Council tax 2026/27 in every English council area

The average Band D in England for 2026/27 is £2,392 a year. Find your council for every band, plus what a typical home there costs to run each month.

Highest Band D

  1. Dorset — £2,765.02
  2. Lewes — £2,756.17
  3. Nottingham — £2,755.39
  4. Rutland — £2,737.58
  5. Wealden — £2,728.43
  6. Gateshead — £2,715.81
  7. Bristol — £2,713.68
  8. West Devon — £2,705.33
  9. Rother — £2,700.95
  10. Newark and Sherwood — £2,682.10

Lowest Band D

  1. Wandsworth — £1,028.21
  2. Westminster — £1,049.55
  3. City of London — £1,329.56
  4. Hammersmith and Fulham — £1,519.51
  5. Kensington and Chelsea — £1,666.65
  6. Tower Hamlets — £1,837.78
  7. Newham — £1,944.23
  8. Windsor and Maidenhead — £1,952.62
  9. Southwark — £1,967.26
  10. Hillingdon — £2,045.46

All 296 council areas

CouncilBand ABand DBand HRank (1 = highest)
Adur£1,698.85£2,548.28£5,096.5664
Amber Valley£1,605.13£2,407.69£4,815.38173
Arun£1,658.16£2,487.24£4,974.48106
Ashfield£1,739.17£2,608.76£5,217.5230
Ashford£1,606.77£2,410.16£4,820.32170
Babergh£1,561.03£2,341.55£4,683.10214
Barking and Dagenham£1,465.67£2,198.51£4,397.02270
Barnet£1,421.73£2,132.60£4,265.20281
Barnsley£1,550.64£2,325.96£4,651.92226
Basildon£1,551.49£2,327.24£4,654.48225
Basingstoke and Deane£1,503.47£2,255.21£4,510.42264
Bassetlaw£1,763.30£2,644.95£5,289.9016
Bath and North East Somerset£1,588.95£2,383.42£4,766.84188
Bedford£1,647.83£2,471.74£4,943.48118
Bexley£1,577.57£2,366.36£4,732.72199
Birmingham£1,575.27£2,362.90£4,725.80201
Blaby£1,660.15£2,490.22£4,980.44104
Blackburn with Darwen£1,636.85£2,455.27£4,910.54134
Blackpool£1,675.48£2,513.22£5,026.4485
Bolsover£1,706.27£2,559.41£5,118.8257
Bolton£1,599.83£2,399.74£4,799.48181
Boston£1,539.15£2,308.73£4,617.46235
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£1,623.72£2,435.58£4,871.16154
Bracknell Forest£1,509.87£2,264.80£4,529.60260
Bradford£1,573.82£2,360.73£4,721.46202
Braintree£1,520.23£2,280.34£4,560.68252
Breckland£1,629.11£2,443.67£4,887.34145
Brent£1,490.18£2,235.27£4,470.54268
Brentwood£1,505.43£2,258.14£4,516.28262
Brighton and Hove£1,720.36£2,580.54£5,161.0848
Bristol£1,809.12£2,713.68£5,427.367
Broadland£1,625.19£2,437.78£4,875.56153
Bromley£1,426.69£2,140.04£4,280.08279
Bromsgrove£1,652.43£2,478.65£4,957.30115
Broxbourne£1,537.62£2,306.43£4,612.86236
Broxtowe£1,745.47£2,618.21£5,236.4225
Buckinghamshire£1,684.39£2,526.58£5,053.1677
Burnley£1,699.61£2,549.42£5,098.8462
Bury£1,703.43£2,555.15£5,110.3060
Calderdale£1,613.43£2,420.15£4,840.30162
Cambridge£1,644.68£2,467.02£4,934.04122
Camden£1,471.70£2,207.55£4,415.10269
Cannock Chase£1,583.89£2,375.83£4,751.66193
