Council tax by council
For 2026/27, council tax by council lists 296 councils in England, 22 councils in Wales and 32 councils in Scotland. Every council page lists the charge for each of its bands.
- average Band D in England, 2026/27
- £2,392
- average Band D in Wales, 2026/27
- £2,283
- average Band D in Scotland, 2026/27
- £1,653
Council tax by council: what your bill pays for
Your bill is collected by one council, yet it often pays for several bodies. The bill in England can cover the county council, police, fire and rescue, plus a parish council (MHCLG).
Each of these bodies adds a precept, a charge that is collected on its behalf. The Wales average Band D of £2,283 breaks down as £1,831 to county councils, £400 to police and £52 to community councils (Welsh Government).
Band D average by nation
To compare council tax 2026/27 levels, Band D is the standard measure (MHCLG). The Welsh Government warns against Band D comparisons across nations, because bands and dates differ in each nation (Welsh Government).
| Nation | Average Band D, 2026/27 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| England | £2,392 | MHCLG |
| Wales | £2,283 | Welsh Government |
| Scotland | £1,653 | Scottish Government |
How Band D drives the other bands
A council sets its own Band D. The law then fixes the rest. Band A pays six ninths of the Band D charge in England, while band H pays eighteen ninths (1992 Act, section 5).
Wales adds band I at 21 ninths. In Scotland, bands E to H pay a larger share than England's (section 74). Not sure of your band yet? Begin at the council tax band checker.
Councils in England and their council tax
Figures show the 2026/27 Band D charge for every council and, next to it, the change on 2025/26. The lowest in England is Wandsworth at £1,028, then Westminster at £1,050; the highest is Dorset at £2,765.
The low London figures are the official ones. Wandsworth, Westminster and the City of London have long set the lowest council tax in England, and London bills carry no county council charge on top.
East Midlands
- Amber Valley£2,408+4.8%
- Ashfield£2,609+4.1%
- Bassetlaw£2,645+4.2%
- Blaby£2,490+3.5%
- Bolsover£2,559+4.6%
- Boston£2,309+3.2%
- Broxtowe£2,618+4.1%
- Charnwood£2,406+3.4%
- Chesterfield£2,339+4.8%
- Derby£2,306+5.0%
- Derbyshire Dales£2,445+4.8%
- East Lindsey£2,276+3.4%
- Erewash£2,361+4.5%
- Gedling£2,610+4.1%
- Harborough£2,390+2.8%
- High Peak£2,385+4.8%
- Hinckley and Bosworth£2,383+3.4%
- Leicester£2,529+5.0%
- Lincoln£2,323+2.7%
- Mansfield£2,600+4.1%
- Melton£2,430+3.4%
- Newark and Sherwood£2,682+3.9%
- North East Derbyshire£2,467+4.7%
- North Kesteven£2,338+3.4%
- North Northamptonshire£2,424+5.3%
- North West Leicestershire£2,418+3.4%
- Nottingham£2,755+3.7%
- Oadby and Wigston£2,407+3.3%
- Rushcliffe£2,643+4.4%
- Rutland£2,738+2.5%
- South Derbyshire£2,340+4.8%
- South Holland£2,278+3.3%
