United Kingdom2026-27Band D

Council Tax Band D

Band D is 9/9 of the council-set Band D rate in England and Wales, applied to the 2026-27 rate each billing authority sets.

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Band D · 2026-27

Across 350UK councils, Band D runs from £1,028 in Wandsworth to £2,765 in Dorset Council (2.7×). Median £2,414; IQR £2,287–£2,512. Ratio 9/9 of each council's Band D.

£2,765
dearest · Dorset Council
£1,028
cheapest · Wandsworth
2.7×
dearest vs cheapest
15.7%
of VOA stock

Top 10 dearest councils for Band D, 2026-27

Annual Band charge using each nation's statutory ratio

1. Dorset Council£2,7652. Lewes£2,7563. City of Nottingham£2,7554. Rutland£2,7385. Wealden£2,7286. Gateshead£2,7167. Bristol£2,7148. West Devon£2,7059. Rother£2,70110. Newark & Sherwood£2,682

Band D in the housing-stock corpus

Charge spread

350 authorities · 15.7% of published stock

Band D bills run from £1,028 (Wandsworth) to £2,765 (Dorset Council). The interquartile range is £2,287–£2,512 (median £2,414).

Housing-stock weight

Modal in 42 councils

Among VOA-published England/Wales stock lists, Band D is the largest single band in 42 billing authorities and holds 15.7% of all listed dwellings (4,292,180 of 27,307,010).

Reference role

Band D is the statutory yardstick

Every other band is a fixed fraction of the council-set Band D rate. Band D itself holds 15.7% of published stock and is modal in 42 authorities — useful context when reading national “average Band D” headlines.

Across published lists, 64.7% of dwellings sit below Band D, context for why the Band D headline and the stock-weighted bill can diverge on council pages.

Highest mean Band D by region

  1. 1. North East (12 councils) £2,526
  2. 2. South West (27 councils) £2,511
  3. 3. North West (35 councils) £2,483
  4. 4. South East (64 councils) £2,475
How Band D ratios and valuations work

The valuation band is fixed; the cash charged is that band's statutory ratio of the Band D rate each council sets. Band D ranges from £1,028.21 in Wandsworth to £2,765.02 in Dorset Council. See the full band schedule and methodology.

Bands A–D share proportions UK-wide; higher bands diverge (Scotland raised E–H from April 2017; Wales adds Band I at 21/9 after the 2003 revaluation). For Band D, the ratio is 9/9 (100% of Band D) in England, 360/360 (100% of Band D) in Scotland and 9/9 (100% of Band D) in Wales.

England and Scotland still band on 1991 values; Wales uses 2003. Mis-banding reviews go to the VOA or Scottish Assessors, see the band challenge guide.

Derived from statutory band ratios (LGFA 1992; Scotland E–H 2017 reform) applied to Band D rates from the Valuation Office Agency and Scottish Assessors.

Band D bookends

Cheapest and dearest five authorities for this letter (2026-27). The full 350-row table sits behind the disclosure below.

Cheapest five

  1. 1. Wandsworth £1,028
  2. 2. Westminster £1,050
  3. 3. City of London £1,330
  4. 4. South Lanarkshire £1,468
  5. 5. Shetland Islands £1,488

