Council Tax in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Council Tax levels in England
Creator: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Average Band D council tax in England ranges from £1,028 in Wandsworth to £2,765 in Dorset for 2026-27.

All 296 local authorities in England, ranked by average band d council tax. Data: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2026-27), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Average Band D council tax
1	Dorset	£2,765.02
2	Lewes	£2,756.17
3	Nottingham	£2,755.39
4	Rutland	£2,737.58
5	Wealden	£2,728.43
6	Gateshead	£2,715.81
7	Bristol	£2,713.68
8	West Devon	£2,705.33
9	Rother	£2,700.95
10	Newark and Sherwood	£2,682.10
11	Oxford	£2,678.40
12	Hastings	£2,676.58
13	Liverpool	£2,673.59
14	Mid Devon	£2,656.41
15	Eastbourne	£2,654.28
16	Bassetlaw	£2,644.95
17	Rushcliffe	£2,643.27
18	Teignbridge	£2,643.12
19	North Devon	£2,642.21
20	Pendle	£2,640.18
21	Walsall	£2,627.48
22	Isle of Wight	£2,625.79
23	County Durham	£2,622.15
24	Stockport	£2,618.90
25	Broxtowe	£2,618.21
26	South Hams	£2,615.22
27	Reading	£2,612.77
28	Gedling	£2,609.55
29	Kingston upon Thames	£2,609.20
30	Ashfield	£2,608.76
31	Waverley	£2,604.87
32	Oldham	£2,602.23
33	Torridge	£2,601.42
34	Rochdale	£2,600.83
35	Mansfield	£2,600.38
36	Croydon	£2,599.91
37	Woking	£2,598.04
38	South Oxfordshire	£2,597.57
39	Northumberland	£2,596.94
40	East Devon	£2,595.46
41	Tandridge	£2,594.85
42	Salford	£2,594.45
43	Cornwall	£2,590.93
44	Stockton-on-Tees	£2,589.83
45	Surrey Heath	£2,585.16
46	Sefton	£2,583.22
47	Cherwell	£2,582.96
48	Brighton and Hove	£2,580.54
49	Vale of White Horse	£2,577.44
50	Preston	£2,575.74
51	Herefordshire	£2,574.37
52	Wiltshire	£2,571.78
53	West Oxfordshire	£2,566.95
54	Reigate and Banstead	£2,566.61
55	Somerset	£2,560.59
56	Hartlepool	£2,560.20
57	Bolsover	£2,559.41
58	Elmbridge	£2,557.75
59	Huntingdonshire	£2,556.40
60	Bury	£2,555.15
61	South Gloucestershire	£2,550.59
62	Burnley	£2,549.42
63	Middlesbrough	£2,549.16
64	Adur	£2,548.28
65	Guildford	£2,547.30
66	Redcar and Cleveland	£2,544.48
67	North Yorkshire	£2,544.34
68	Newcastle upon Tyne	£2,542.19
69	Wolverhampton	£2,538.99
70	Folkestone and Hythe	£2,538.75
71	Fenland	£2,537.74
72	South Cambridgeshire	£2,536.25
73	North Warwickshire	£2,532.10
74	Epsom and Ewell	£2,530.84
75	Leicester	£2,528.75
76	Shropshire	£2,528.18
77	Buckinghamshire	£2,526.58
78	Spelthorne	£2,526.44
79	Sevenoaks	£2,522.36
80	Rossendale	£2,519.97
81	Mole Valley	£2,519.86
82	Cheshire West and Chester	£2,517.33
83	Coventry	£2,516.72
84	Central Bedfordshire	£2,516.16
85	Blackpool	£2,513.22
86	Wyre Forest	£2,512.47
87	Cumberland	£2,511.32
88	Harrow	£2,511.07
89	Sheffield	£2,510.16
90	Westmorland and Furness	£2,507.99
