 | Buckinghamshire | South East | 19,080 | 53.6% |
| 184 | Warwick | West Midlands | 9,306 | 53.4% |
| 185 | West Suffolk | East of England | 12,883 | 53.3% |
| 186 | South Derbyshire | East Midlands | 4,176 | 53.2% |
| 187 | Sunderland | North East | 13,768 | 53.0% |
| 188 | West Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 22,847 | 53.0% |
| 189 | Trafford | North West | 10,439 | 52.7% |
| 190 | Hartlepool | North East | 5,232 | 52.7% |
| 191 | Harrow | London | 20,741 | 52.6% |
| 192 | Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 30,375 | 52.5% |
| 193 | Epping Forest | East of England | 6,663 | 52.4% |
| 194 | Cheltenham | South West | 8,729 | 52.4% |
| 195 | Barking and Dagenham | London | 15,750 | 52.3% |
| 196 | Rochdale | North West | 9,746 | 52.3% |
| 197 | Fenland | East of England | 5,448 | 52.3% |
| 198 | Redbridge | London | 27,346 | 52.3% |
| 199 | Wigan | North West | 14,863 | 52.3% |
| 200 | Chelmsford | East of England | 6,383 | 52.3% |
| 201 | Charnwood | East Midlands | 8,372 | 52.2% |
| 202 | Lincoln | East Midlands | 8,811 | 52.1% |
| 203 | Portsmouth | South East | 18,715 | 52.0% |
| 204 | Nottingham | East Midlands | 31,520 | 51.8% |
| 205 | Ealing | London | 34,310 | 51.8% |
| 206 | North Northamptonshire | East Midlands | 19,345 | 51.6% |
| 207 | County Durham | North East | 26,043 | 51.5% |
| 208 | Brent | London | 33,544 | 51.5% |
| 209 | Solihull | West Midlands | 7,472 | 51.3% |
| 210 | Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 8,284 | 51.2% |
| 211 | Reading | South East | 16,602 | 51.2% |
| 212 | Elmbridge | South East | 6,695 | 51.1% |
| 213 | Wychavon | West Midlands | 5,839 | 51.0% |
| 214 | Worcester | West Midlands | 6,225 | 51.0% |
| 215 | York | Yorkshire and The Humber | 13,619 | 50.9% |
| 216 | Tameside | North West | 10,536 | 50.8% |
| 217 | Brentwood | East of England | 3,450 | 50.7% |
| 218 | Merton | London | 16,800 | 50.7% |
| 219 | Runnymede | South East | 4,075 | 50.6% |
| 220 | Lichfield | West Midlands | 3,292 | 50.5% |
| 221 | Vale of White Horse | South East | 5,980 | 50.5% |
| 222 | North Somerset | South West | 11,605 | 50.5% |
| 223 | Tamworth | West Midlands | 2,427 | 50.3% |
| 224 | Kingston upon Thames | London | 11,025 | 50.2% |
| 225 | Tonbridge and Malling | South East | 4,295 | 50.2% |
| 226 | Bristol, City of | South West | 38,692 | 50.2% |
| 227 | South Tyneside | North East | 5,512 | 50.1% |
| 228 | Eastbourne | South East | 8,819 | 49.8% |
| 229 | Hillingdon | London | 18,047 | 49.8% |
| 230 | Thurrock | East of England | 8,550 | 49.7% |
| 231 | Huntingdonshire | East of England | 8,640 | 49.7% |
| 232 | Canterbury | South East | 9,465 | 49.6% |
| 233 | Gloucester | South West | 7,593 | 49.4% |
| 234 | St Albans | East of England | 6,897 | 49.3% |
| 235 | East Hertfordshire | East of England | 7,119 | 49.2% |
| 236 | Bolton | North West | 15,396 | 49.2% |
| 237 | Winchester | South East | 5,826 | 49.1% |
| 238 | Wokingham | South East | 6,217 | 49.0% |
| 239 | Bromley | London | 13,923 | 49.0% |
| 240 | Central Bedfordshire | East of England | 11,202 | 48.9% |
| 241 | Stockton-on-Tees | North East | 9,713 | 48.8% |
| 242 | Maidstone | South East | 8,086 | 48.8% |
| 243 | Halton | North West | 5,081 | 48.8% |
| 244 | Chorley | North West | 4,312 | 48.7% |
| 245 | Plymouth | South West | 19,968 | 48.7% |
| 246 | Ashford | South East | 5,028 | 48.7% |
| 247 | South Cambridgeshire | East of England | 6,023 | 48.6% |
