Council tax by area: 2026 to 2027
The average Band D bill in England is £2,392 a year, but it ranges from £1,028.21 in Wandsworth to £2,765.02 in Dorset. Pick your council to see what every band pays.
Cheapest Band D
- Wandsworth £1,028.21
- Westminster £1,049.55
- City of London £1,329.56
- Hammersmith and Fulham £1,519.51
- Kensington and Chelsea £1,666.65
Most expensive Band D
- Dorset £2,765.02
- Lewes £2,756.17
- Nottingham £2,755.39
- Rutland £2,737.58
- Wealden £2,728.43
East Midlands
| Amber Valley | £2,407.69 | +4.8% |
| Ashfield | £2,608.76 | +4.1% |
| Bassetlaw | £2,644.95 | +4.2% |
| Blaby | £2,490.22 | +3.5% |
| Bolsover | £2,559.41 | +4.6% |
| Boston | £2,308.73 | +3.2% |
| Broxtowe | £2,618.21 | +4.0% |
| Charnwood | £2,405.64 | +3.4% |
| Chesterfield | £2,339.49 | +4.8% |
| Derby | £2,306.00 | +5.0% |
| Derbyshire Dales | £2,444.70 | +4.8% |
| East Lindsey | £2,275.88 | +3.4% |
| Erewash | £2,360.64 | +4.5% |
| Gedling | £2,609.55 | +4.1% |
| Harborough | £2,389.87 | +2.8% |
| High Peak | £2,384.66 | +4.8% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £2,382.62 | +3.4% |
| Leicester | £2,528.75 | +5.0% |
| Lincoln | £2,323.08 | +2.8% |
| Mansfield | £2,600.38 | +4.1% |
| Melton | £2,429.67 | +3.4% |
| Newark and Sherwood | £2,682.10 | +3.9% |
| North East Derbyshire | £2,466.57 | +4.7% |
| North Kesteven | £2,337.81 | +3.4% |
| North Northamptonshire | £2,423.96 | +5.3% |
| North West Leicestershire | £2,418.20 | +3.4% |
| Nottingham | £2,755.39 | +3.7% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £2,406.85 | +3.3% |
| Rushcliffe | £2,643.27 | +4.4% |
| Rutland | £2,737.58 | +2.5% |
| South Derbyshire | £2,339.61 | +4.8% |
| South Holland | £2,278.20 | +3.3% |
| South Kesteven | £2,260.00 | +3.3% |
| West Lindsey | £2,354.25 | +3.3% |
| West Northamptonshire | £2,486.66 | +5.3% |
East of England
| Babergh | £2,341.55 | +4.8% |
| Basildon | £2,327.24 | +3.7% |
| Bedford | £2,471.74 | +5.1% |
| Braintree | £2,280.34 | +3.9% |
| Breckland | £2,443.67 | +4.9% |
| Brentwood | £2,258.14 | +4.2% |
| Broadland | £2,437.78 | +4.7% |
| Broxbourne | £2,306.43 | +4.9% |
| Cambridge | £2,467.02 | +4.7% |
| Castle Point | £2,318.63 | +4.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire | £2,516.16 | +5.1% |
| Chelmsford | £2,300.18 | +4.2% |
| Colchester | £2,282.85 | +4.1% |
| Dacorum | £2,408.51 | +5.0% |
| East Cambridgeshire | £2,485.18 | +4.7% |
| East Hertfordshire | £2,454.78 | +4.9% |
| East Suffolk | £2,334.80 | +5.1% |
| Epping Forest | £2,277.21 | +4.1% |
| Fenland | £2,537.74 | +4.3% |
| Great Yarmouth | £2,414.41 | +4.7% |
| Harlow | £2,298.69 | +3.7% |
| Hertsmere | £2,405.83 | +5.1% |
| Huntingdonshire | £2,556.40 | +4.8% |
| Ipswich | £2,468.25 | +4.7% |
| Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | £2,430.13 | +4.8% |
| Luton | £2,439.93 | +5.2% |
| Maldon | £2,328.37 | +4.3% |
| Mid Suffolk | £2,316.88 | +4.9% |
| North Hertfordshire | £2,448.52 | +5.0% |
| North Norfolk | £2,459.93 | +5.1% |
| Norwich | £2,503.44 | +4.7% |
| Peterborough | £2,293.47 | +4.9% |
