Council Tax Rates 2025-26
Find your council tax bands and rates for 2025-26. Select your local authority below for a full Band A to H breakdown.
Your council tax bill is your local council's Band D rate multiplied by your band's fraction: Band A pays 6/9 of Band D, Band D pays the full rate, and Band H pays double (18/9). For 2025-26 the average Band D bill is £2,280 in England, £1,579 in Scotland and £2,170 in Wales.
- Bands run A to H in England and Scotland (A to I in Wales), set on 1 April 1991 property values.
- Band A (the lowest) pays £1,520 on average in England; Band H pays £4,560.
- Living alone qualifies you for a 25% single person discount.
- Full-time students and severely mentally impaired residents can be exempt entirely.
Council tax bands A to H (England, 2025-26)
| Band | 1991 property value | Fraction of Band D | Average bill 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | Up to £40,000 | 6/9 | £1,520 |
| Band B | £40,001 to £52,000 | 7/9 | £1,773 |
| Band C | £52,001 to £68,000 | 8/9 | £2,027 |
| Band D | £68,001 to £88,000 | 9/9 | £2,280 |
| Band E | £88,001 to £120,000 | 11/9 | £2,787 |
| Band F | £120,001 to £160,000 | 13/9 | £3,293 |
| Band G | £160,001 to £320,000 | 15/9 | £3,800 |
| Band H | £320,001 and above | 18/9 | £4,560 |
Average bills use the England average Band D of £2,280. Your actual bill depends on your local authority's rate. Source: GOV.UK council tax bands.
£2,280
England average (Band D)
£1,579
Scotland average (Band D)
£2,170
Wales average (Band D)
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London Boroughs
Wandsworth £990 Westminster £1,022 City of London £1,279 Hammersmith & Fulham £1,456 Kensington & Chelsea £1,584 Newham £1,620 Barking & Dagenham £1,690 Lewisham £1,690 Merton £1,700 Bromley £1,720 Hounslow £1,740 Tower Hamlets £1,755 Greenwich £1,760 Barnet £1,780 Brent £1,780 Redbridge £1,780 Hillingdon £1,800 Sutton £1,800 Camden £1,808 Ealing £1,810 Enfield £1,820 Waltham Forest £1,830 Haringey £1,860 Southwark £1,873 Bexley £1,900 Havering £1,900 East London £1,900 Croydon £1,920 Harrow £1,940 Lambeth £1,954 Hackney £1,967 Islington £2,012 Richmond upon Thames £2,020 Kingston upon Thames £2,050
English Cities & Councils
Nottingham £2,656 Bristol £2,584 Newcastle £2,412 Leicester £2,400 Middlesbrough £2,400 Norwich £2,392 Sheffield £2,384 Northampton £2,380 Towcester £2,380 Brackley £2,380 Oxford £2,355 Cambridge £2,355 Brighton £2,350 Torbay £2,350 Luton £2,350 Plymouth £2,325 Hartlepool £2,300 Bath £2,300 Southend-on-Sea £2,300 Bolsover £2,300 Bath & NE Somerset £2,300 York £2,270 Rotherham £2,250 South Tyneside £2,250 Peterborough £2,250 Walsall £2,250 Mansfield £2,250 Maltby £2,250 Rawmarsh £2,250 Jarrow £2,250 South Shields £2,250 Hebburn £2,250 Birmingham £2,245 Southampton £2,200 Coventry £2,200 Exeter £2,200 Portsmouth £2,200 Wolverhampton £2,200 Tameside £2,200 Bradford £2,200 Doncaster £2,200 Barnsley £2,200 Gateshead £2,200 Stockton-on-Tees £2,200 Sandwell £2,200 Slough £2,200 Gedling £2,200 Ashfield £2,200 Chesterfield £2,200 Redditch £2,200 North Warwickshire £2,200 North Somerset £2,200 Isle of Wight £2,200 Thurrock £2,200 Hucknall £2,200 Kirkby-in-Ashfield £2,200 Atherstone £2,200 Grays £2,200 Tilbury £2,200 Stanford-le-Hope £2,200 Weston-super-Mare £2,200 Clevedon £2,200 Portishead £2,200 Newport (IoW) £2,200 Ryde £2,200 Sandown £2,200 Bingley £2,200 Shipley £2,200 Keighley £2,200 Ilkley £2,200 Mexborough £2,200 Thorne £2,200 Penistone £2,200 Wombwell £2,200 Blaydon £2,200 Birtley £2,200 Eaglescliffe £2,200 Billingham £2,200 Thornaby £2,200 Yarm £2,200 Norton £2,200 Manchester £2,183 Oldham £2,180 Calderdale £2,180 Wakefield £2,180 Dudley £2,180 Thanet £2,180 Broxtowe £2,180 Margate £2,180 Ramsgate £2,180 Broadstairs £2,180 Pontefract £2,180 Castleford £2,180 Ossett £2,180 Sowerby Bridge £2,180 Hebden Bridge £2,180 Brighouse £2,180 Todmorden £2,180 Rochdale £2,170 Leeds £2,160 Wetherby £2,160 Bury £2,150 Salford £2,150 Kirklees £2,150 Sunderland £2,150 Lincoln £2,150 Worcester £2,150 Hastings £2,150 Gloucester £2,150 NE Derbyshire £2,150 Erewash £2,150 Wyre Forest £2,150 Nuneaton & Bedworth £2,150 Tamworth £2,150 Wirral £2,150 Ilkeston £2,150 Long Eaton £2,150 Kidderminster £2,150 Stourport-on-Severn £2,150 Bewdley £2,150 Bedworth £2,150 Eccles £2,150 Swinton £2,150 Birkenhead £2,150 Wallasey £2,150 Batley £2,150 Dewsbury £2,150 Huddersfield £2,150 Spenborough £2,150 Houghton-le-Spring £2,150 Washington £2,150 Bolton £2,102 Liverpool £2,100 Reading £2,100 Swindon £2,100 Derby £2,100 Stoke-on-Trent £2,100 Stockport £2,100 Hull £2,100 North Tyneside £2,100 Darlington £2,100 Crawley £2,100 Maidstone £2,100 Eastbourne £2,100 Bournemouth & Poole £2,100 Cheltenham £2,100 Ipswich £2,100 Hyndburn £2,100 Halton £2,100 Oadby & Wigston £2,100 Bassetlaw £2,100 Amber Valley £2,100 High Peak £2,100 Bromsgrove £2,100 Stratford-upon-Avon £2,100 Rugby £2,100 Swale £2,100 Gravesham £2,100 Medway £2,100 Dover £2,100 Woking £2,100 Spelthorne £2,100 Tandridge £2,100 Lewes £2,100 Arun £2,100 Gosport £2,100 East Devon £2,100 Teignbridge £2,100 Mendip £2,100 South Somerset £2,100 Basildon £2,100 Castle Point £2,100 Harlow £2,100 Rochford £2,100 North Hertfordshire £2,100 Stevenage £2,100 Watford £2,100 Welwyn Hatfield £2,100 Great Yarmouth £2,100 North Northamptonshire £2,100 Windsor & Maidenhead £2,100 Boston £2,100 Fenland £2,100 Bedford £2,100 Northumberland £2,100 Blackpool £2,100 East Staffordshire £2,100 Cannock Chase £2,100 Stroud £2,100 North East Lincolnshire £2,100 Rutland £2,100 Knowsley £2,100 Copeland £2,100 Barrow-in-Furness £2,100 Redcar & Cleveland £2,100 Buckinghamshire £2,100 South Gloucestershire £2,100 Corby £2,100 Liverpool City £2,100 Accrington £2,100 Hexham £2,100 Morpeth £2,100 Alnwick £2,100 Berwick-upon-Tweed £2,100 Worksop £2,100 Retford £2,100 Ripley £2,100 Alfreton £2,100 Belper £2,100 Buxton £2,100 Glossop £2,100 Cleethorpes £2,100 Grimsby £2,100 Wigston £2,100 Corby £2,100 Stratford-upon-Avon (town) £2,100 Burton upon Trent £2,100 Uttoxeter £2,100 Rugeley £2,100 Cannock £2,100 Deal £2,100 Faversham £2,100 Sittingbourne £2,100 Sheerness £2,100 Chatham £2,100 Gillingham £2,100 Rochester £2,100 Strood £2,100 Bognor Regis £2,100 Littlehampton £2,100 Arundel £2,100 Peacehaven £2,100 Seaford £2,100 Newhaven £2,100 Oxted £2,100 Caterham £2,100 Warlingham £2,100 Staines-upon-Thames £2,100 Sunbury-on-Thames £2,100 Maidenhead £2,100 Windsor £2,100 Ascot £2,100 Gerrards Cross £2,100 Amersham £2,100 Beaconsfield £2,100 Marlow £2,100 High Wycombe £2,100 Aylesbury £2,100 Chesham £2,100 Rayleigh £2,100 Hockley £2,100 Billericay £2,100 Wickford £2,100 South Benfleet £2,100 Canvey Island £2,100 Hatfield £2,100 Welwyn £2,100 Royston £2,100 Hitchin £2,100 Letchworth Garden City £2,100 March £2,100 Wisbech £2,100 Chatteris £2,100 Dawlish £2,100 Newton Abbot £2,100 Teignmouth £2,100 Sidmouth £2,100 Exmouth £2,100 Honiton £2,100 Axminster £2,100 Seaton (Devon) £2,100 Yate £2,100 Thornbury £2,100 Dursley £2,100 Nailsworth £2,100 Christchurch £2,100 Poole £2,100 Widnes £2,100 Runcorn £2,100 Wallsend £2,100 Whitley Bay £2,100 Guisborough £2,100 Saltburn-by-the-Sea £2,100 Redcar £2,100 East Riding of Yorkshire £2,080 Rossendale £2,080 Cheshire East £2,080 Tunbridge Wells £2,080 Surrey Heath £2,080 Waverley £2,080 Adur £2,080 Havant £2,080 Royal Tunbridge Wells £2,080 Cranbrook £2,080 Shoreham-by-Sea £2,080 Southwick £2,080 Godalming £2,080 Farnham £2,080 Haslemere £2,080 Camberley £2,080 Frimley £2,080 Macclesfield £2,080 Congleton £2,080 Crewe £2,080 Nantwich £2,080 Alsager £2,080 Beverley £2,080 Bridlington £2,080 Goole £2,080 Driffield £2,080 Cottingham £2,080 Milton Keynes £2,050 Solihull £2,050 Guildford £2,050 Folkestone & Hythe £2,050 Worthing £2,050 Colchester £2,050 Chelmsford £2,050 Pendle £2,050 Warrington £2,050 Scarborough/North Yorkshire £2,050 Charnwood £2,050 Rushcliffe £2,050 South Derbyshire £2,050 Malvern Hills £2,050 Warwick £2,050 Tonbridge & Malling £2,050 Dartford £2,050 Ashford £2,050 Epsom & Ewell £2,050 Runnymede £2,050 Reigate & Banstead £2,050 Rother £2,050 Horsham £2,050 Eastleigh £2,050 Winchester £2,050 Rushmoor £2,050 North Devon £2,050 South Hams £2,050 Torridge £2,050 West Devon £2,050 Sedgemoor £2,050 Somerset West & Taunton £2,050 Brentwood £2,050 Epping Forest £2,050 Tendring £2,050 Broxbourne £2,050 East Hertfordshire £2,050 Hertsmere £2,050 Three Rivers £2,050 South Norfolk £2,050 Broadland £2,050 West Suffolk £2,050 Cherwell £2,050 Bracknell Forest £2,050 West Berkshire £2,050 South Kesteven £2,050 East Lindsey £2,050 Huntingdonshire £2,050 Central Bedfordshire £2,050 Blackburn with Darwen £2,050 Telford and Wrekin £2,050 Staffordshire Moorlands £2,050 Stafford £2,050 Forest of Dean £2,050 Tewkesbury £2,050 Dorset £2,050 Cornwall £2,050 North Lincolnshire £2,050 St Helens £2,050 Allerdale £2,050 Preston £2,050 North Yorkshire £2,050 Canterbury £2,050 East Hampshire £2,050 Somerset £2,050 Kettering £2,050 East Northamptonshire £2,050 Newcastle-under-Lyme £2,050 Nelson £2,050 Keswick £2,050 Workington £2,050 Whitby £2,050 Filey £2,050 Swadlincote £2,050 Stamford £2,050 Grantham £2,050 Louth £2,050 Skegness £2,050 Scunthorpe £2,050 Loughborough £2,050 Kettering (North Northants) £2,050 Great Malvern £2,050 Leamington Spa £2,050 Kenilworth £2,050 Telford £2,050 Leek £2,050 Cheadle (Staffs) £2,050 Newcastle (Staffs) £2,050 Folkestone (town) £2,050 Hythe £2,050 New Romney £2,050 Whitstable £2,050 Tonbridge £2,050 West Malling £2,050 Steyning £2,050 Bexhill-on-Sea £2,050 Battle £2,050 Redhill £2,050 