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Council Tax by Area 2026-27: England, Wales and Scotland

Band D council tax averages £2,391.52 in England (up 4.88%), £2,283.08 in Wales (up 5.23%) and £1,653.44 in Scotland. Pick your council for every band.

2026-27 · official figures · checked 8 October 2026

Highest and lowest in England

Highest Band DBand D
Dorset£2,765.02
Lewes£2,756.17
Nottingham£2,755.39
Rutland£2,737.58
Wealden£2,728.43
Gateshead£2,715.81
Bristol£2,713.68
West Devon£2,705.33
Lowest Band DBand 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
Tower Hamlets£1,837.78
Newham£1,944.23
Windsor and Maidenhead£1,952.62

Scotland

AreaBand DBand ABand H
Aberdeen City£1,747.54£1,165.03£4,281.47
Aberdeenshire£1,686.04£1,124.03£4,130.80
Angus£1,598.65£1,065.77£3,916.69
Argyll & Bute£1,783.33£1,188.89£4,369.16
City of Edinburgh£1,626.05£1,084.03£3,983.82
Clackmannanshire£1,683.67£1,122.45£4,124.99
Dumfries & Galloway£1,578.65£1,052.43£3,867.69
Dundee City£1,729.69£1,153.13£4,237.74
East Ayrshire£1,717.28£1,144.85£4,207.34
East Dunbartonshire£1,751.67£1,167.78£4,291.59
East Lothian£1,697.62£1,131.75£4,159.17
East Renfrewshire£1,620.15£1,080.10£3,969.37
Falkirk£1,715.09£1,143.39£4,201.97
Fife£1,573.70£1,049.13£3,855.57
Glasgow City£1,706.00£1,137.33£4,179.70
Highland£1,633.99£1,089.33£4,003.28
Inverclyde£1,673.85£1,115.90£4,100.93
Midlothian£1,816.16£1,210.77£4,449.59
Moray£1,731.14£1,154.09£4,241.29
Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,505.50£1,003.67£3,688.48
North Ayrshire£1,685.84£1,123.89£4,130.31
North Lanarkshire£1,554.56£1,036.37£3,808.67
Orkney Islands£1,669.07£1,112.71£4,089.22
Perth & Kinross£1,673.84£1,115.89£4,100.91
Renfrewshire£1,690.56£1,127.04£4,141.87
Scottish Borders£1,618.52£1,079.01£3,965.37
Shetland Islands£1,487.90£991.93£3,645.36
South Ayrshire£1,694.96£1,129.97£4,152.65
South Lanarkshire£1,468.47£978.98£3,597.76
Stirling£1,752.87£1,168.58£4,294.53
West Dunbartonshire£1,681.53£1,121.02£4,119.75
West Lothian£1,627.59£1,085.06£3,987.60

Wales

AreaBand DBand ABand H
Blaenau Gwent£2,531.26£1,687.51£5,906.27
Bridgend£2,477.99£1,651.99£5,781.98
Caerphilly£2,082.88£1,388.59£4,860.05
Cardiff£2,013.18£1,342.12£4,697.42
Carmarthenshire£2,351.20£1,567.47£5,486.13
Ceredigion£2,419.45£1,612.97£5,645.38
Conwy£2,472.82£1,648.55£5,769.91
Denbighshire£2,339.03£1,559.35£5,457.74
Flintshire£2,376.17£1,584.11£5,544.40
Gwynedd£2,468.77£1,645.85£5,760.46
Isle of Anglesey£2,260.73£1,507.15£5,275.04
Merthyr Tydfil£2,593.60£1,729.07£6,051.73
Monmouthshire£2,416.50£1,611.00£5,638.50
Neath Port Talbot£2,541.39£1,694.26£5,929.91
Newport£2,088.48£1,392.32£4,873.12
Pembrokeshire£2,166.15£1,444.10£5,054.35
Powys£2,351.72£1,567.81£5,487.35
Rhondda Cynon Taf£2,289.43£1,526.29£5,342.00
Swansea£2,238.29£1,492.19£5,222.68
Torfaen£2,155.68£1,437.12£5,029.92
Vale of Glamorgan£2,231.54£1,487.70£5,206.93
Wrexham£2,308.88£1,539.25£5,387.39