| Rochford | £2,363.48 | +4.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire | £2,536.25 | +5.0% |
| South Norfolk | £2,482.87 | +4.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £2,265.17 | +5.1% |
| St Albans | £2,419.22 | +4.9% |
| Stevenage | £2,391.97 | +4.8% |
| Tendring | £2,269.63 | +4.2% |
| Three Rivers | £2,422.31 | +5.0% |
| Thurrock | £2,254.68 | +5.1% |
| Uttlesford | £2,333.82 | +4.3% |
| Watford | £2,446.70 | +4.4% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £2,452.26 | +5.1% |
| West Suffolk | £2,351.47 | +4.8% |
London
| Barking and Dagenham | £2,198.51 | +4.8% |
| Barnet | £2,132.60 | +4.8% |
| Bexley | £2,366.36 | +4.8% |
| Brent | £2,235.27 | +4.8% |
| Bromley | £2,140.04 | +4.8% |
| Camden | £2,207.55 | +4.8% |
| City of London | £1,329.56 | +4.4% |
| Croydon | £2,599.91 | +4.8% |
| Ealing | £2,138.53 | +4.8% |
| Enfield | £2,267.67 | +4.8% |
| Greenwich | £2,107.86 | +4.8% |
| Hackney | £2,060.30 | +4.8% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £1,519.51 | +4.7% |
| Haringey | £2,313.78 | +4.8% |
| Harrow | £2,511.07 | +4.8% |
| Havering | £2,424.66 | +4.8% |
| Hillingdon | £2,045.46 | +4.8% |
| Hounslow | £2,185.56 | +4.8% |
| Islington | £2,108.15 | +4.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £1,666.65 | +4.7% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £2,609.20 | +4.8% |
| Lambeth | £2,047.11 | +4.8% |
| Lewisham | £2,237.33 | +4.8% |
| Merton | £2,146.76 | +2.5% |
| Newham | £1,944.23 | +4.8% |
| Redbridge | £2,294.58 | +4.8% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £2,486.10 | +4.8% |
| Southwark | £1,967.26 | +4.8% |
| Sutton | £2,378.64 | +4.8% |
| Tower Hamlets | £1,837.78 | +4.7% |
| Waltham Forest | £2,386.96 | +4.8% |
| Wandsworth | £1,028.21 | +3.0% |
| Westminster | £1,049.55 | +3.0% |
North East
| Darlington | £2,493.83 | +5.2% |
| Durham | £2,622.15 | +2.8% |
| Gateshead | £2,715.81 | +5.3% |
| Hartlepool | £2,560.20 | +2.5% |
| Middlesbrough | £2,549.16 | +2.5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £2,542.19 | +5.3% |
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 | +5.4% |
| Northumberland | £2,596.94 | +5.4% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £2,544.48 | +5.0% |
| South Tyneside | £2,434.43 | +5.3% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £2,589.83 | +4.9% |
| Sunderland | £2,197.14 | +5.0% |
North West
| Blackburn with Darwen | £2,455.27 | +5.0% |
| Blackpool | £2,513.22 | +5.1% |
| Bolton | £2,399.74 | +5.9% |
| Burnley | £2,549.42 | +3.8% |
| Bury | £2,555.15 | +5.8% |
| Cheshire East | £2,454.87 | +5.2% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £2,517.33 | +5.2% |
| Chorley | £2,430.23 | +3.7% |
| Cumberland | £2,511.32 | +4.9% |
| Fylde | £2,483.94 | +4.0% |
| Halton | £2,366.61 | +5.2% |
| Hyndburn | £2,465.98 | +3.6% |
| Knowsley | £2,488.25 | +4.9% |
| Lancaster | £2,503.19 | +4.0% |
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 | +5.0% |
| Manchester | £2,312.04 | +5.9% |
| Oldham | £2,602.23 | +5.8% |
| Pendle | £2,640.18 | +4.1% |
| Preston | £2,575.74 | +4.0% |