- South Kesteven£2,260+3.3%
- West Lindsey£2,354+3.3%
- West Northamptonshire£2,487+5.3%
East of England
- Babergh£2,342+4.9%
- Basildon£2,327+3.7%
- Bedford£2,472+5.1%
- Braintree£2,280+3.9%
- Breckland£2,444+4.9%
- Brentwood£2,258+4.2%
- Broadland£2,438+4.7%
- Broxbourne£2,306+4.9%
- Cambridge£2,467+4.7%
- Castle Point£2,319+4.1%
- Central Bedfordshire£2,516+5.1%
- Chelmsford£2,300+4.2%
- Colchester£2,283+4.1%
- Dacorum£2,409+5.0%
- East Cambridgeshire£2,485+4.7%
- East Hertfordshire£2,455+4.9%
- East Suffolk£2,335+5.1%
- Epping Forest£2,277+4.1%
- Fenland£2,538+4.3%
- Great Yarmouth£2,414+4.7%
- Harlow£2,299+3.7%
- Hertsmere£2,406+5.1%
- Huntingdonshire£2,556+4.8%
- Ipswich£2,468+4.7%
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk£2,430+4.8%
- Luton£2,440+5.1%
- Maldon£2,328+4.3%
- Mid Suffolk£2,317+4.9%
- North Hertfordshire£2,449+5.0%
- North Norfolk£2,460+5.1%
- Norwich£2,503+4.7%
- Peterborough£2,293+4.9%
- Rochford£2,363+4.2%
- South Cambridgeshire£2,536+5.0%
- South Norfolk£2,483+4.9%
- Southend-on-Sea£2,265+5.1%
- St Albans£2,419+4.9%
- Stevenage£2,392+4.9%
- Tendring£2,270+4.2%
- Three Rivers£2,422+5.0%
- Thurrock£2,255+5.1%
- Uttlesford£2,334+4.3%
- Watford£2,447+4.4%
- Welwyn Hatfield£2,452+5.1%
- West Suffolk£2,351+4.8%
London
- Barking and Dagenham£2,199+4.8%
- Barnet£2,133+4.8%
- Bexley£2,366+4.8%
- Brent£2,235+4.8%
- Bromley£2,140+4.8%
- Camden£2,208+4.8%
- City of London£1,330+4.4%
- Croydon£2,600+4.8%
- Ealing£2,139+4.8%
- Enfield£2,268+4.8%
- Greenwich£2,108+4.8%
- Hackney£2,060+4.8%
- Hammersmith and Fulham£1,520+4.7%
- Haringey£2,314+4.8%
- Harrow£2,511+4.8%
- Havering£2,425+4.8%
- Hillingdon£2,045+4.8%
- Hounslow£2,186+4.8%
- Islington£2,108+4.8%
- Kensington and Chelsea£1,667+4.7%
- Kingston upon Thames£2,609+4.8%
- Lambeth£2,047+4.8%
- Lewisham£2,237+4.8%
- Merton£2,147+2.5%
- Newham£1,944+4.8%
- Redbridge£2,295+4.8%
- Richmond upon Thames£2,486+4.8%
- Southwark£1,967+4.8%
- Sutton£2,379+4.8%
- Tower Hamlets£1,838+4.7%
- Waltham Forest£2,387+4.8%
- Wandsworth£1,028+3.1%
- Westminster£1,050+3.0%
North East
- Darlington£2,494+5.2%
- Durham£2,622+2.8%
- Gateshead£2,716+5.3%
- Hartlepool£2,560+2.5%
- Middlesbrough£2,549+2.5%
- Newcastle upon Tyne£2,542+5.3%
- North Tyneside£2,462+5.4%
- Northumberland£2,597+5.4%
- Redcar and Cleveland£2,544+4.9%
- South Tyneside£2,434+5.3%
- Stockton-on-Tees£2,590+4.9%
- Sunderland£2,197+5.0%
North West
- Blackburn with Darwen£2,455+5.1%
- Blackpool£2,513+5.1%
- Bolton£2,400+5.9%
- Burnley£2,549+3.8%
- Bury£2,555+5.8%
- Cheshire East£2,455+5.2%
- Cheshire West and Chester£2,517+5.2%
- Chorley£2,430+3.7%
- Cumberland£2,511+4.9%
- Fylde£2,484+4.0%
- Halton£2,367+5.2%
- Hyndburn£2,466+3.6%
- Knowsley£2,488+4.9%
- Lancaster£2,503+4.0%
- Liverpool£2,674+5.0%
- Manchester£2,312+5.9%
- Oldham£2,602+5.8%
- Pendle£2,640+4.1%
- Preston£2,576+4.0%
- Ribble Valley£2,387+3.8%
- Rochdale£2,601+5.8%