91	West Berkshire	£2,505.37
92	Norwich	£2,503.44
93	Lancaster	£2,503.19
94	Maidstone	£2,502.59
95	Nuneaton and Bedworth	£2,502.16
96	Wirral	£2,500.59
97	Wokingham	£2,497.70
98	Exeter	£2,495.36
99	Darlington	£2,493.83
100	Runnymede	£2,492.99
101	Stroud	£2,491.36
102	North Somerset	£2,491.22
103	Thanet	£2,490.90
104	Blaby	£2,490.22
105	Knowsley	£2,488.25
106	Arun	£2,487.24
107	West Northamptonshire	£2,486.66
108	Richmond upon Thames	£2,486.10
109	East Cambridgeshire	£2,485.18
110	Stratford-on-Avon	£2,484.17
111	Fylde	£2,483.94
112	North East Lincolnshire	£2,483.85
113	Rugby	£2,483.05
114	South Norfolk	£2,482.87
115	Bromsgrove	£2,478.65
116	Mid Sussex	£2,474.26
117	Tonbridge and Malling	£2,471.83
118	Bedford	£2,471.74
119	Torbay	£2,470.25
120	Chichester	£2,469.68
121	Ipswich	£2,468.25
122	Cambridge	£2,467.02
123	North East Derbyshire	£2,466.57
124	East Riding of Yorkshire	£2,466.08
125	Hyndburn	£2,465.98
126	Redditch	£2,462.95
127	North Tyneside	£2,461.77
128	Dover	£2,461.74
129	Warwick	£2,461.55
130	Wyre	£2,460.53
131	North Norfolk	£2,459.93
132	West Lancashire	£2,456.23
133	Worthing	£2,456.13
134	Blackburn with Darwen	£2,455.27
135	Cheshire East	£2,454.87
136	East Hertfordshire	£2,454.78
137	Welwyn Hatfield	£2,452.26
138	Malvern Hills	£2,450.92
139	North Hertfordshire	£2,448.52
140	Warrington	£2,447.61
141	Tameside	£2,447.21
142	Watford	£2,446.70
143	Tunbridge Wells	£2,446.15
144	Derbyshire Dales	£2,444.70
145	Breckland	£2,443.67
146	Forest of Dean	£2,443.42
147	South Ribble	£2,442.66
148	Plymouth	£2,441.85
149	Kirklees	£2,441.07
150	Horsham	£2,441.01
151	Luton	£2,439.93
152	Swindon	£2,438.10
153	Broadland	£2,437.78
154	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	£2,435.58
155	South Tyneside	£2,434.43
156	Chorley	£2,430.23
157	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£2,430.13
158	Melton	£2,429.67
159	Havering	£2,424.66
160	North Northamptonshire	£2,423.96
161	Three Rivers	£2,422.31
162	Calderdale	£2,420.15
163	New Forest	£2,419.76
164	Canterbury	£2,419.33
165	St Albans	£2,419.22
166	Crawley	£2,418.46
167	North West Leicestershire	£2,418.20
168	Slough	£2,414.44
169	Great Yarmouth	£2,414.41
170	Ashford	£2,410.16
171	Dacorum	£2,408.51
172	Gravesham	£2,408.24
173	Amber Valley	£2,407.69
174	Oadby and Wigston	£2,406.85
175	Hertsmere	£2,405.83
176	Worcester	£2,405.81
177	Swale	£2,405.65
178	Charnwood	£2,405.64
179	St. Helens	£2,403.38
180	Hart	£2,400.02
181	Bolton	£2,399.74
182	Stevenage	£2,391.97
183	Cotswold	£2,391.65
184	Harborough	£2,389.87
185	Waltham Forest	£2,386.96
186	Ribble Valley	£2,386.50
187	High Peak	£2,384.66
188	Bath and North East Somerset	£2,383.42
189	Hinckley and Bosworth	£2,382.62
190	Rotherham	£2,381.53