Canterbury£1,612.89£2,419.33£4,838.66164
Castle Point£1,545.75£2,318.63£4,637.26230
Central Bedfordshire£1,677.44£2,516.16£5,032.3284
Charnwood£1,603.76£2,405.64£4,811.28178
Chelmsford£1,533.45£2,300.18£4,600.36241
Cheltenham£1,579.68£2,369.52£4,739.04197
Cherwell£1,721.97£2,582.96£5,165.9247
Cheshire East£1,636.58£2,454.87£4,909.74135
Cheshire West and Chester£1,678.22£2,517.33£5,034.6682
Chesterfield£1,559.66£2,339.49£4,678.98217
Chichester£1,646.45£2,469.68£4,939.36120
Chorley£1,620.15£2,430.23£4,860.46156
City of London£886.37£1,329.56£2,659.12294
Colchester£1,521.90£2,282.85£4,565.70251
Cornwall£1,727.29£2,590.93£5,181.8643
Cotswold£1,594.43£2,391.65£4,783.30183
Coventry£1,677.81£2,516.72£5,033.4483
Crawley£1,612.31£2,418.46£4,836.92166
Croydon£1,733.27£2,599.91£5,199.8236
Cumberland£1,674.21£2,511.32£5,022.6487
Dacorum£1,605.67£2,408.51£4,817.02171
Darlington£1,662.55£2,493.83£4,987.6699
Dartford£1,583.43£2,375.15£4,750.30194
Derby£1,537.33£2,306.00£4,612.00237
Derbyshire Dales£1,629.80£2,444.70£4,889.40144
Doncaster£1,445.17£2,167.75£4,335.50275
Dorset£1,843.35£2,765.02£5,530.041
Dover£1,641.16£2,461.74£4,923.48128
Dudley£1,429.89£2,144.84£4,289.68278
Durham£1,748.10£2,622.15£5,244.3023
Ealing£1,425.69£2,138.53£4,277.06280
East Cambridgeshire£1,656.79£2,485.18£4,970.36109
East Devon£1,730.31£2,595.46£5,190.9240
East Hampshire£1,562.61£2,343.92£4,687.84212
East Hertfordshire£1,636.52£2,454.78£4,909.56136
East Lindsey£1,517.25£2,275.88£4,551.76255
East Riding of Yorkshire£1,644.05£2,466.08£4,932.16124
East Staffordshire£1,567.56£2,351.34£4,702.68209
East Suffolk£1,556.53£2,334.80£4,669.60220
Eastbourne£1,769.52£2,654.28£5,308.5615
Eastleigh£1,561.47£2,342.21£4,684.42213
Elmbridge£1,705.17£2,557.75£5,115.5058
Enfield£1,511.78£2,267.67£4,535.34258
Epping Forest£1,518.14£2,277.21£4,554.42254
Epsom and Ewell£1,687.23£2,530.84£5,061.6874
Erewash£1,573.76£2,360.64£4,721.28203
Exeter£1,663.57£2,495.36£4,990.7298
Fareham£1,513.70£2,270.55£4,541.10256
Fenland£1,691.83£2,537.74£5,075.4871
Folkestone and Hythe£1,692.50£2,538.75£5,077.5070
Forest of Dean£1,628.95£2,443.42£4,886.84146
Fylde£1,655.96£2,483.94£4,967.88111
Gateshead£1,810.54£2,715.81£5,431.626
Gedling£1,739.70£2,609.55£5,219.1028
Gloucester£1,570.56£2,355.84£4,711.68205
Gosport£1,562.86£2,344.29£4,688.58211
Gravesham£1,605.49£2,408.24£4,816.48172
Great Yarmouth£1,609.61£2,414.41£4,828.82169
Greenwich£1,405.24£2,107.86£4,215.72283
Guildford£1,698.20£2,547.30£5,094.6065
Hackney£1,373.53£2,060.30£4,120.60284
Halton£1,577.74£2,366.61£4,733.22198
Hammersmith and Fulham£1,013.01£1,519.51£3,039.02293
Harborough£1,593.25£2,389.87£4,779.74184
Haringey£1,542.52£2,313.78£4,627.56232