Banstead £2,050 Horley £2,050 Chertsey £2,050 Alton £2,050 Petersfield £2,050 Aldershot £2,050 Farnborough £2,050 Newbury £2,050 Thatcham £2,050 Hungerford £2,050 Crowthorne £2,050 Sandhurst £2,050 Banbury £2,050 Bicester £2,050 Kidlington £2,050 Harwich £2,050 Clacton-on-Sea £2,050 Waltham Abbey £2,050 Loughton £2,050 Bishop's Stortford £2,050 Hertford £2,050 Hoddesdon £2,050 Cheshunt £2,050 Borehamwood £2,050 Potters Bar £2,050 Radlett £2,050 Wymondham £2,050 Harleston £2,050 Aylsham £2,050 Wroxham £2,050 Bury St Edmunds £2,050 Haverhill £2,050 Ramsey £2,050 St Ives (Cambs) £2,050 St Neots £2,050 Flitwick £2,050 Biggleswade £2,050 Sandy £2,050 Ampthill £2,050 Leighton Buzzard £2,050 Dunstable £2,050 Barnstaple £2,050 Bideford £2,050 Holsworthy £2,050 Tavistock £2,050 Okehampton £2,050 Totnes £2,050 Kingsbridge £2,050 Ivybridge £2,050 Truro £2,050 Bodmin £2,050 Penzance £2,050 St Austell £2,050 Newquay £2,050 Falmouth £2,050 Camborne £2,050 Redruth £2,050 Launceston £2,050 Liskeard £2,050 Taunton £2,050 Yeovil £2,050 Bridgwater £2,050 Street (Somerset) £2,050 Frome £2,050 Shepton Mallet £2,050 Burnham-on-Sea £2,050 Cinderford £2,050 Lydney £2,050 Coleford £2,050 Weymouth £2,050 Dorchester £2,050 Bridport £2,050 Sherborne £2,050 Blandford Forum £2,050 Wareham £2,050 Swanage £2,050 Wigan £2,030 West Lancashire £2,030 NW Leicestershire £2,030 Coalville £2,030 Wigan (town) £2,030 Leigh £2,030 Atherton £2,030 Burnley £2,020 Cheshire West £2,020 Harrogate £2,020 Blaby £2,020 Newark & Sherwood £2,020 Sevenoaks £2,020 Elmbridge £2,020 Chichester £2,020 Fareham £2,020 Dacorum £2,020 King's Lynn £2,020 Babergh £2,020 East Suffolk £2,020 Vale of White Horse £2,020 South Oxfordshire £2,020 Wokingham £2,020 North Kesteven £2,020 Lichfield £2,020 South Staffordshire £2,020 South Lakeland £2,020 Harrogate District £2,020 Ripon £2,020 Sleaford £2,020 Wokingham (town) £2,020 Woodley £2,020 Abingdon £2,020 Wantage £2,020 Henley-on-Thames £2,020 Wallingford £2,020 Didcot £2,020 Hemel Hempstead £2,020 Berkhamsted £2,020 Tring £2,020 King's Lynn (town) £2,020 Lowestoft £2,020 Beccles £2,020 Sudbury £2,020 Hadleigh £2,020 Felixstowe £2,020 Woodbridge £2,020 Saxmundham £2,020 Leiston £2,020 Chester £2,020 Ellesmere Port £2,020 Northwich £2,020 County Durham £2,000 Wiltshire £2,000 Westmorland and Furness £2,000 Harborough £2,000 Derbyshire Dales £2,000 Wychavon £2,000 Mole Valley £2,000 Wealden £2,000 Mid Sussex £2,000 Mid Devon £2,000 Maldon £2,000 Uttlesford £2,000 St Albans £2,000 North Norfolk £2,000 Breckland £2,000 Mid Suffolk £2,000 South Holland £2,000 West Lindsey £2,000 South Cambridgeshire £2,000 East Cambridgeshire £2,000 Sefton £2,000 Braintree £2,000 Eden £2,000 Wellingborough £2,000 Daventry £2,000 Consett £2,000 Durham City £2,000 Stanley £2,000 Peterlee £2,000 Newton Aycliffe £2,000 Seaham £2,000 Spennymoor £2,000 Bishop Auckland £2,000 Chester-le-Street £2,000 Matlock £2,000 Ashbourne £2,000 Bakewell £2,000 Spalding £2,000 Gainsborough £2,000 Market Harborough £2,000 Wellingborough £2,000 Droitwich £2,000 Evesham £2,000 Pershore £2,000 Burgess Hill £2,000 Haywards Heath £2,000 East Grinstead £2,000 Uckfield £2,000 Crowborough £2,000 