| Ribble Valley | £2,386.50 | +3.8% |
| Rochdale | £2,600.83 | +5.8% |
| Rossendale | £2,519.97 | +3.9% |
| Salford | £2,594.45 | +5.8% |
| Sefton | £2,583.22 | +5.0% |
| South Ribble | £2,442.66 | +3.9% |
| St Helens | £2,403.38 | +5.0% |
| Stockport | £2,618.90 | +5.8% |
| Tameside | £2,447.21 | +5.9% |
| Trafford | £2,291.70 | +8.0% |
| Warrington | £2,447.61 | +7.3% |
| West Lancashire | £2,456.23 | +4.0% |
| Westmorland and Furness | £2,507.99 | +5.0% |
| Wigan | £2,152.68 | +6.0% |
| Wirral | £2,500.59 | +5.0% |
| Wyre | £2,460.53 | +4.0% |
South East
| Adur | £2,548.28 | +4.8% |
| Arun | £2,487.24 | +4.9% |
| Ashford | £2,410.16 | +4.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £2,255.21 | +5.0% |
| Bracknell Forest | £2,264.80 | +5.1% |
| Brighton and Hove | £2,580.54 | +5.0% |
| Buckinghamshire | £2,526.58 | +5.2% |
| Canterbury | £2,419.33 | +4.2% |
| Cherwell | £2,582.96 | +4.8% |
| Chichester | £2,469.68 | +5.3% |
| Crawley | £2,418.46 | +4.8% |
| Dartford | £2,375.15 | +4.2% |
| Dover | £2,461.74 | +4.1% |
| East Hampshire | £2,343.92 | +5.0% |
| Eastbourne | £2,654.28 | +4.8% |
| Eastleigh | £2,342.21 | +5.1% |
| Elmbridge | £2,557.75 | +4.7% |
| Epsom and Ewell | £2,530.84 | +4.7% |
| Fareham | £2,270.55 | +4.9% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £2,538.75 | +4.2% |
| Gosport | £2,344.29 | +4.8% |
| Gravesham | £2,408.24 | +4.1% |
| Guildford | £2,547.30 | +4.9% |
| Hart | £2,400.02 | +5.0% |
| Hastings | £2,676.58 | +4.8% |
| Havant | £2,320.28 | +4.8% |
| Horsham | £2,441.01 | +5.2% |
| Isle of Wight | £2,625.79 | +5.3% |
| Lewes | £2,756.17 | +4.9% |
| Maidstone | £2,502.59 | +4.1% |
| Medway | £2,328.55 | +5.1% |
| Mid Sussex | £2,474.26 | +5.0% |
| Milton Keynes | £2,372.21 | +5.1% |
| Mole Valley | £2,519.86 | +4.7% |
| New Forest | £2,419.76 | +5.0% |
| Oxford | £2,678.40 | +4.7% |
| Portsmouth | £2,291.71 | +5.1% |
| Reading | £2,612.77 | +5.0% |
| Reigate and Banstead | £2,566.61 | +4.4% |
| Rother | £2,700.95 | +5.5% |
| Runnymede | £2,492.99 | +4.7% |
| Rushmoor | £2,320.28 | +4.9% |
| Sevenoaks | £2,522.36 | +4.3% |
| Slough | £2,414.44 | +5.0% |
| South Oxfordshire | £2,597.57 | +5.0% |
| Southampton | £2,381.48 | +5.1% |
| Spelthorne | £2,526.44 | +4.7% |
| Surrey Heath | £2,585.16 | +4.8% |
| Swale | £2,405.65 | +4.3% |
| Tandridge | £2,594.85 | +5.0% |
| Test Valley | £2,305.52 | +5.0% |
| Thanet | £2,490.90 | +4.2% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £2,471.83 | +4.1% |
| Tunbridge Wells | £2,446.15 | +4.2% |
| Vale of White Horse | £2,577.44 | +4.9% |
| Waverley | £2,604.87 | +4.9% |
| Wealden | £2,728.43 | +4.6% |
| West Berkshire | £2,505.37 | +5.1% |
| West Oxfordshire | £2,566.95 | +5.0% |
| Winchester | £2,359.76 | +4.8% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,952.62 | +7.1% |
| Woking | £2,598.04 | +4.7% |
| Wokingham | £2,497.70 | +5.1% |
| Worthing | £2,456.13 | +4.8% |
South West
| Bath and North East Somerset | £2,383.42 | +5.2% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £2,435.58 | +7.5% |
| Bristol | £2,713.68 | +5.0% |