| 248 | Ipswich | East of England | 9,439 | 48.6% |
| 249 | Cardiff | Wales | 29,459 | 48.6% |
| 250 | Sutton | London | 9,765 | 48.4% |
| 251 | Norwich | East of England | 12,247 | 48.3% |
| 252 | Liverpool | North West | 40,882 | 48.3% |
| 253 | Havant | South East | 4,541 | 48.3% |
| 254 | Newham | London | 37,941 | 48.0% |
| 255 | Epsom and Ewell | South East | 3,243 | 48.0% |
| 256 | Spelthorne | South East | 4,996 | 48.0% |
| 257 | Lewisham | London | 24,674 | 47.9% |
| 258 | Hounslow | London | 20,658 | 47.9% |
| 259 | Exeter | South West | 10,702 | 47.8% |
| 260 | Tewkesbury | South West | 4,242 | 47.6% |
| 261 | Peterborough | East of England | 16,162 | 47.5% |
| 262 | North Hertfordshire | East of England | 6,718 | 47.4% |
| 263 | Kensington and Chelsea | London | 24,298 | 47.4% |
| 264 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | South West | 29,674 | 46.7% |
| 265 | Hertsmere | East of England | 5,119 | 46.3% |
| 266 | Dacorum | East of England | 5,868 | 46.2% |
| 267 | Three Rivers | East of England | 3,099 | 46.1% |
| 268 | Southampton | South East | 22,173 | 46.1% |
| 269 | Barnet | London | 35,088 | 46.0% |
| 270 | Oxford | South East | 14,233 | 45.8% |
| 271 | Lambeth | London | 32,409 | 45.7% |
| 272 | Broxbourne | East of England | 5,098 | 45.6% |
| 273 | Hammersmith and Fulham | London | 22,448 | 45.5% |
| 274 | Colchester | East of England | 11,458 | 45.5% |
| 275 | Harlow | East of England | 3,949 | 45.5% |
| 276 | South Gloucestershire | South West | 12,362 | 45.4% |
| 277 | Watford | East of England | 7,999 | 45.4% |
| 278 | Gosport | South East | 4,968 | 44.8% |
| 279 | Knowsley | North West | 5,324 | 44.7% |
| 280 | Camden | London | 29,892 | 44.3% |
| 281 | Cherwell | South East | 8,995 | 44.3% |
| 282 | Dartford | South East | 5,416 | 44.3% |
| 283 | Surrey Heath | South East | 3,045 | 43.8% |
| 284 | Warrington | North West | 9,197 | 43.8% |
| 285 | Hart | South East | 3,110 | 43.7% |
| 286 | Fareham | South East | 3,875 | 43.6% |
| 287 | Wandsworth | London | 35,609 | 43.2% |
| 288 | Manchester | North West | 53,918 | 43.0% |
| 289 | Redditch | West Midlands | 3,452 | 43.0% |
| 290 | Reigate and Banstead | South East | 6,050 | 42.9% |
| 291 | Newcastle upon Tyne | North East | 22,753 | 42.9% |
| 292 | North Tyneside | North East | 8,777 | 42.8% |
| 293 | Basildon | East of England | 7,316 | 42.7% |
| 294 | Basingstoke and Deane | South East | 7,878 | 42.4% |
| 295 | Gateshead | North East | 9,638 | 42.3% |
| 296 | Cambridge | East of England | 11,402 | 42.2% |
| 297 | Stevenage | East of England | 3,545 | 42.1% |
| 298 | Westminster | London | 38,888 | 41.0% |
| 299 | Slough | South East | 11,413 | 40.9% |
| 300 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 10,619 | 40.7% |
| 301 | Crawley | South East | 5,130 | 40.6% |
| 302 | Greenwich | London | 20,039 | 40.1% |
| 303 | Islington | London | 27,301 | 39.9% |
| 304 | Woking | South East | 6,163 | 39.8% |
| 305 | Bracknell Forest | South East | 4,679 | 39.6% |
| 306 | Eastleigh | South East | 4,533 | 39.2% |
| 307 | Milton Keynes | South East | 14,176 | 38.7% |
| 308 | Salford | North West | 20,657 | 37.6% |
| 309 | Hackney | London | 29,431 | 36.7% |
| 310 | Welwyn Hatfield | East of England | 5,976 | 36.6% |
| 311 | Swindon | South West | 12,087 | 36.3% |
| 312 | Southwark | London | 27,949 | 36.0% |
| 313 | City of London | London | 2,133 | 35.6% |
| 314 | Rushmoor | South East | 4,875 | 35.1% |
| 315 | Tower Hamlets | London | 40,950 | 23.7% |