EPC ratings map of St. Helens

EPC bands in St. Helens

1. Band A272 (<1%)
2. Band B6,732 (11%)
3. Band C23,880 (39%)
4. Band D23,913 (39%)
5. Band E5,541 (9%)
6. Band F838 (1%)
7. Band G243 (<1%)

61,419 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 50% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in St. Helens

• 8,103homes last certified as private lets
• 56%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
• 1%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
• 21%with a certificate more than ten years old

St. Helens ranks 156 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 St. Helens homes rated D or below, 93% 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. St. Helens 008G, mostly in Blackbrook ward: 85% of 255 homes
2. St. Helens 016D, mostly in West Park ward: 82% of 497 homes
3. St. Helens 007E, mostly in Windle ward: 79% of 314 homes
4. St. Helens 016E, mostly in West Park ward: 76% of 455 homes
5. St. Helens 003D, mostly in Billinge & Seneley Green ward: 76% of 306 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. St. Helens 025D, mostly in Bold & Lea Green ward: 9% of 1,058 homes
2. St. Helens 013D, mostly in Newton-le-Willows West ward: 11% of 493 homes
3. St. Helens 024E, mostly in Peasley Cross & Fingerpost ward: 16% of 1,072 homes
4. St. Helens 015G, mostly in Newton-le-Willows East ward: 19% of 971 homes
5. St. Helens 022D, mostly in Bold & Lea Green ward: 20% of 491 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 St. Helens

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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.