Harlow£1,532.46£2,298.69£4,597.38242
Harrow£1,674.05£2,511.07£5,022.1488
Hart£1,600.01£2,400.02£4,800.04180
Hartlepool£1,706.80£2,560.20£5,120.4056
Hastings£1,784.39£2,676.58£5,353.1612
Havant£1,546.85£2,320.28£4,640.56228
Havering£1,616.44£2,424.66£4,849.32159
Herefordshire£1,716.25£2,574.37£5,148.7451
Hertsmere£1,603.89£2,405.83£4,811.66175
High Peak£1,589.77£2,384.66£4,769.32187
Hillingdon£1,363.64£2,045.46£4,090.92287
Hinckley and Bosworth£1,588.41£2,382.62£4,765.24189
Horsham£1,627.34£2,441.01£4,882.02150
Hounslow£1,457.04£2,185.56£4,371.12273
Huntingdonshire£1,704.27£2,556.40£5,112.8059
Hyndburn£1,643.99£2,465.98£4,931.96125
Ipswich£1,645.50£2,468.25£4,936.50121
Isle of Wight£1,750.53£2,625.79£5,251.5822
Isles of Scilly£1,365.31£2,047.96£4,095.92285
Islington£1,405.43£2,108.15£4,216.30282
Kensington and Chelsea£1,111.10£1,666.65£3,333.30292
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk£1,620.09£2,430.13£4,860.26157
Kingston upon Hull£1,530.03£2,295.04£4,590.08244
Kingston upon Thames£1,739.47£2,609.20£5,218.4029
Kirklees£1,627.38£2,441.07£4,882.14149
Knowsley£1,658.83£2,488.25£4,976.50105
Lambeth£1,364.74£2,047.11£4,094.22286
Lancaster£1,668.79£2,503.19£5,006.3893
Leeds£1,522.49£2,283.73£4,567.46250
Leicester£1,685.83£2,528.75£5,057.5075
Lewes£1,837.45£2,756.17£5,512.342
Lewisham£1,491.55£2,237.33£4,474.66267
Lichfield£1,567.93£2,351.90£4,703.80207
Lincoln£1,548.72£2,323.08£4,646.16227
Liverpool£1,782.39£2,673.59£5,347.1813
Luton£1,626.62£2,439.93£4,879.86151
Maidstone£1,668.39£2,502.59£5,005.1894
Maldon£1,552.25£2,328.37£4,656.74224
Malvern Hills£1,633.95£2,450.92£4,901.84138
Manchester£1,541.36£2,312.04£4,624.08234
Mansfield£1,733.59£2,600.38£5,200.7635
Medway£1,552.37£2,328.55£4,657.10223
Melton£1,619.78£2,429.67£4,859.34158
Merton£1,431.17£2,146.76£4,293.52277
Mid Devon£1,770.94£2,656.41£5,312.8214
Mid Suffolk£1,544.59£2,316.88£4,633.76231
Mid Sussex£1,649.51£2,474.26£4,948.52116
Middlesbrough£1,699.44£2,549.16£5,098.3263
Milton Keynes£1,581.47£2,372.21£4,744.42196
Mole Valley£1,679.91£2,519.86£5,039.7281
New Forest£1,613.17£2,419.76£4,839.52163
Newark and Sherwood£1,788.07£2,682.10£5,364.2010
Newcastle upon Tyne£1,694.79£2,542.19£5,084.3868
Newcastle-under-Lyme£1,556.17£2,334.25£4,668.50221
Newham£1,296.15£1,944.23£3,888.46290
North Devon£1,761.47£2,642.21£5,284.4219
North East Derbyshire£1,644.38£2,466.57£4,933.14123
North East Lincolnshire£1,655.90£2,483.85£4,967.70112
North Hertfordshire£1,632.35£2,448.52£4,897.04139
North Kesteven£1,558.54£2,337.81£4,675.62219
North Lincolnshire£1,565.64£2,348.46£4,696.92210
North Norfolk£1,639.95£2,459.93£4,919.86131
North Northamptonshire£1,615.97£2,423.96£4,847.92160
