EPC ratings map of Blackburn with Darwen

EPC bands in Blackburn with Darwen

1. Band A560 (1%)
2. Band B5,492 (11%)
3. Band C16,960 (34%)
4. Band D19,238 (39%)
5. Band E6,166 (12%)
6. Band F1,169 (2%)
7. Band G316 (1%)

49,901 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 54% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Blackburn with Darwen

• 8,045homes last certified as private lets
• 62%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
• 2%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
• 27%with a certificate more than ten years old

Blackburn with Darwen ranks 78 of 318 councils in England and Wales for the share of private lets rated D or below (1 is the highest share). See every council

Of the Blackburn with Darwen homes rated D or below, 92% have a potential rating of C or better on their certificate: the assessor's view of what the recommended improvements would achieve. It doesn't say what they would cost for any one home.

Neighbourhoods with the most homes rated D or below

1. Blackburn with Darwen 002D, mostly in Shear Brow & Corporation Park ward: 85% of 548 homes
2. Blackburn with Darwen 002E, mostly in Billinge & Beardwood ward: 85% of 517 homes
3. Blackburn with Darwen 005B, mostly in Wensley Fold ward: 84% of 454 homes
4. Blackburn with Darwen 010E, mostly in Livesey with Pleasington ward: 82% of 376 homes
5. Blackburn with Darwen 004D, mostly in Shear Brow & Corporation Park ward: 82% of 416 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. Blackburn with Darwen 007B, mostly in Blackburn Central ward: 19% of 426 homes
2. Blackburn with Darwen 006B, mostly in Blackburn Central ward: 21% of 605 homes
3. Blackburn with Darwen 006E, mostly in Blackburn Central ward: 23% of 940 homes
4. Blackburn with Darwen 015C, mostly in Darwen East ward: 24% of 745 homes
5. Blackburn with Darwen 011D, mostly in Blackburn South & Lower Darwen ward: 27% of 822 homes

How to read this map

• An EPC rates a home from A (most efficient) to G. Each home counts once, by its latest certificate, however old. Homes that have never had a certificate aren't counted.
• "Private let" means the latest certificate was lodged for a private letting. A home let since a sale certificate counts as not let, so the private-let count is a floor.
• Below C is a position on today's certificates, not a verdict. The government has announced that privately rented homes must reach band C from 1 October 2030, subject to Parliament, and the standard is expected to use reformed EPC metrics, so a D today doesn't mean a home will fail.
• A certificate lasts ten years. A home being let needs a valid one, so an expired certificate means a new assessment before the next let.

The announced EPC C 2030 policy, explained · MEES deadlines from 2026 to 2030 · Deprivation map of Blackburn with Darwen

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• All councils in England and Wales

Sources

• Energy Performance of Buildings Data: domestic certificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, certificates lodged to 13 October 2026
• Lower layer Super Output Area boundaries (December 2021) and ward and council lookupOffice for National Statistics
• National Statistics Postcode Lookup, to place each home in its areaOffice for National Statistics

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. EPC address data was used only to place homes in areas: MHCLG has published the address data with the consent of Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail Group Limited, and none of it is shown here. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.