| Cheltenham | £2,369.52 | +4.9% |
| Cornwall | £2,590.93 | +5.3% |
| Cotswold | £2,391.65 | +5.0% |
| Dorset | £2,765.02 | +5.1% |
| East Devon | £2,595.46 | +5.5% |
| Exeter | £2,495.36 | +4.8% |
| Forest of Dean | £2,443.42 | +5.0% |
| Gloucester | £2,355.84 | +4.9% |
| Isles of Scilly | £2,047.96 | +5.0% |
| Mid Devon | £2,656.41 | +5.4% |
| North Devon | £2,642.21 | +5.1% |
| North Somerset | £2,491.22 | +8.6% |
| Plymouth | £2,441.85 | +5.0% |
| Somerset | £2,560.59 | +5.0% |
| South Gloucestershire | £2,550.59 | +5.0% |
| South Hams | £2,615.22 | +5.0% |
| Stroud | £2,491.36 | +5.2% |
| Swindon | £2,438.10 | +5.2% |
| Teignbridge | £2,643.12 | +5.2% |
| Tewkesbury | £2,340.53 | +5.1% |
| Torbay | £2,470.25 | +5.1% |
| Torridge | £2,601.42 | +4.9% |
| West Devon | £2,705.33 | +5.1% |
| Wiltshire | £2,571.78 | +5.3% |
West Midlands
| Birmingham | £2,362.90 | +5.2% |
| Bromsgrove | £2,478.65 | +7.6% |
| Cannock Chase | £2,375.83 | +4.1% |
| Coventry | £2,516.72 | +4.3% |
| Dudley | £2,144.84 | +5.2% |
| East Staffordshire | £2,351.34 | +4.2% |
| Herefordshire | £2,574.37 | +5.1% |
| Lichfield | £2,351.90 | +4.1% |
| Malvern Hills | £2,450.92 | +7.5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,334.25 | +4.0% |
| North Warwickshire | £2,532.10 | +4.1% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £2,502.16 | +4.3% |
| Redditch | £2,462.95 | +7.6% |
| Rugby | £2,483.05 | +4.4% |
| Sandwell | £2,244.46 | +5.2% |
| Shropshire | £2,528.18 | +9.0% |
| Solihull | £2,197.26 | +5.2% |
| South Staffordshire | £2,313.67 | +4.2% |
| Stafford | £2,302.68 | +4.2% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £2,338.21 | +4.4% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £2,183.12 | +5.0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £2,484.17 | +4.4% |
| Tamworth | £2,300.76 | +4.1% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £2,256.26 | +5.1% |
| Walsall | £2,627.48 | +5.2% |
| Warwick | £2,461.55 | +4.5% |
| Wolverhampton | £2,538.99 | +5.2% |
| Worcester | £2,405.81 | +7.7% |
| Wychavon | £2,373.19 | +7.8% |
| Wyre Forest | £2,512.47 | +8.0% |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| Barnsley | £2,325.96 | +3.8% |
| Bradford | £2,360.73 | +5.1% |
| Calderdale | £2,420.15 | +5.1% |
| Doncaster | £2,167.75 | +2.7% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £2,466.08 | +5.2% |
| Kingston upon Hull | £2,295.04 | +5.2% |
| Kirklees | £2,441.07 | +5.1% |
| Leeds | £2,283.73 | +5.1% |
| North East Lincolnshire | £2,483.85 | +4.8% |
| North Lincolnshire | £2,348.46 | +4.9% |
| North Yorkshire | £2,544.34 | +5.2% |
| Rotherham | £2,381.53 | +4.3% |
| Sheffield | £2,510.16 | +5.1% |
| Wakefield | £2,296.89 | +5.1% |
| York | £2,287.15 | +5.2% |
Source: GOV.UK - Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Table 9). Figures are average Band D bills for each council area, including county, police, fire, Greater London Authority and average parish charges. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland aren't included yet.
Last updated: 15 October 2026.