North Somerset£1,660.81£2,491.22£4,982.44102
North Tyneside£1,641.18£2,461.77£4,923.54127
North Warwickshire£1,688.07£2,532.10£5,064.2073
North West Leicestershire£1,612.13£2,418.20£4,836.40167
North Yorkshire£1,696.23£2,544.34£5,088.6867
Northumberland£1,731.29£2,596.94£5,193.8839
Norwich£1,668.96£2,503.44£5,006.8892
Nottingham£1,836.93£2,755.39£5,510.783
Nuneaton and Bedworth£1,668.11£2,502.16£5,004.3295
Oadby and Wigston£1,604.57£2,406.85£4,813.70174
Oldham£1,734.82£2,602.23£5,204.4632
Oxford£1,785.60£2,678.40£5,356.8011
Pendle£1,760.12£2,640.18£5,280.3620
Peterborough£1,528.98£2,293.47£4,586.94246
Plymouth£1,627.90£2,441.85£4,883.70148
Portsmouth£1,527.81£2,291.71£4,583.42247
Preston£1,717.16£2,575.74£5,151.4850
Reading£1,741.85£2,612.77£5,225.5427
Redbridge£1,529.72£2,294.58£4,589.16245
Redcar and Cleveland£1,696.32£2,544.48£5,088.9666
Redditch£1,641.97£2,462.95£4,925.90126
Reigate and Banstead£1,711.07£2,566.61£5,133.2254
Ribble Valley£1,591.00£2,386.50£4,773.00186
Richmond upon Thames£1,657.40£2,486.10£4,972.20108
Rochdale£1,733.89£2,600.83£5,201.6634
Rochford£1,575.65£2,363.48£4,726.96200
Rossendale£1,679.98£2,519.97£5,039.9480
Rother£1,800.63£2,700.95£5,401.909
Rotherham£1,587.69£2,381.53£4,763.06190
Rugby£1,655.37£2,483.05£4,966.10113
Runnymede£1,661.99£2,492.99£4,985.98100
Rushcliffe£1,762.18£2,643.27£5,286.5417
Rushmoor£1,546.85£2,320.28£4,640.56229
Rutland£1,825.05£2,737.58£5,475.164
Salford£1,729.63£2,594.45£5,188.9042
Sandwell£1,496.31£2,244.46£4,488.92266
Sefton£1,722.15£2,583.22£5,166.4446
Sevenoaks£1,681.57£2,522.36£5,044.7279
Sheffield£1,673.44£2,510.16£5,020.3289
Shropshire£1,685.45£2,528.18£5,056.3676
Slough£1,609.63£2,414.44£4,828.88168
Solihull£1,464.84£2,197.26£4,394.52271
Somerset£1,707.06£2,560.59£5,121.1855
South Cambridgeshire£1,690.83£2,536.25£5,072.5072
South Derbyshire£1,559.74£2,339.61£4,679.22216
South Gloucestershire£1,700.39£2,550.59£5,101.1861
South Hams£1,743.48£2,615.22£5,230.4426
South Holland£1,518.80£2,278.20£4,556.40253
South Kesteven£1,506.67£2,260.00£4,520.00261
South Norfolk£1,655.25£2,482.87£4,965.74114
South Oxfordshire£1,731.71£2,597.57£5,195.1438
South Ribble£1,628.44£2,442.66£4,885.32147
South Staffordshire£1,542.45£2,313.67£4,627.34233
South Tyneside£1,622.95£2,434.43£4,868.86155
Southampton£1,587.65£2,381.48£4,762.96191
Southend-on-Sea£1,510.11£2,265.17£4,530.34259
Southwark£1,311.51£1,967.26£3,934.52288
Spelthorne£1,684.29£2,526.44£5,052.8878
St Albans£1,612.81£2,419.22£4,838.44165
St Helens£1,602.25£2,403.38£4,806.76179
Stafford£1,535.12£2,302.68£4,605.36239
Staffordshire Moorlands£1,558.81£2,338.21£4,676.42218
Stevenage£1,594.65£2,391.97£4,783.94182
Stockport£1,745.93£2,618.90£5,237.8024