England: all councils A to Z

AreaBand DBand ABand H
Adur£2,548.28£1,698.85£5,096.56
Amber Valley£2,407.69£1,605.13£4,815.38
Arun£2,487.24£1,658.16£4,974.48
Ashfield£2,608.76£1,739.17£5,217.52
Ashford£2,410.16£1,606.77£4,820.32
Babergh£2,341.55£1,561.03£4,683.10
Barking and Dagenham£2,198.51£1,465.67£4,397.02
Barnet£2,132.60£1,421.73£4,265.20
Barnsley£2,325.96£1,550.64£4,651.92
Basildon£2,327.24£1,551.49£4,654.48
Basingstoke and Deane£2,255.21£1,503.47£4,510.42
Bassetlaw£2,644.95£1,763.30£5,289.90
Bath and North East Somerset£2,383.42£1,588.95£4,766.84
Bedford£2,471.74£1,647.83£4,943.48
Bexley£2,366.36£1,577.57£4,732.72
Birmingham£2,362.90£1,575.27£4,725.80
Blaby£2,490.22£1,660.15£4,980.44
Blackburn with Darwen£2,455.27£1,636.85£4,910.54
Blackpool£2,513.22£1,675.48£5,026.44
Bolsover£2,559.41£1,706.27£5,118.82
Bolton£2,399.74£1,599.83£4,799.48
Boston£2,308.73£1,539.15£4,617.46
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£2,435.58£1,623.72£4,871.16
Bracknell Forest£2,264.80£1,509.87£4,529.60
Bradford£2,360.73£1,573.82£4,721.46
Braintree£2,280.34£1,520.23£4,560.68
Breckland£2,443.67£1,629.11£4,887.34
Brent£2,235.27£1,490.18£4,470.54
Brentwood£2,258.14£1,505.43£4,516.28
Brighton and Hove£2,580.54£1,720.36£5,161.08
Bristol£2,713.68£1,809.12£5,427.36
Broadland£2,437.78£1,625.19£4,875.56
Bromley£2,140.04£1,426.69£4,280.08
Bromsgrove£2,478.65£1,652.43£4,957.30
Broxbourne£2,306.43£1,537.62£4,612.86
Broxtowe£2,618.21£1,745.47£5,236.42
Buckinghamshire£2,526.58£1,684.39£5,053.16
Burnley£2,549.42£1,699.61£5,098.84
Bury£2,555.15£1,703.43£5,110.30
Calderdale£2,420.15£1,613.43£4,840.30
Cambridge£2,467.02£1,644.68£4,934.04
Camden£2,207.55£1,471.70£4,415.10
Cannock Chase£2,375.83£1,583.89£4,751.66
Canterbury£2,419.33£1,612.89£4,838.66
Castle Point£2,318.63£1,545.75£4,637.26
Central Bedfordshire£2,516.16£1,677.44£5,032.32
Charnwood£2,405.64£1,603.76£4,811.28
Chelmsford£2,300.18£1,533.45£4,600.36
Cheltenham£2,369.52£1,579.68£4,739.04
Cherwell£2,582.96£1,721.97£5,165.92
Cheshire East£2,454.87£1,636.58£4,909.74
Cheshire West and Chester£2,517.33£1,678.22£5,034.66
Chesterfield£2,339.49£1,559.66£4,678.98
Chichester£2,469.68£1,646.45£4,939.36
Chorley£2,430.23£1,620.15£4,860.46
City of London£1,329.56£886.37£2,659.12
Colchester£2,282.85£1,521.90£4,565.70
Cornwall£2,590.93£1,727.29£5,181.86
Cotswold£2,391.65£1,594.43£4,783.30
Coventry£2,516.72£1,677.81£5,033.44
Crawley£2,418.46£1,612.31£4,836.92
Croydon£2,599.91£1,733.27£5,199.82
Cumberland£2,511.32£1,674.21£5,022.64
Dacorum£2,408.51£1,605.67£4,817.02
Darlington£2,493.83£1,662.55£4,987.66
Dartford£2,375.15£1,583.43£4,750.30
Derby£2,306.00£1,537.33£4,612.00
Derbyshire Dales£2,444.70£1,629.80£4,889.40
Doncaster£2,167.75£1,445.17£4,335.50
Dorset£2,765.02£1,843.35£5,530.04
Dover£2,461.74£1,641.16£4,923.48
Dudley£2,144.84£1,429.89£4,289.68
Durham£2,622.15£1,748.10£5,244.30
Ealing£2,138.53£1,425.69£4,277.06
East Cambridgeshire£2,485.18£1,656.79£4,970.36
East Devon£2,595.46£1,730.31£5,190.92