191	Southampton	£2,381.48
192	Sutton	£2,378.64
193	Cannock Chase	£2,375.83
194	Dartford	£2,375.15
195	Wychavon	£2,373.19
196	Milton Keynes	£2,372.21
197	Cheltenham	£2,369.52
198	Halton	£2,366.61
199	Bexley	£2,366.36
200	Rochford	£2,363.48
201	Birmingham	£2,362.90
202	Bradford	£2,360.73
203	Erewash	£2,360.64
204	Winchester	£2,359.76
205	Gloucester	£2,355.84
206	West Lindsey	£2,354.25
207	Lichfield	£2,351.90
208	West Suffolk	£2,351.47
209	East Staffordshire	£2,351.34
210	North Lincolnshire	£2,348.46
211	Gosport	£2,344.29
212	East Hampshire	£2,343.92
213	Eastleigh	£2,342.21
214	Babergh	£2,341.55
215	Tewkesbury	£2,340.53
216	South Derbyshire	£2,339.61
217	Chesterfield	£2,339.49
218	Staffordshire Moorlands	£2,338.21
219	North Kesteven	£2,337.81
220	East Suffolk	£2,334.80
221	Newcastle-under-Lyme	£2,334.25
222	Uttlesford	£2,333.82
223	Medway	£2,328.55
224	Maldon	£2,328.37
225	Basildon	£2,327.24
226	Barnsley	£2,325.96
227	Lincoln	£2,323.08
228	Havant	£2,320.28
229	Rushmoor	£2,320.28
230	Castle Point	£2,318.63
231	Mid Suffolk	£2,316.88
232	Haringey	£2,313.78
233	South Staffordshire	£2,313.67
234	Manchester	£2,312.04
235	Boston	£2,308.73
236	Broxbourne	£2,306.43
237	Derby	£2,306.00
238	Test Valley	£2,305.52
239	Stafford	£2,302.68
240	Tamworth	£2,300.76
241	Chelmsford	£2,300.18
242	Harlow	£2,298.69
243	Wakefield	£2,296.89
244	Kingston upon Hull	£2,295.04
245	Redbridge	£2,294.58
246	Peterborough	£2,293.47
247	Portsmouth	£2,291.71
248	Trafford	£2,291.70
249	York	£2,287.15
250	Leeds	£2,283.73
251	Colchester	£2,282.85
252	Braintree	£2,280.34
253	South Holland	£2,278.20
254	Epping Forest	£2,277.21
255	East Lindsey	£2,275.88
256	Fareham	£2,270.55
257	Tendring	£2,269.63
258	Enfield	£2,267.67
259	Southend-on-Sea	£2,265.17
260	Bracknell Forest	£2,264.80
261	South Kesteven	£2,260.00
262	Brentwood	£2,258.14
263	Telford and Wrekin	£2,256.26
264	Basingstoke and Deane	£2,255.21
265	Thurrock	£2,254.68
266	Sandwell	£2,244.46
267	Lewisham	£2,237.33
268	Brent	£2,235.27
269	Camden	£2,207.55
270	Barking and Dagenham	£2,198.51
271	Solihull	£2,197.26
272	Sunderland	£2,197.14
273	Hounslow	£2,185.56
274	Stoke-on-Trent	£2,183.12
275	Doncaster	£2,167.75
276	Wigan	£2,152.68
277	Merton	£2,146.76
278	Dudley	£2,144.84
279	Bromley	£2,140.04
280	Ealing	£2,138.53
281	Barnet	£2,132.60
282	Islington	£2,108.15
283	Greenwich	£2,107.86
284	Hackney	£2,060.30
285	Isles of Scilly	£2,047.96
286	Lambeth	£2,047.11
287	Hillingdon	£2,045.46
288	Southwark	£1,967.26
289	Windsor and Maidenhead	£1,952.62
290	Newham	£1,944.23
291	Tower Hamlets	£1,837.78
292	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,666.65
293	Hammersmith and Fulham	£1,519.51
294	City of London	£1,329.56
295	Westminster	£1,049.55
296	Wandsworth	£1,028.21