EPC ratings map of Southend-on-Sea

EPC bands in Southend-on-Sea

1. Band A185 (<1%)
2. Band B3,906 (6%)
3. Band C17,629 (29%)
4. Band D26,636 (44%)
5. Band E10,862 (18%)
6. Band F1,575 (3%)
7. Band G257 (<1%)

61,050 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 64% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Southend-on-Sea

• 15,692homes last certified as private lets
• 67%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
• 1%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
• 15%with a certificate more than ten years old

Southend-on-Sea ranks 23 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 Southend-on-Sea homes rated D or below, 83% 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. Southend-on-Sea 004A, mostly in Prittlewell ward: 91% of 416 homes
2. Southend-on-Sea 016F, mostly in Thorpe ward: 90% of 362 homes
3. Southend-on-Sea 016D, mostly in Thorpe ward: 89% of 383 homes
4. Southend-on-Sea 007E, mostly in Westborough ward: 87% of 463 homes
5. Southend-on-Sea 003D, mostly in Belfairs ward: 86% of 480 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. Southend-on-Sea 010G, mostly in Victoria ward: 26% of 1,101 homes
2. Southend-on-Sea 017C, mostly in West Shoebury ward: 28% of 421 homes
3. Southend-on-Sea 010C, mostly in Victoria ward: 32% of 787 homes
4. Southend-on-Sea 013E, mostly in Shoeburyness ward: 37% of 578 homes
5. Southend-on-Sea 005E, mostly in Blenheim Park ward: 40% of 447 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 Southend-on-Sea

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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.