East Hampshire£2,343.92£1,562.61£4,687.84
East Hertfordshire£2,454.78£1,636.52£4,909.56
East Lindsey£2,275.88£1,517.25£4,551.76
East Riding of Yorkshire£2,466.08£1,644.05£4,932.16
East Staffordshire£2,351.34£1,567.56£4,702.68
East Suffolk£2,334.80£1,556.53£4,669.60
Eastbourne£2,654.28£1,769.52£5,308.56
Eastleigh£2,342.21£1,561.47£4,684.42
Elmbridge£2,557.75£1,705.17£5,115.50
Enfield£2,267.67£1,511.78£4,535.34
Epping Forest£2,277.21£1,518.14£4,554.42
Epsom and Ewell£2,530.84£1,687.23£5,061.68
Erewash£2,360.64£1,573.76£4,721.28
Exeter£2,495.36£1,663.57£4,990.72
Fareham£2,270.55£1,513.70£4,541.10
Fenland£2,537.74£1,691.83£5,075.48
Folkestone and Hythe£2,538.75£1,692.50£5,077.50
Forest of Dean£2,443.42£1,628.95£4,886.84
Fylde£2,483.94£1,655.96£4,967.88
Gateshead£2,715.81£1,810.54£5,431.62
Gedling£2,609.55£1,739.70£5,219.10
Gloucester£2,355.84£1,570.56£4,711.68
Gosport£2,344.29£1,562.86£4,688.58
Gravesham£2,408.24£1,605.49£4,816.48
Great Yarmouth£2,414.41£1,609.61£4,828.82
Greenwich£2,107.86£1,405.24£4,215.72
Guildford£2,547.30£1,698.20£5,094.60
Hackney£2,060.30£1,373.53£4,120.60
Halton£2,366.61£1,577.74£4,733.22
Hammersmith and Fulham£1,519.51£1,013.01£3,039.02
Harborough£2,389.87£1,593.25£4,779.74
Haringey£2,313.78£1,542.52£4,627.56
Harlow£2,298.69£1,532.46£4,597.38
Harrow£2,511.07£1,674.05£5,022.14
Hart£2,400.02£1,600.01£4,800.04
Hartlepool£2,560.20£1,706.80£5,120.40
Hastings£2,676.58£1,784.39£5,353.16
Havant£2,320.28£1,546.85£4,640.56
Havering£2,424.66£1,616.44£4,849.32
Herefordshire£2,574.37£1,716.25£5,148.74
Hertsmere£2,405.83£1,603.89£4,811.66
High Peak£2,384.66£1,589.77£4,769.32
Hillingdon£2,045.46£1,363.64£4,090.92
Hinckley and Bosworth£2,382.62£1,588.41£4,765.24
Horsham£2,441.01£1,627.34£4,882.02
Hounslow£2,185.56£1,457.04£4,371.12
Huntingdonshire£2,556.40£1,704.27£5,112.80
Hyndburn£2,465.98£1,643.99£4,931.96
Ipswich£2,468.25£1,645.50£4,936.50
Isle of Wight£2,625.79£1,750.53£5,251.58
Isles of Scilly£2,047.96£1,365.31£4,095.92
Islington£2,108.15£1,405.43£4,216.30
Kensington and Chelsea£1,666.65£1,111.10£3,333.30
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk£2,430.13£1,620.09£4,860.26
Kingston upon Hull£2,295.04£1,530.03£4,590.08
Kingston upon Thames£2,609.20£1,739.47£5,218.40
Kirklees£2,441.07£1,627.38£4,882.14
Knowsley£2,488.25£1,658.83£4,976.50
Lambeth£2,047.11£1,364.74£4,094.22
Lancaster£2,503.19£1,668.79£5,006.38
Leeds£2,283.73£1,522.49£4,567.46
Leicester£2,528.75£1,685.83£5,057.50
Lewes£2,756.17£1,837.45£5,512.34
Lewisham£2,237.33£1,491.55£4,474.66
Lichfield£2,351.90£1,567.93£4,703.80
Lincoln£2,323.08£1,548.72£4,646.16
Liverpool£2,673.59£1,782.39£5,347.18
Luton£2,439.93£1,626.62£4,879.86
Maidstone£2,502.59£1,668.39£5,005.18
Maldon£2,328.37£1,552.25£4,656.74
Malvern Hills£2,450.92£1,633.95£4,901.84
Manchester£2,312.04£1,541.36£4,624.08
Mansfield£2,600.38£1,733.59£5,200.76
Medway£2,328.55£1,552.37£4,657.10
Melton£2,429.67£1,619.78£4,859.34
Merton£2,146.76£1,431.17£4,293.52
Mid Devon£2,656.41£1,770.94£5,312.82
