Between 2011 and 2021 as many as one in 15 flats in London fell below the national minimum standard of 37 sq metres

Number of new builds under 37 sq metres

Least

Most

439

New builds

under 37 sq metres

Tokyngton, Wembley

Brent

252

Shoreditch

Hackney

242

Blackwall &

Leamouth

Tower Hamlets

301

Elephant & Castle

Southwark

1,208

Total for all of

Tower Hamlets

335

Central Croydon

Croydon

Number of new builds under 37 sq metres

252

Shoreditch

Hackney

242

Blackwall &

Leamouth

Tower Hamlets

Least

Most

439

New builds

under 37 sq metres

Tokyngton, Wembley

Brent

1,208

Total for all of

Tower Hamlets

335

Central Croydon

Croydon

301

Elephant & Castle

Southwark

Guardian graphic. Source: Analysis of EPC measurement data by Dr Jon Reades (University College London) and Philip Hubbard (Kings’s College London), (EPC - energy performance certificate)