UK council tax by area — Band D for 296 councils

The average Band D council tax across England is £2,391.52 for 2026-27, according to MHCLG's official council-tax-levels statistics. The table below ranks every billing authority in England by its total Band D area bill (including county, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts). Click any council for its full A–H band table, the average per-dwelling charge, and answers to common questions.

England average

Area	Band D	Avg per dwelling
England	£2,391.52	£1,868.04

Billing authorities (296)

#	Area	Region	Band D	Avg per dwelling
1	Dorset Council	South West	£2,765.02	£2,458.45
2	Lewes	South East	£2,756.17	£2,321.18
3	City of Nottingham UA	East Midlands	£2,755.39	£1,549.16
4	Rutland UA	East Midlands	£2,737.58	£2,596.83
5	Wealden	South East	£2,728.43	£2,615.97
6	Gateshead	North East	£2,715.81	£1,595.39
7	Bristol UA	South West	£2,713.68	£1,825.17
8	West Devon	South West	£2,705.33	£2,268.08
9	Rother	South East	£2,700.95	£2,353.41
10	Newark & Sherwood	East Midlands	£2,682.10	£2,013.48
11	Oxford	South East	£2,678.40	£2,262.74
12	Hastings	South East	£2,676.58	£1,703.48
13	Liverpool	North West	£2,673.59	£1,461.02
14	Mid Devon	South West	£2,656.41	£2,179.95
15	Eastbourne	South East	£2,654.28	£1,996.20
16	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£2,644.95	£1,813.51
17	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£2,643.27	£2,363.62
18	Teignbridge	South West	£2,643.12	£2,166.58
19	North Devon	South West	£2,642.21	£2,059.24
20	Pendle	North West	£2,640.18	£1,623.78
21	Walsall	West Midlands	£2,627.48	£1,717.61
22	Isle of Wight UA	South East	£2,625.79	£2,112.74
23	Durham UA	North East	£2,622.15	£1,608.04
24	Stockport	North West	£2,618.90	£1,991.21
25	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£2,618.21	£1,861.08
26	South Hams	South West	£2,615.22	£2,566.26
27	Reading UA	South East	£2,612.77	£2,142.11
28	Gedling	East Midlands	£2,609.55	£1,914.14
29	Kingston upon Thames	London	£2,609.20	£2,597.36
30	Ashfield	East Midlands	£2,608.76	£1,583.67
31	Waverley	South East	£2,604.87	£2,752.27
32	Oldham	North West	£2,602.23	£1,612.94
33	Torridge	South West	£2,601.42	£2,029.03
34	Rochdale	North West	£2,600.83	£1,643.61
35	Mansfield	East Midlands	£2,600.38	£1,591.41
36	Croydon	London	£2,599.91	£2,158.64
37	Woking	South East	£2,598.04	£2,582.33
38	South Oxfordshire	South East	£2,597.57	£2,530.02
39	Northumberland UA	North East	£2,596.94	£1,923.03
40	East Devon	South West	£2,595.46	£2,320.48
41	Tandridge	South East	£2,594.85	£2,728.60
42	Salford	North West	£2,594.45	£1,580.56
43	Cornwall UA	South West	£2,590.93	£2,081.12
44	Stockton-on-Tees UA	North East	£2,589.83	£1,829.14
45	Surrey Heath	South East	£2,585.16	£2,760.12
46	Sefton	North West	£2,583.22	£1,788.87
47	Cherwell	South East	£2,582.96	£2,210.49
48	Brighton & Hove UA	South East	£2,580.54	£1,954.94
49	Vale of White Horse	South East	£2,577.44	£2,453.11
50	Preston	North West	£2,575.74	£1,724.24
51	Herefordshire UA	West Midlands	£2,574.37	£2,177.40
52	Wiltshire UA	South West	£2,571.78	£2,272.57
53	West Oxfordshire	South East	£2,566.95	£2,445.22
54	Reigate & Banstead	South East	£2,566.61	£2,618.70
55	Somerset UA	South West	£2,560.59	£2,086.28
56	Hartlepool UA	North East	£2,560.20	£1,522.75
57	Bolsover	East Midlands	£2,559.41	£1,566.00
58	Elmbridge	South East	£2,557.75	£2,926.89
59	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£2,556.40	£2,113.65
60	Bury	North West	£2,555.15	£1,792.65
61	South Gloucestershire UA	South West	£2,550.59	£2,121.01
62	Burnley	North West	£2,549.42	£1,482.18
63	Middlesbrough UA	North East	£2,549.16	£1,487.20
64	Adur	South East	£2,548.28	£2,030.50
65	Guildford	South East	£2,547.30	£2,633.63
66	Redcar & Cleveland UA	North East	£2,544.48	£1,636.92
67	North Yorkshire UA	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,544.34	£2,199.14
68	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£2,542.19	£1,454.36
69	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£2,538.99	£1,546.97
70	Folkestone & Hythe	South East	£2,538.75	£2,003.01
