EPC ratings map of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

EPC bands in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

1. Band A704 (<1%)
2. Band B15,022 (11%)
3. Band C55,757 (39%)
4. Band D53,396 (37%)
5. Band E15,058 (11%)
6. Band F2,085 (1%)
7. Band G438 (<1%)

142,460 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 50% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

• 31,736homes last certified as private lets
• 48%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
• 1%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
• 17%with a certificate more than ten years old

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranks 270 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole homes rated D or below, 86% 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. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 005D, mostly in Bearwood & Merley ward: 83% of 451 homes
2. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032B, mostly in Alderney & Bourne Valley ward: 80% of 404 homes
3. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 009B, mostly in Moordown ward: 79% of 428 homes
4. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 006B, mostly in Redhill & Northbourne ward: 78% of 407 homes
5. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001C, mostly in Bearwood & Merley ward: 77% of 365 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044D, mostly in Poole Town ward: 14% of 717 homes
2. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 046E, mostly in Hamworthy ward: 15% of 502 homes
3. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044H, mostly in Poole Town ward: 22% of 739 homes
4. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044F, mostly in Poole Town ward: 23% of 676 homes
5. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 038E, mostly in Bournemouth Central ward: 24% of 316 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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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.