- Rossendale£2,520+3.9%
- Salford£2,594+5.8%
- Sefton£2,583+5.0%
- South Ribble£2,443+3.8%
- St Helens£2,403+5.0%
- Stockport£2,619+5.8%
- Tameside£2,447+5.9%
- Trafford£2,292+8.0%
- Warrington£2,448+7.3%
- West Lancashire£2,456+4.0%
- Westmorland and Furness£2,508+5.0%
- Wigan£2,153+6.0%
- Wirral£2,501+5.0%
- Wyre£2,461+4.0%
South East
- Adur£2,548+4.8%
- Arun£2,487+4.9%
- Ashford£2,410+4.3%
- Basingstoke and Deane£2,255+5.0%
- Bracknell Forest£2,265+5.1%
- Brighton and Hove£2,581+5.0%
- Buckinghamshire£2,527+5.2%
- Canterbury£2,419+4.2%
- Cherwell£2,583+4.8%
- Chichester£2,470+5.3%
- Crawley£2,418+4.9%
- Dartford£2,375+4.1%
- Dover£2,462+4.1%
- East Hampshire£2,344+5.0%
- Eastbourne£2,654+4.8%
- Eastleigh£2,342+5.1%
- Elmbridge£2,558+4.7%
- Epsom and Ewell£2,531+4.7%
- Fareham£2,271+4.9%
- Folkestone and Hythe£2,539+4.2%
- Gosport£2,344+4.8%
- Gravesham£2,408+4.1%
- Guildford£2,547+4.9%
- Hart£2,400+5.0%
- Hastings£2,677+4.8%
- Havant£2,320+4.9%
- Horsham£2,441+5.1%
- Isle of Wight£2,626+5.3%
- Lewes£2,756+4.9%
- Maidstone£2,503+4.1%
- Medway£2,329+5.1%
- Mid Sussex£2,474+5.0%
- Milton Keynes£2,372+5.1%
- Mole Valley£2,520+4.7%
- New Forest£2,420+5.1%
- Oxford£2,678+4.7%
- Portsmouth£2,292+5.1%
- Reading£2,613+5.1%
- Reigate and Banstead£2,567+4.4%
- Rother£2,701+5.5%
- Runnymede£2,493+4.7%
- Rushmoor£2,320+4.9%
- Sevenoaks£2,522+4.3%
- Slough£2,414+5.0%
- South Oxfordshire£2,598+5.0%
- Southampton£2,381+5.1%
- Spelthorne£2,526+4.7%
- Surrey Heath£2,585+4.8%
- Swale£2,406+4.3%
- Tandridge£2,595+5.0%
- Test Valley£2,306+5.0%
- Thanet£2,491+4.2%
- Tonbridge and Malling£2,472+4.1%
- Tunbridge Wells£2,446+4.2%
- Vale of White Horse£2,577+4.9%
- Waverley£2,605+4.9%
- Wealden£2,728+4.6%
- West Berkshire£2,505+5.1%
- West Oxfordshire£2,567+5.0%
- Winchester£2,360+4.8%
- Windsor and Maidenhead£1,953+7.1%
- Woking£2,598+4.7%
- Wokingham£2,498+5.1%
- Worthing£2,456+4.8%
South West
- Bath and North East Somerset£2,383+5.2%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£2,436+7.5%
- Bristol£2,714+5.0%
- Cheltenham£2,370+4.9%
- Cornwall£2,591+5.3%
- Cotswold£2,392+5.0%
- Dorset£2,765+5.1%
- East Devon£2,595+5.4%
- Exeter£2,495+4.9%
- Forest of Dean£2,443+5.0%
- Gloucester£2,356+4.9%
- Isles of Scilly£2,048+5.0%
- Mid Devon£2,656+5.4%
- North Devon£2,642+5.1%
- North Somerset£2,491+8.6%
- Plymouth£2,442+5.0%
- Somerset£2,561+5.0%
- South Gloucestershire£2,551+5.1%
- South Hams£2,615+5.0%
- Stroud£2,491+5.1%
- Swindon£2,438+5.2%
- Teignbridge£2,643+5.2%
- Tewkesbury£2,341+5.1%
- Torbay£2,470+5.1%
- Torridge£2,601+4.9%
- West Devon£2,705+5.1%
- Wiltshire£2,572+5.3%
West Midlands
- Birmingham£2,363+5.2%
- Bromsgrove£2,479+7.6%
- Cannock Chase£2,376+4.1%
- Coventry£2,517+4.3%
- Dudley£2,145+5.2%
- East Staffordshire£2,351+4.2%
- Herefordshire£2,574+5.1%
- Lichfield£2,352+4.1%
- Malvern Hills£2,451+7.5%
- Newcastle-under-Lyme£2,334+4.0%