71	Fenland	East of England	£2,537.74	£1,747.98
72	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£2,536.25	£2,461.35
73	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£2,532.10	£1,923.45
74	Epsom & Ewell	South East	£2,530.84	£2,644.20
75	Leicester City UA	East Midlands	£2,528.75	£1,591.94
76	Shropshire UA	West Midlands	£2,528.18	£2,063.09
77	Buckinghamshire UA	South East	£2,526.58	£2,539.75
78	Spelthorne	South East	£2,526.44	£2,366.17
79	Sevenoaks	South East	£2,522.36	£2,582.36
80	Rossendale	North West	£2,519.97	£1,661.51
81	Mole Valley	South East	£2,519.86	£2,769.46
82	Cheshire West and Chester UA	North West	£2,517.33	£2,038.98
83	Coventry	West Midlands	£2,516.72	£1,600.83
84	Central Bedfordshire UA	East of England	£2,516.16	£2,249.90
85	Blackpool UA	North West	£2,513.22	£1,393.32
86	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£2,512.47	£1,864.27
87	Cumberland	North West	£2,511.32	£1,733.53
88	Harrow	London	£2,511.07	£2,388.72
89	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,510.16	£1,538.28
90	Westmorland and Furness UA	North West	£2,507.99	£2,086.79
91	West Berkshire UA	South East	£2,505.37	£2,389.44
92	Norwich	East of England	£2,503.44	£1,480.90
93	Lancaster	North West	£2,503.19	£1,736.74
94	Maidstone	South East	£2,502.59	£2,213.53
95	Nuneaton & Bedworth	West Midlands	£2,502.16	£1,702.36
96	Wirral	North West	£2,500.59	£1,683.54
97	Wokingham UA	South East	£2,497.70	£2,656.17
98	Exeter	South West	£2,495.36	£1,861.70
99	Darlington UA	North East	£2,493.83	£1,708.93
100	Runnymede	South East	£2,492.99	£2,444.33
101	Stroud	South West	£2,491.36	£2,132.67
102	North Somerset UA	South West	£2,491.22	£2,069.26
103	Thanet	South East	£2,490.90	£1,757.15
104	Blaby	East Midlands	£2,490.22	£1,967.57
105	Knowsley	North West	£2,488.25	£1,426.93
106	Arun	South East	£2,487.24	£2,128.88
107	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£2,486.66	£2,017.07
108	Richmond upon Thames	London	£2,486.10	£2,653.19
109	East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£2,485.18	£2,036.91
110	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£2,484.17	£2,362.66
111	Fylde	North West	£2,483.94	£2,016.01
112	North East Lincolnshire UA	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,483.85	£1,574.73
113	Rugby	West Midlands	£2,483.05	£2,036.42
114	South Norfolk	East of England	£2,482.87	£2,042.07
115	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£2,478.65	£2,231.34
116	Mid Sussex	South East	£2,474.26	£2,404.29
117	Tonbridge & Malling	South East	£2,471.83	£2,370.72
118	Bedford UA	East of England	£2,471.74	£2,010.80
119	Torbay UA	South West	£2,470.25	£1,807.91
120	Chichester	South East	£2,469.68	£2,467.06
121	Ipswich	East of England	£2,468.25	£1,630.19
122	Cambridge	East of England	£2,467.02	£2,039.84
123	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£2,466.57	£1,724.84
124	East Riding of Yorkshire UA	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,466.08	£1,944.02
125	Hyndburn	North West	£2,465.98	£1,475.23
126	Redditch	West Midlands	£2,462.95	£1,737.19
127	North Tyneside	North East	£2,461.77	£1,602.47
128	Dover	South East	£2,461.74	£1,908.56
129	Warwick	West Midlands	£2,461.55	£2,177.64
130	Wyre	North West	£2,460.53	£1,793.03
131	North Norfolk	East of England	£2,459.93	£2,053.83
132	West Lancashire	North West	£2,456.23	£1,859.37
133	Worthing	South East	£2,456.13	£1,929.78
134	Blackburn with Darwen UA	North West	£2,455.27	£1,488.42
135	Cheshire East UA	North West	£2,454.87	£2,172.25
136	East Hertfordshire	East of England	£2,454.78	£2,400.05
137	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£2,452.26	£2,219.42
138	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	£2,450.92	£2,212.73
139	North Hertfordshire	East of England	£2,448.52	£2,128.73
140	Warrington UA	North West	£2,447.61	£1,871.85
141	Tameside	North West	£2,447.21	£1,552.31
142	Watford	East of England	£2,446.70	£2,041.03
143	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£2,446.15	£2,331.29
