EPC Ratings in Wrexham: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule
Of the 4,311 homes in Wrexham that had an EPC lodged from July 2025 to June 2026, 47% were rated D to G — the bands a privately rented home must leave by 1 October 2030. The Wales figure is 42%; England and Wales 40%.
EPC bands in Wrexham, July 2025 to June 2026
| Rating | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 33 | 0.8% |
| Band B | 246 | 5.7% |
| Band C | 2,001 | 46% |
| Band D | 1,790 | 42% |
| Band E | 178 | 4.1% |
| Band F | 44 | 1.0% |
| Band G | 19 | 0.4% |
47% below C (bands D to G) against 42% in Wales and 40% across England and Wales. Wrexham ranks 80 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 54,175 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Wrexham and 60% of them were below C — recent certificates run better than the long-run stock because newer and improved homes transact more.
Wrexham splits fairly evenly. 53% of recent certificates are already C or better, 42% are one band short at D, and 5.6% are E, F or G. For a landlord that means the register is worth checking property by property: the same street can hold a certificate that needs nothing and one that needs two bands of work.
Is Wrexham moving towards C?
The share below C in Wrexham rose year on year, from 44% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 47% (July 2025 to June 2026) — up 3.1 points against −2.5 points across England and Wales. A rise usually says more about which homes happened to sell or let — older, unimproved stock coming to market — than about homes getting worse; what it does mean is that more of what is on the market here needs work before it can be let after 2030.
Average floor area per certificate is 82.4 m², close to the 87.1 m² England-and-Wales figure, so national cost guides apply here without much adjustment.
What the 2030 rule costs in Wrexham
Privately rented homes need band C from 1 October 2030, with a £10,000 cap on what a landlord must spend before an exemption can be registered; the rules, exemptions and what counts towards the cap are on the EPC C for rentals by 2030 guide.
Put the £10,000 cap in local terms: average private rent in Wrexham is £766 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 13.1 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £766 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Wrexham: rents, house prices and yield.
Whether the certificate and the works are deductible is on EPC, gas and electrical certificates: deductible? — revenue repairs come off the year’s rent, improvements that add capital value do not (allowable expenses guide).
Nearest neighbours in the ranking, in Wales
| Area | Below C | Year-on-year (pts) |
|---|---|---|
| Ceredigion | 53% | −8.7 |
| Conwy | 51% | −6.5 |
| Powys | 50% | −8.5 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 44% | −4.5 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 41% | −4.3 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 41% | −4.3 |
All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Wrexham 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Wrexham.
MHCLG, Live tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates, table EB1 — domestic EPCs lodged for existing dwellings by energy-efficiency band, published 30 July 2026, latest four quarters (July 2025 to June 2026) summed per local authority; cumulative figures from 2008. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. An EPC is lodged when a home is sold, let or newly built, so these are certificates issued, not a census of the housing stock. Shares, ranks and regional figures are ours, computed across 318 local authorities. Download: CSV.
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Of EPCs lodged for existing homes from July 2025 to June 2026, 53% were band C or better and 47% were D to G; band D alone was 42%. (MHCLG live table EB1.)
The share below C moved from 44% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 47% (July 2025 to June 2026): +3.1 percentage points, against −2.5 across England and Wales.
From 1 October 2030 under the government's EPC consultation response, with a £10,000 spending cap before an exemption. Until then the minimum for a new letting is band E.
47% below C against 42% in Wales — a larger share needing work.
No — only homes with an EPC lodged in the period (sold, let or built). Since 2008 the cumulative share below C is 60%, higher because older certificates and unimproved homes sit in that total.