Stockton-on-Tees£1,726.55£2,589.83£5,179.6644
Stoke-on-Trent£1,455.41£2,183.12£4,366.24274
Stratford-on-Avon£1,656.11£2,484.17£4,968.34110
Stroud£1,660.91£2,491.36£4,982.72101
Sunderland£1,464.76£2,197.14£4,394.28272
Surrey Heath£1,723.44£2,585.16£5,170.3245
Sutton£1,585.76£2,378.64£4,757.28192
Swale£1,603.77£2,405.65£4,811.30177
Swindon£1,625.40£2,438.10£4,876.20152
Tameside£1,631.47£2,447.21£4,894.42141
Tamworth£1,533.84£2,300.76£4,601.52240
Tandridge£1,729.90£2,594.85£5,189.7041
Teignbridge£1,762.08£2,643.12£5,286.2418
Telford and Wrekin£1,504.17£2,256.26£4,512.52263
Tendring£1,513.09£2,269.63£4,539.26257
Test Valley£1,537.01£2,305.52£4,611.04238
Tewkesbury£1,560.35£2,340.53£4,681.06215
Thanet£1,660.60£2,490.90£4,981.80103
Three Rivers£1,614.87£2,422.31£4,844.62161
Thurrock£1,503.12£2,254.68£4,509.36265
Tonbridge and Malling£1,647.89£2,471.83£4,943.66117
Torbay£1,646.83£2,470.25£4,940.50119
Torridge£1,734.28£2,601.42£5,202.8433
Tower Hamlets£1,225.19£1,837.78£3,675.56291
Trafford£1,527.80£2,291.70£4,583.40248
Tunbridge Wells£1,630.77£2,446.15£4,892.30143
Uttlesford£1,555.88£2,333.82£4,667.64222
Vale of White Horse£1,718.29£2,577.44£5,154.8849
Wakefield£1,531.26£2,296.89£4,593.78243
Walsall£1,751.65£2,627.48£5,254.9621
Waltham Forest£1,591.31£2,386.96£4,773.92185
Wandsworth£685.47£1,028.21£2,056.42296
Warrington£1,631.74£2,447.61£4,895.22140
Warwick£1,641.03£2,461.55£4,923.10129
Watford£1,631.13£2,446.70£4,893.40142
Waverley£1,736.58£2,604.87£5,209.7431
Wealden£1,818.95£2,728.43£5,456.865
Welwyn Hatfield£1,634.84£2,452.26£4,904.52137
West Berkshire£1,670.25£2,505.37£5,010.7491
West Devon£1,803.55£2,705.33£5,410.668
West Lancashire£1,637.49£2,456.23£4,912.46132
West Lindsey£1,569.50£2,354.25£4,708.50206
West Northamptonshire£1,657.77£2,486.66£4,973.32107
West Oxfordshire£1,711.30£2,566.95£5,133.9053
West Suffolk£1,567.65£2,351.47£4,702.94208
Westminster£699.70£1,049.55£2,099.10295
Westmorland and Furness£1,671.99£2,507.99£5,015.9890
Wigan£1,435.12£2,152.68£4,305.36276
Wiltshire£1,714.52£2,571.78£5,143.5652
Winchester£1,573.17£2,359.76£4,719.52204
Windsor and Maidenhead£1,301.75£1,952.62£3,905.24289
Wirral£1,667.06£2,500.59£5,001.1896
Woking£1,732.03£2,598.04£5,196.0837
Wokingham£1,665.13£2,497.70£4,995.4097
Wolverhampton£1,692.66£2,538.99£5,077.9869
Worcester£1,603.87£2,405.81£4,811.62176
Worthing£1,637.42£2,456.13£4,912.26133
Wychavon£1,582.13£2,373.19£4,746.38195
Wyre£1,640.35£2,460.53£4,921.06130
Wyre Forest£1,674.98£2,512.47£5,024.9486
York£1,524.77£2,287.15£4,574.30249

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9. Includes adult social care and average parish charges. Last updated October 2026.