144	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£2,444.70	£2,217.44
145	Breckland	East of England	£2,443.67	£1,818.80
146	Forest of Dean	South West	£2,443.42	£1,963.26
147	South Ribble	North West	£2,442.66	£1,836.39
148	Plymouth UA	South West	£2,441.85	£1,604.67
149	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,441.07	£1,667.67
150	Horsham	South East	£2,441.01	£2,441.14
151	Luton UA	East of England	£2,439.93	£1,685.78
152	Swindon UA	South West	£2,438.10	£1,910.74
153	Broadland	East of England	£2,437.78	£1,983.25
154	Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole	South West	£2,435.58	£2,019.92
155	South Tyneside	North East	£2,434.43	£1,345.21
156	Chorley	North West	£2,430.23	£1,817.23
157	King's Lynn & West Norfolk	East of England	£2,430.13	£1,894.13
158	Melton	East Midlands	£2,429.67	£2,063.11
159	Havering	London	£2,424.66	£2,055.89
160	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£2,423.96	£1,813.42
161	Three Rivers	East of England	£2,422.31	£2,541.70
162	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,420.15	£1,679.62
163	New Forest	South East	£2,419.76	£2,193.51
164	Canterbury	South East	£2,419.33	£1,980.98
165	St Albans	East of England	£2,419.22	£2,504.32
166	Crawley	South East	£2,418.46	£1,923.42
167	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£2,418.20	£1,892.28
168	Slough UA	South East	£2,414.44	£1,936.73
169	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£2,414.41	£1,563.42
170	Ashford	South East	£2,410.16	£2,023.24
171	Dacorum	East of England	£2,408.51	£2,166.75
172	Gravesham	South East	£2,408.24	£1,916.54
173	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£2,407.69	£1,702.88
174	Oadby & Wigston	East Midlands	£2,406.85	£1,903.38
175	Hertsmere	East of England	£2,405.83	£2,313.97
176	Worcester	West Midlands	£2,405.81	£1,741.57
177	Swale	South East	£2,405.65	£1,846.74
178	Charnwood	East Midlands	£2,405.64	£1,938.20
179	St Helens	North West	£2,403.38	£1,537.53
180	Hart	South East	£2,400.02	£2,480.67
181	Bolton	North West	£2,399.74	£1,555.46
182	Stevenage	East of England	£2,391.97	£1,811.79
183	Cotswold	South West	£2,391.65	£2,400.32
184	Harborough	East Midlands	£2,389.87	£2,165.78
185	Waltham Forest	London	£2,386.96	£1,813.35
186	Ribble Valley	North West	£2,386.50	£2,104.16
187	High Peak	East Midlands	£2,384.66	£1,810.25
188	Bath & North East Somerset UA	South West	£2,383.42	£2,079.31
189	Hinckley & Bosworth	East Midlands	£2,382.62	£1,855.69
190	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,381.53	£1,465.42
191	Southampton UA	South East	£2,381.48	£1,539.27
192	Sutton	London	£2,378.64	£2,135.76
193	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£2,375.83	£1,560.70
194	Dartford	South East	£2,375.15	£2,006.30
195	Wychavon	West Midlands	£2,373.19	£2,099.55
196	Milton Keynes UA	South East	£2,372.21	£1,928.74
197	Cheltenham	South West	£2,369.52	£1,895.34
198	Halton UA	North West	£2,366.61	£1,508.13
199	Bexley	London	£2,366.36	£2,047.40
200	Rochford	East of England	£2,363.48	£2,124.07
201	Birmingham	West Midlands	£2,362.90	£1,457.58
202	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,360.73	£1,593.68
203	Erewash	East Midlands	£2,360.64	£1,571.02
204	Winchester	South East	£2,359.76	£2,328.76
205	Gloucester	South West	£2,355.84	£1,616.52
206	West Lindsey	East Midlands	£2,354.25	£1,709.65
207	Lichfield	West Midlands	£2,351.90	£2,039.33
208	West Suffolk	East of England	£2,351.47	£1,818.04
209	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	£2,351.34	£1,755.64
210	North Lincolnshire UA	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,348.46	£1,602.55
211	Gosport	South East	£2,344.29	£1,748.17
212	East Hampshire	South East	£2,343.92	£2,257.92
213	Eastleigh	South East	£2,342.21	£1,932.63
214	Babergh	East of England	£2,341.55	£1,996.77
215	Tewkesbury	South West	£2,340.53	£2,060.62
216	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£2,339.61	£1,856.15
217	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£2,339.49	£1,430.74
218	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£2,338.21	£1,815.67