- North Warwickshire£2,532+4.1%
- Nuneaton and Bedworth£2,502+4.3%
- Redditch£2,463+7.6%
- Rugby£2,483+4.4%
- Sandwell£2,244+5.2%
- Shropshire£2,528+9.0%
- Solihull£2,197+5.2%
- South Staffordshire£2,314+4.2%
- Stafford£2,303+4.2%
- Staffordshire Moorlands£2,338+4.4%
- Stoke-on-Trent£2,183+5.0%
- Stratford-on-Avon£2,484+4.4%
- Tamworth£2,301+4.1%
- Telford and Wrekin£2,256+5.1%
- Walsall£2,627+5.2%
- Warwick£2,462+4.5%
- Wolverhampton£2,539+5.2%
- Worcester£2,406+7.7%
- Wychavon£2,373+7.8%
- Wyre Forest£2,512+7.9%
Yorkshire and the Humber
- Barnsley£2,326+3.8%
- Bradford£2,361+5.1%
- Calderdale£2,420+5.1%
- Doncaster£2,168+2.7%
- East Riding of Yorkshire£2,466+5.2%
- Kingston upon Hull£2,295+5.2%
- Kirklees£2,441+5.1%
- Leeds£2,284+5.1%
- North East Lincolnshire£2,484+4.8%
- North Lincolnshire£2,348+4.9%
- North Yorkshire£2,544+5.2%
- Rotherham£2,382+4.3%
- Sheffield£2,510+5.1%
- Wakefield£2,297+5.1%
- York£2,287+5.2%
Councils in Wales and their council tax
Figures show the 2026/27 Band D charge for every council and, next to it, the change on 2025/26. The lowest in Wales is Cardiff at £2,013, then Caerphilly at £2,083; the highest is Merthyr Tydfil at £2,594.
- Blaenau Gwent£2,531+4.2%
- Bridgend£2,478+5.1%
- Caerphilly£2,083+6.5%
- Cardiff£2,013+4.5%
- Carmarthenshire£2,351+5.3%
- Ceredigion£2,419+5.4%
- Conwy£2,473+6.5%
- Denbighshire£2,339+5.5%
- Flintshire£2,376+5.8%
- Gwynedd£2,469+5.5%
- Isle of Anglesey£2,261+5.4%
- Merthyr Tydfil£2,594+5.3%
- Monmouthshire£2,417+6.1%
- Neath Port Talbot£2,541+4.1%
- Newport£2,088+5.3%
- Pembrokeshire£2,166+5.2%
- Powys£2,352+5.2%
- Rhondda Cynon Taf£2,289+4.5%
- Swansea£2,238+4.5%
- Torfaen£2,156+4.7%
- Vale of Glamorgan£2,232+6.6%
- Wrexham£2,309+5.3%
Councils in Scotland and their council tax
Figures show the 2026/27 Band D charge for every council and, next to it, the change on 2025/26. The lowest in Scotland is South Lanarkshire at £1,468, then Shetland Islands at £1,488; the highest is Midlothian at £1,816.
- Aberdeen City£1,748+6.8%
- Aberdeenshire£1,686+10.0%
- Angus£1,599+9.4%
- Argyll and Bute£1,783+9.7%
- City of Edinburgh£1,626+4.0%
- Clackmannanshire£1,684+5.6%
- Dumfries and Galloway£1,579+8.5%
- Dundee City£1,730+7.7%
- East Ayrshire£1,717+6.9%
- East Dunbartonshire£1,752+9.5%
- East Lothian£1,698+7.5%
- East Renfrewshire£1,620+6.0%
- Falkirk£1,715+8.8%
- Fife£1,574+5.0%
- Glasgow City£1,706+5.9%
- Highland£1,634+7.0%
- Inverclyde£1,674+7.9%
- Midlothian£1,816+9.0%
- Moray£1,731+10.0%
- Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,506+8.5%
- North Ayrshire£1,686+8.5%
- North Lanarkshire£1,555+7.0%
- Orkney Islands£1,669+6.0%
- Perth and Kinross£1,674+8.9%
- Renfrewshire£1,691+7.5%
- Scottish Borders£1,619+8.5%
- Shetland Islands£1,488+7.3%
- South Ayrshire£1,695+8.0%
- South Lanarkshire£1,468+6.5%
- Stirling£1,753+8.8%
- West Dunbartonshire£1,682+7.8%
- West Lothian£1,628+7.4%