Band D council tax by local authority

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Ranked by band d council tax, £ a year, highest first; ties in alphabetical order. Areas without a value are not ranked.

What this map shows

296 of 296 local authority areas have a current value for band d council tax (band d council tax, £ a year), Latest published: Year ending March 2027. Classes are quantiles of the areas with data, computed on the server, so the same link always gives the same legend.

The published area Band D figure including all precepts.

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Source and method

Data

Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG) (MHCLG).

Denominator

None (the published bill per billing authority). Percentiles rank the authorities with a value for the newest year. Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG).

Coverage

MHCLG publishes Band D levels for English billing authorities. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland set council tax and rates under their own governments and publish separately.

Boundaries

ONS Open Geography Portal generalised boundaries, Open Government Licence v3.0 (2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2).

Basemap

Ordnance Survey Maps API (Light), used under the OS Data Hub terms.

Formula

the published figure for the area, unchanged

Stale areas

An area whose newest published value is for an earlier period than the newest any area carries is shown as no current data, with both periods named. Nothing is carried forward.

Method

Methodology

What this does not measure

The bill on any particular dwelling: most dwellings are in bands A to C and pay less, single-person and other discounts and council tax support reduce bills, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland set their own systems and are not in this table.

The average Band D figure is a level set before the year begins, across all billing and precepting authorities in England, weighted by tax base. It includes the adult social care precept since 2016-17 and parish precepts. Most dwellings are in bands A to C and pay a fraction of the Band D amount; discounts, exemptions and council tax support reduce many bills further. Scotland and Wales set council tax separately and Northern Ireland uses domestic rates.

England only: Welsh council tax is set by the Welsh Government's tables and is not loaded yet, so Welsh authorities are drawn as no data.

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