Mid Suffolk£2,316.88£1,544.59£4,633.76
Mid Sussex£2,474.26£1,649.51£4,948.52
Middlesbrough£2,549.16£1,699.44£5,098.32
Milton Keynes£2,372.21£1,581.47£4,744.42
Mole Valley£2,519.86£1,679.91£5,039.72
New Forest£2,419.76£1,613.17£4,839.52
Newark and Sherwood£2,682.10£1,788.07£5,364.20
Newcastle upon Tyne£2,542.19£1,694.79£5,084.38
Newcastle-under-Lyme£2,334.25£1,556.17£4,668.50
Newham£1,944.23£1,296.15£3,888.46
North Devon£2,642.21£1,761.47£5,284.42
North East Derbyshire£2,466.57£1,644.38£4,933.14
North East Lincolnshire£2,483.85£1,655.90£4,967.70
North Hertfordshire£2,448.52£1,632.35£4,897.04
North Kesteven£2,337.81£1,558.54£4,675.62
North Lincolnshire£2,348.46£1,565.64£4,696.92
North Norfolk£2,459.93£1,639.95£4,919.86
North Northamptonshire£2,423.96£1,615.97£4,847.92
North Somerset£2,491.22£1,660.81£4,982.44
North Tyneside£2,461.77£1,641.18£4,923.54
North Warwickshire£2,532.10£1,688.07£5,064.20
North West Leicestershire£2,418.20£1,612.13£4,836.40
North Yorkshire£2,544.34£1,696.23£5,088.68
Northumberland£2,596.94£1,731.29£5,193.88
Norwich£2,503.44£1,668.96£5,006.88
Nottingham£2,755.39£1,836.93£5,510.78
Nuneaton and Bedworth£2,502.16£1,668.11£5,004.32
Oadby and Wigston£2,406.85£1,604.57£4,813.70
Oldham£2,602.23£1,734.82£5,204.46
Oxford£2,678.40£1,785.60£5,356.80
Pendle£2,640.18£1,760.12£5,280.36
Peterborough£2,293.47£1,528.98£4,586.94
Plymouth£2,441.85£1,627.90£4,883.70
Portsmouth£2,291.71£1,527.81£4,583.42
Preston£2,575.74£1,717.16£5,151.48
Reading£2,612.77£1,741.85£5,225.54
Redbridge£2,294.58£1,529.72£4,589.16
Redcar and Cleveland£2,544.48£1,696.32£5,088.96
Redditch£2,462.95£1,641.97£4,925.90
Reigate and Banstead£2,566.61£1,711.07£5,133.22
Ribble Valley£2,386.50£1,591.00£4,773.00
Richmond upon Thames£2,486.10£1,657.40£4,972.20
Rochdale£2,600.83£1,733.89£5,201.66
Rochford£2,363.48£1,575.65£4,726.96
Rossendale£2,519.97£1,679.98£5,039.94
Rother£2,700.95£1,800.63£5,401.90
Rotherham£2,381.53£1,587.69£4,763.06
Rugby£2,483.05£1,655.37£4,966.10
Runnymede£2,492.99£1,661.99£4,985.98
Rushcliffe£2,643.27£1,762.18£5,286.54
Rushmoor£2,320.28£1,546.85£4,640.56
Rutland£2,737.58£1,825.05£5,475.16
Salford£2,594.45£1,729.63£5,188.90
Sandwell£2,244.46£1,496.31£4,488.92
Sefton£2,583.22£1,722.15£5,166.44
Sevenoaks£2,522.36£1,681.57£5,044.72
Sheffield£2,510.16£1,673.44£5,020.32
Shropshire£2,528.18£1,685.45£5,056.36
Slough£2,414.44£1,609.63£4,828.88
Solihull£2,197.26£1,464.84£4,394.52
Somerset£2,560.59£1,707.06£5,121.18
South Cambridgeshire£2,536.25£1,690.83£5,072.50
South Derbyshire£2,339.61£1,559.74£4,679.22
South Gloucestershire£2,550.59£1,700.39£5,101.18
South Hams£2,615.22£1,743.48£5,230.44
South Holland£2,278.20£1,518.80£4,556.40
South Kesteven£2,260.00£1,506.67£4,520.00
South Norfolk£2,482.87£1,655.25£4,965.74
South Oxfordshire£2,597.57£1,731.71£5,195.14
South Ribble£2,442.66£1,628.44£4,885.32
South Staffordshire£2,313.67£1,542.45£4,627.34
South Tyneside£2,434.43£1,622.95£4,868.86
Southampton£2,381.48£1,587.65£4,762.96