Dorking £2,000 Leatherhead £2,000 Witham £2,000 Braintree (town) £2,000 Halstead £2,000 Saffron Walden £2,000 Great Dunmow £2,000 Burnham-on-Crouch £2,000 Harpenden £2,000 Dereham £2,000 Thetford £2,000 Swaffham £2,000 Wells-next-the-Sea £2,000 Fakenham £2,000 Cromer £2,000 Needham Market £2,000 Stowmarket £2,000 Ely £2,000 Crediton £2,000 Tiverton £2,000 Cullompton £2,000 Chippenham £2,000 Salisbury £2,000 Trowbridge £2,000 Warminster £2,000 Devizes £2,000 Marlborough £2,000 Melksham £2,000 Corsham £2,000 Calne £2,000 Southport £2,000 Bootle £2,000 North Walsham £2,000 Trafford £1,990 Chorley £1,990 Hinckley & Bosworth £1,990 Hinckley £1,990 Stretford £1,990 Sale £1,990 Altrincham £1,990 Lancaster £1,980 Wyre £1,980 Carlisle/Cumberland £1,980 Selby £1,980 Craven £1,980 New Forest £1,980 West Oxfordshire £1,980 Shropshire £1,980 Cumberland £1,980 Lancaster City £1,980 Skipton £1,980 Settle £1,980 Shrewsbury £1,980 Market Drayton £1,980 Ludlow £1,980 Bridgnorth £1,980 Lymington £1,980 Ringwood £1,980 Fordingbridge £1,980 Chipping Norton £1,980 Witney £1,980 Carterton £1,980 South Ribble £1,970 Morecambe £1,970 Hambleton £1,950 Melton £1,950 Test Valley £1,950 Herefordshire £1,950 Cotswold £1,950 Oswestry £1,950 North Shropshire £1,950 Hereford £1,950 Ledbury £1,950 Ross-on-Wye £1,950 Leominster £1,950 Andover £1,950 Romsey £1,950 Cirencester £1,950 Moreton-in-Marsh £1,950 Bourton-on-the-Water £1,950 Ribble Valley £1,920 Richmondshire £1,920 Clitheroe £1,920 Basingstoke £1,900 Fylde £1,900 Ryedale £1,900 Hart £1,900 Lytham St Annes £1,900 Fleet £1,900 Hook £1,900 Isles of Scilly £1,500
Scotland Councils
Falkirk £1,800 Aberdeenshire £1,650 East Dunbartonshire £1,650 Orkney Islands £1,650 Aberdeen £1,636 Argyll and Bute £1,626 Edinburgh £1,626 Angus £1,620 West Dunbartonshire £1,620 Glasgow £1,611 Clackmannanshire £1,594 East Lothian £1,579 Renfrewshire £1,573 Perth and Kinross £1,570 Midlothian £1,560 Stirling £1,560 Moray £1,550 North Lanarkshire £1,550 Dundee £1,540 West Lothian £1,540 East Ayrshire £1,530 Inverclyde £1,530 South Ayrshire £1,530 Highland £1,527 Western Isles £1,510 East Renfrewshire £1,500 North Ayrshire £1,500 Shetland Islands £1,500 Fife £1,499 Scottish Borders £1,492 Dumfries & Galloway £1,455 South Lanarkshire £1,379
Wales Councils
Merthyr Tydfil £2,190 Neath Port Talbot £2,170 Blaenau Gwent £2,159 Bridgend £2,096 Gwynedd £2,080 Conwy £2,063 Ceredigion £2,041 Monmouthshire £2,024 Flintshire £1,997 Powys £1,986 Carmarthenshire £1,984 Denbighshire £1,971 Wrexham £1,949 Rhondda Cynon Taf £1,947 Isle of Anglesey £1,906 Swansea £1,905 Vale of Glamorgan £1,861 Torfaen £1,831 Pembrokeshire £1,831 Newport £1,764 Caerphilly £1,739 Cardiff £1,712
Council Tax Guides
How is council tax calculated?
Council tax is based on your property band (A-H in England and Scotland, A-I in Wales), set using 1991 property valuations. Each local authority sets a Band D rate, and all other bands are calculated as a proportion of that. Band A pays two-thirds (6/9) of Band D, while Band H pays double (18/9). A 25% single person discount applies if you live alone. See how council tax fits into your overall take-home pay using our salary calculator.