What percentage of homes in Stoke-on-Trent are below EPC band C?

54.6% of rated homes in Stoke-on-Trent are below EPC band C (as of 2026-Q2) — 41,820 of 76,524 rated dwellings. Source: The Home Index, from EPC Open Data under the Open Government Licence.

How many homes in Stoke-on-Trent need upgrading to reach EPC band C?

41,820 rated dwellings in Stoke-on-Trent sit below EPC band C and would need improvement to reach the band-C standard.

How does Stoke-on-Trent rank for the EPC band C retrofit gap?

Stoke-on-Trent ranks #72 for the widest retrofit gap among local authority areas in England and Wales.

Local authority diagnosis

Stoke-on-Trent

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E06000021vintage 2026-Q2#72 by retrofit gap

In Stoke-on-Trent, 41,820 rated homes sit below EPC band C. That puts the area at #72 for the widest gap among local authority areas in England & Wales.

Direction of travel

On current pace, reaches band C by 2049

Projection from the 15-year rated-stock trend; not a forecast.

Retrofit gap

54.6%

of 76,524 rated domestic dwellings are below band C.

EPC Open Data · Open Government Licence · free to cite with attribution.

Homes below band C

41,820

League rank

#72

1 = widest gap.

Cost to reach band C

£340.1m(modelled estimate of the cost to reach band C)

Position and trajectory

Is the gap closing?

The latest position for Stoke-on-Trent, set against the recent direction of travel.

Fig.1Retrofit gap over time

Stock · year-end

Share of Stoke-on-Trent's rated dwellings below band C at each year-end, ending at its headline 54.6%. Tracks every home by its latest certificate. EPC register.

Cold Homes Index

69 / 100

#37 of 296 English local authorities (hardest to heat & fix). How it's built →

Land Registry × EPC — matched-sale signals

What is at stake in the local market

We match HM Land Registry sales to EPC certificates: price per m², below-C matched-sale exposure, the observed C-or-above price/m² spread, and transaction-rate signals. Modelled estimates, shown with match coverage; not valuations. Methodology

Matched-sale exposure

£2.7bn

estimate for below-C stock; not a valuation.

Median sale price

£137k

typical matched sale here.

Matched sale £/m²

£1,792/m²

median, from matched sales.

Spread vs cost

3.96×

observed C+ price/m² spread ÷ modelled cost-to-C.

40.6% coverageMatched-sale estimate from recent HM Land Registry sales. Not a valuation. Methodology.

Matched sale £/m²

£1,792/m²

Matched-sale exposure

£2.7bnmatched-sale estimate of below-C rated stock value; not a valuation

C+ sale-price premium — size/type/location controlled

+26.3%

Homes rated C or better sell for ~+26.3% more per m², holding size, type and location constant (95% CI +26.3%–+26.3%).

Below-C transaction rate

0.84×

Local context

Fuel poverty & deprivation here

Current official local-authority data for gauging household hardship, grant-funding focus and where retrofit support is targeted.

Households in fuel poverty

14.8%

DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty (LILEE), England.

Neighbourhoods in the most-deprived 10%

28.8%

share of LSOAs in the most-deprived national decile · English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Retrofit funding available here

Retrofit grants concentrate in areas like this — schemes that may help fund work on below-C homes in Stoke-on-Trent:

Boiler Upgrade Scheme ↗ — £7,500 towards an air- or ground-source heat pump (or biomass).
Warm Homes: Local Grant ↗ — Insulation and low-carbon heating, delivered by your local authority.
Energy Company Obligation (ECO) / insulation schemes ↗ — Supplier-funded insulation and heating measures.

Schemes, eligibility rules and funding windows change. These are signposts, not an eligibility decision — confirm current rules via each scheme's official page. Eligibility usually depends on the household's income or benefits and the property.

Private rented sector

The rented-stock cut

59.7% (based on 90.1% tenure coverage)

Make it specific

Area averages cannot tell you what one home needs.

Check a real address in Stoke-on-Trent for its EPC, running costs, route to band C and available support. Landlords can then compare that home across a portfolio.

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