219	North Kesteven	East Midlands	£2,337.81	£1,794.04
220	East Suffolk	East of England	£2,334.80	£1,864.79
221	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£2,334.25	£1,681.17
222	Uttlesford	East of England	£2,333.82	£2,417.82
223	Medway UA	South East	£2,328.55	£1,806.92
224	Maldon	East of England	£2,328.37	£2,111.24
225	Basildon	East of England	£2,327.24	£1,822.62
226	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,325.96	£1,392.76
227	Lincoln	East Midlands	£2,323.08	£1,368.78
228	Havant	South East	£2,320.28	£1,780.04
229	Rushmoor	South East	£2,320.28	£1,937.53
230	Castle Point	East of England	£2,318.63	£1,907.77
231	Mid Suffolk	East of England	£2,316.88	£2,025.06
232	Haringey	London	£2,313.78	£1,661.68
233	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£2,313.67	£1,931.30
234	Manchester	North West	£2,312.04	£1,444.25
235	Boston	East Midlands	£2,308.73	£1,503.68
236	Broxbourne	East of England	£2,306.43	£2,034.66
237	Derby City UA	East Midlands	£2,306.00	£1,514.07
238	Test Valley	South East	£2,305.52	£2,134.00
239	Stafford	West Midlands	£2,302.68	£1,851.79
240	Tamworth	West Midlands	£2,300.76	£1,597.39
241	Chelmsford	East of England	£2,300.18	£2,080.30
242	Harlow	East of England	£2,298.69	£1,712.44
243	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,296.89	£1,526.57
244	Kingston upon Hull UA	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,295.04	£1,266.43
245	Redbridge	London	£2,294.58	£2,022.19
246	Peterborough UA	East of England	£2,293.47	£1,641.95
247	Portsmouth UA	South East	£2,291.71	£1,517.28
248	Trafford	North West	£2,291.70	£1,825.88
249	York UA	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,287.15	£1,849.56
250	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,283.73	£1,604.96
251	Colchester	East of England	£2,282.85	£1,854.45
252	Braintree	East of England	£2,280.34	£1,920.85
253	South Holland	East Midlands	£2,278.20	£1,620.02
254	Epping Forest	East of England	£2,277.21	£2,229.02
255	East Lindsey	East Midlands	£2,275.88	£1,579.87
256	Fareham	South East	£2,270.55	£2,042.89
257	Tendring	East of England	£2,269.63	£1,666.29
258	Enfield	London	£2,267.67	£1,890.79
259	Southend-on-Sea UA	East of England	£2,265.17	£1,698.47
260	Bracknell Forest UA	South East	£2,264.80	£2,162.33
261	South Kesteven	East Midlands	£2,260.00	£1,721.61
262	Brentwood	East of England	£2,258.14	£2,241.55
263	Telford and the Wrekin UA	West Midlands	£2,256.26	£1,625.04
264	Basingstoke & Deane	South East	£2,255.21	£1,959.61
265	Thurrock UA	East of England	£2,254.68	£1,766.53
266	Sandwell	West Midlands	£2,244.46	£1,364.04
267	Lewisham	London	£2,237.33	£1,619.69
268	Brent	London	£2,235.27	£1,883.60
269	Camden	London	£2,207.55	£1,998.38
270	Barking & Dagenham	London	£2,198.51	£1,575.55
271	Solihull	West Midlands	£2,197.26	£1,882.76
272	Sunderland	North East	£2,197.14	£1,294.02
273	Hounslow	London	£2,185.56	£1,893.19
274	Stoke-on-Trent UA	West Midlands	£2,183.12	£1,295.29
275	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	£2,167.75	£1,356.00
276	Wigan	North West	£2,152.68	£1,424.16
277	Merton	London	£2,146.76	£1,998.57
278	Dudley	West Midlands	£2,144.84	£1,507.79
279	Bromley	London	£2,140.04	£2,102.51
280	Ealing	London	£2,138.53	£1,841.80
281	Barnet	London	£2,132.60	£2,169.87
282	Islington	London	£2,108.15	£1,649.58
283	Greenwich	London	£2,107.86	£1,573.21
284	Hackney	London	£2,060.30	£1,422.17
285	Isles of Scilly	South West	£2,047.96	£2,477.12
286	Lambeth	London	£2,047.11	£1,652.53
287	Hillingdon	London	£2,045.46	£1,900.24
288	Southwark	London	£1,967.26	£1,534.66
289	Windsor & Maidenhead UA	South East	£1,952.62	£2,132.62
290	Newham	London	£1,944.23	£1,435.60
291	Tower Hamlets	London	£1,837.78	£1,446.16
292	Kensington & Chelsea	London	£1,666.65	£2,065.59
293	Hammersmith & Fulham	London	£1,519.51	£1,509.06
294	City of London	London	£1,329.56	£1,835.85
295	Westminster	London	£1,049.55	£1,272.65
296	Wandsworth	London	£1,028.21	£981.24

Reference period: financial year 2026-27 (latest published edition). Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3).