Southend-on-Sea£2,265.17£1,510.11£4,530.34
Southwark£1,967.26£1,311.51£3,934.52
Spelthorne£2,526.44£1,684.29£5,052.88
St Albans£2,419.22£1,612.81£4,838.44
St Helens£2,403.38£1,602.25£4,806.76
Stafford£2,302.68£1,535.12£4,605.36
Staffordshire Moorlands£2,338.21£1,558.81£4,676.42
Stevenage£2,391.97£1,594.65£4,783.94
Stockport£2,618.90£1,745.93£5,237.80
Stockton-on-Tees£2,589.83£1,726.55£5,179.66
Stoke-on-Trent£2,183.12£1,455.41£4,366.24
Stratford-on-Avon£2,484.17£1,656.11£4,968.34
Stroud£2,491.36£1,660.91£4,982.72
Sunderland£2,197.14£1,464.76£4,394.28
Surrey Heath£2,585.16£1,723.44£5,170.32
Sutton£2,378.64£1,585.76£4,757.28
Swale£2,405.65£1,603.77£4,811.30
Swindon£2,438.10£1,625.40£4,876.20
Tameside£2,447.21£1,631.47£4,894.42
Tamworth£2,300.76£1,533.84£4,601.52
Tandridge£2,594.85£1,729.90£5,189.70
Teignbridge£2,643.12£1,762.08£5,286.24
Telford and Wrekin£2,256.26£1,504.17£4,512.52
Tendring£2,269.63£1,513.09£4,539.26
Test Valley£2,305.52£1,537.01£4,611.04
Tewkesbury£2,340.53£1,560.35£4,681.06
Thanet£2,490.90£1,660.60£4,981.80
Three Rivers£2,422.31£1,614.87£4,844.62
Thurrock£2,254.68£1,503.12£4,509.36
Tonbridge and Malling£2,471.83£1,647.89£4,943.66
Torbay£2,470.25£1,646.83£4,940.50
Torridge£2,601.42£1,734.28£5,202.84
Tower Hamlets£1,837.78£1,225.19£3,675.56
Trafford£2,291.70£1,527.80£4,583.40
Tunbridge Wells£2,446.15£1,630.77£4,892.30
Uttlesford£2,333.82£1,555.88£4,667.64
Vale of White Horse£2,577.44£1,718.29£5,154.88
Wakefield£2,296.89£1,531.26£4,593.78
Walsall£2,627.48£1,751.65£5,254.96
Waltham Forest£2,386.96£1,591.31£4,773.92
Wandsworth£1,028.21£685.47£2,056.42
Warrington£2,447.61£1,631.74£4,895.22
Warwick£2,461.55£1,641.03£4,923.10
Watford£2,446.70£1,631.13£4,893.40
Waverley£2,604.87£1,736.58£5,209.74
Wealden£2,728.43£1,818.95£5,456.86
Welwyn Hatfield£2,452.26£1,634.84£4,904.52
West Berkshire£2,505.37£1,670.25£5,010.74
West Devon£2,705.33£1,803.55£5,410.66
West Lancashire£2,456.23£1,637.49£4,912.46
West Lindsey£2,354.25£1,569.50£4,708.50
West Northamptonshire£2,486.66£1,657.77£4,973.32
West Oxfordshire£2,566.95£1,711.30£5,133.90
West Suffolk£2,351.47£1,567.65£4,702.94
Westminster£1,049.55£699.70£2,099.10
Westmorland and Furness£2,507.99£1,671.99£5,015.98
Wigan£2,152.68£1,435.12£4,305.36
Wiltshire£2,571.78£1,714.52£5,143.56
Winchester£2,359.76£1,573.17£4,719.52
Windsor and Maidenhead£1,952.62£1,301.75£3,905.24
Wirral£2,500.59£1,667.06£5,001.18
Woking£2,598.04£1,732.03£5,196.08
Wokingham£2,497.70£1,665.13£4,995.40
Wolverhampton£2,538.99£1,692.66£5,077.98
Worcester£2,405.81£1,603.87£4,811.62
Worthing£2,456.13£1,637.42£4,912.26
Wychavon£2,373.19£1,582.13£4,746.38
Wyre£2,460.53£1,640.35£4,921.06
Wyre Forest£2,512.47£1,674.98£5,024.94
York£2,287.15£1,524.77£4,574.30

See how council tax works, including bands, discounts and exemptions, in our council tax guide.

Sources: MHCLG (England), Welsh Government and Scottish Government. Scottish figures exclude water and sewerage charges. Figures are for a dwelling occupied by two adults before discounts.