EPC ratings map of Wakefield

EPC bands in Wakefield

1. Band A1,559 (1%)
2. Band B17,142 (14%)
3. Band C42,870 (35%)
4. Band D49,077 (40%)
5. Band E10,463 (9%)
6. Band F1,502 (1%)
7. Band G361 (<1%)

122,974 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 50% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Wakefield

• 15,986homes last certified as private lets
• 57%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

Wakefield ranks 148 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 Wakefield 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. Wakefield 023C, mostly in Pontefract South ward: 83% of 349 homes
2. Wakefield 023D, mostly in Pontefract South ward: 77% of 362 homes
3. Wakefield 038D, mostly in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward: 77% of 356 homes
4. Wakefield 033A, mostly in Wakefield South ward: 77% of 371 homes
5. Wakefield 022D, mostly in Wakefield North ward: 76% of 461 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

1. Wakefield 024H, mostly in Altofts and Whitwood ward: 6% of 825 homes
2. Wakefield 024G, mostly in Altofts and Whitwood ward: 8% of 653 homes
3. Wakefield 007B, mostly in Stanley and Outwood East ward: 14% of 1,972 homes
4. Wakefield 002F, mostly in Castleford Central and Glasshoughton ward: 16% of 736 homes
5. Wakefield 008B, mostly in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West ward: 20% of 1,185 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 Wakefield

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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.