Rise in band D council tax on last year, every council ranked
The change in band D, county, police and fire shares included, from last year to this. Figures for 2026 to 2027 against 2025 to 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: Hartlepool, Merton, Middlesbrough and Rutland, 2.5%. The council in the middle: Winchester, 4.8%. Highest: Shropshire, 9%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 2.5% |
| 1 joint | MertonLondon | 2.5% |
| 1 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 2.5% |
| 1 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 2.5% |
| 5 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 2.7% |
| 5 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 2.7% |
| 7 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 2.8% |
| 7 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 2.8% |
| 9 | WestminsterLondon | 3% |
| 10 | WandsworthLondon | 3.1% |
| 11 | BostonEast Midlands | 3.2% |
| 12 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 3.3% |
| 12 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 3.3% |
| 12 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 3.3% |
| 12 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 3.3% |
| 16 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 16 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 16 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 16 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 16 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 16 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 22 | BlabyEast Midlands | 3.5% |
| 23 | HyndburnNorth West | 3.6% |
| 24 joint | BasildonEast of England | 3.7% |
| 24 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 3.7% |
| 24 joint | HarlowEast of England | 3.7% |
| 24 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 3.7% |
| 28 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 3.8% |
| 28 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 3.8% |
| 28 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 3.8% |
| 28 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 3.8% |
| 32 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 3.9% |
| 32 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 3.9% |
| 32 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 3.9% |
| 35 joint | FyldeNorth West | 4% |
| 35 joint | LancasterNorth West | 4% |
| 35 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 4% |
| 35 joint | PrestonNorth West | 4% |
| 35 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 4% |
| 35 joint | WyreNorth West | 4% |
| 41 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | DartfordSouth East | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | DoverSouth East | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | PendleNorth West | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 4.1% |
| 41 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 4.1% |
| 58 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | CanterburySouth East | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | RochfordEast of England | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | TendringEast of England | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | ThanetSouth East | 4.2% |
| 58 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 4.2% |
| 70 joint | AshfordSouth East | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | FenlandEast of England | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | MaldonEast of England | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | SwaleSouth East | 4.3% |
| 70 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 4.3% |
| 79 joint | City of LondonLondon | 4.4% |
| 79 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 4.4% |
| 79 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 4.4% |
| 79 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 4.4% |
| 79 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 4.4% |
| 79 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 4.4% |
| 79 joint | WatfordEast of England | 4.4% |
| 86 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 4.5% |
| 86 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 4.5% |
| 88 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 4.6% |
| 88 joint | WealdenSouth East | 4.6% |
| 90 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | IpswichEast of England | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | NorwichEast of England | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | OxfordSouth East | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 4.7% |
| 90 joint | WokingSouth East | 4.7% |
| 107 joint | AdurSouth East | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | BarnetLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | BexleyLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | BrentLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | BromleyLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | CamdenLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | CherwellSouth East | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | CroydonLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | EalingLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | EnfieldLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | GosportSouth East | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | GreenwichLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HackneyLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HaringeyLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HarrowLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HastingsSouth East | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HaveringLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HillingdonLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HounslowLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | IslingtonLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | LambethLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | LewishamLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | NewhamLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | SuttonLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 4.8% |
| 107 joint | WorthingSouth East | 4.8% |
| 150 joint | ArunSouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | BaberghEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | CrawleySouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | ExeterSouth West | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | FarehamSouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | HavantSouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | LewesSouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | StevenageEast of England | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 4.9% |
| 150 joint | WaverleySouth East | 4.9% |
| 177 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | BristolSouth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | DacorumEast of England | 5% |
| 177 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 5% |
| 177 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | HartSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 5% |
| 177 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 5% |
| 177 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | SeftonNorth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | SloughSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | SomersetSouth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 5% |
| 177 joint | South HamsSouth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 5% |
| 177 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 5% |
| 177 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 5% |
| 177 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 5% |
| 177 joint | WirralNorth West | 5% |
| 207 joint | BedfordEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | DorsetSouth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | EastleighSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | HorshamSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | LutonEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | MedwaySouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | New ForestSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | North DevonSouth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | ReadingSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | StroudSouth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | TorbaySouth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | West DevonSouth West | 5.1% |
| 207 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 5.1% |
| 244 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | HaltonNorth West | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | SwindonSouth West | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 5.2% |
| 244 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 5.2% |
| 262 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | CornwallSouth West | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 5.3% |
| 262 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 5.3% |
| 271 joint | East DevonSouth West | 5.4% |
| 271 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 5.4% |
| 271 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 5.4% |
| 271 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 5.4% |
| 275 | RotherSouth East | 5.5% |
| 276 joint | BuryNorth West | 5.8% |
| 276 joint | OldhamNorth West | 5.8% |
| 276 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 5.8% |
| 276 joint | SalfordNorth West | 5.8% |
| 276 joint | StockportNorth West | 5.8% |
| 281 joint | BoltonNorth West | 5.9% |
| 281 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 5.9% |
| 281 joint | TamesideNorth West | 5.9% |
| 284 | WiganNorth West | 6% |
| 285 | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 7.1% |
| 286 | WarringtonNorth West | 7.3% |
| 287 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 7.5% |
| 287 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 7.5% |
| 289 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 7.6% |
| 289 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 7.6% |
| 291 | WorcesterWest Midlands | 7.7% |
| 292 | WychavonWest Midlands | 7.8% |
| 293 | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 7.9% |
| 294 | TraffordNorth West | 8% |
| 295 | North SomersetSouth West | 8.6% |
| 296 | ShropshireWest Midlands | 9% |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has domestic rates rather than council tax.
- Scotland. Scottish band D carries no police or fire share, so plans carry its rise as Scotland's own.
- Wales. Welsh band D is set on its own scale, so plans carry its rise as Wales's own.
MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 and 2025 to 2026, Table 9 · 2026 to 2027 against 2025 to 2026 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured
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