Dearest five

  1. 1. Dorset Council £2,765
  2. 2. Lewes £2,756
  3. 3. City of Nottingham £2,755
  4. 4. Rutland £2,738
  5. 5. Wealden £2,728
All 350 Band D council charges (2026) - open to filter and sort
Ratio
Wandsworth England 9/9 £1,028.21
Westminster England 9/9 £1,049.55
City of London England 9/9 £1,329.56
South Lanarkshire Scotland 360/360 £1,468.47
Shetland Islands Scotland 360/360 £1,487.90
Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland 360/360 £1,505.50
Hammersmith & Fulham England 9/9 £1,519.51
North Lanarkshire Scotland 360/360 £1,554.56
Fife Scotland 360/360 £1,573.70
Dumfries & Galloway Scotland 360/360 £1,578.65
Angus Scotland 360/360 £1,598.65
Scottish Borders Scotland 360/360 £1,618.52
East Renfrewshire Scotland 360/360 £1,620.15
City of Edinburgh Scotland 360/360 £1,626.05
West Lothian Scotland 360/360 £1,627.59
Highland Scotland 360/360 £1,633.99
Kensington & Chelsea England 9/9 £1,666.65
Orkney Islands Scotland 360/360 £1,669.07
Perth & Kinross Scotland 360/360 £1,673.84
Inverclyde Scotland 360/360 £1,673.85
West Dunbartonshire Scotland 360/360 £1,681.53
Clackmannanshire Scotland 360/360 £1,683.67
North Ayrshire Scotland 360/360 £1,685.84
Aberdeenshire Scotland 360/360 £1,686.04
Renfrewshire Scotland 360/360 £1,690.56
South Ayrshire Scotland 360/360 £1,694.96
East Lothian Scotland 360/360 £1,697.62
Glasgow City Scotland 360/360 £1,706.00
Falkirk Scotland 360/360 £1,715.09
East Ayrshire Scotland 360/360 £1,717.28
Dundee City Scotland 360/360 £1,729.69
Moray Scotland 360/360 £1,731.14
Aberdeen City Scotland 360/360 £1,747.54
East Dunbartonshire Scotland 360/360 £1,751.67
Stirling Scotland 360/360 £1,752.87
Argyll & Bute Scotland 360/360 £1,783.33
Midlothian Scotland 360/360 £1,816.16
Tower Hamlets England 9/9 £1,837.78
Newham England 9/9 £1,944.23
Windsor & Maidenhead England 9/9 £1,952.62
Southwark England 9/9 £1,967.26
Cardiff Wales 9/9 £2,013.18
Hillingdon England 9/9 £2,045.46
Lambeth England 9/9 £2,047.11
Isles of Scilly England 9/9 £2,047.96
Hackney England 9/9 £2,060.30
Caerphilly Wales 9/9 £2,082.88
Newport Wales 9/9 £2,088.48
Greenwich England 9/9 £2,107.86
Islington England 9/9 £2,108.15
Barnet England 9/9 £2,132.60
Ealing England 9/9 £2,138.53
Bromley England 9/9 £2,140.04
Dudley England 9/9 £2,144.84
Merton England 9/9 £2,146.76
Wigan England 9/9 £2,152.68
Torfaen Wales 9/9 £2,155.68
Pembrokeshire Wales 9/9 £2,166.15
Doncaster England 9/9 £2,167.75
Stoke-on-Trent England 9/9 £2,183.12
Hounslow England 9/9 £2,185.56
Sunderland England 9/9 £2,197.14
Solihull England 9/9 £2,197.26
Barking & Dagenham England 9/9 £2,198.51
Camden England 9/9 £2,207.55
Vale of Glamorgan Wales 9/9 £2,231.54
Brent England 9/9 £2,235.27
Lewisham England 9/9 £2,237.33
Swansea Wales 9/9 £2,238.29
Sandwell England 9/9 £2,244.46
Thurrock England 9/9 £2,254.68
Basingstoke & Deane England 9/9 £2,255.21
Telford and the Wrekin England 9/9 £2,256.26
Brentwood England 9/9 £2,258.14
South Kesteven England 9/9 £2,260.00
Isle of Anglesey Wales 9/9 £2,260.73
Bracknell Forest England 9/9 £2,264.80
Southend-on-Sea England 9/9 £2,265.17
Enfield England 9/9 £2,267.67
Tendring England 9/9 £2,269.63
Fareham England 9/9 £2,270.55
East Lindsey England 9/9 £2,275.88
Epping Forest England 9/9 £2,277.21
South Holland England 9/9 £2,278.20
Braintree England 9/9 £2,280.34
Colchester England 9/9 £2,282.85
Leeds England 9/9 £2,283.73
York England 9/9 £2,287.15
Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales 9/9 £2,289.43
Trafford England 9/9 £2,291.70
Portsmouth England 9/9 £2,291.71
Peterborough England 9/9 £2,293.47
Redbridge England 9/9 £2,294.58
Kingston upon Hull England 9/9 £2,295.04
Wakefield England 9/9 £2,296.89
Harlow England 9/9 £2,298.69
Chelmsford England 9/9 £2,300.18
Tamworth England 9/9 £2,300.76
Stafford England 9/9 £2,302.68
Test Valley England 9/9 £2,305.52
Derby City England 9/9 £2,306.00
Broxbourne England 9/9 £2,306.43
Boston England 9/9 £2,308.73
Wrexham Wales 9/9 £2,308.88
Manchester England 9/9 £2,312.04
South Staffordshire England 9/9 £2,313.67
Haringey England 9/9 £2,313.78
Mid Suffolk England 9/9 £2,316.88
Castle Point England 9/9 £2,318.63
Havant England 9/9 £2,320.28
Rushmoor England 9/9 £2,320.28
Lincoln England 9/9 £2,323.08
Barnsley England 9/9 £2,325.96
Basildon England 9/9 £2,327.24
Maldon England 9/9 £2,328.37
Medway England 9/9 £2,328.55
Uttlesford England 9/9 £2,333.82
Newcastle-under-Lyme England 9/9 £2,334.25
East Suffolk England 9/9 £2,334.80
North Kesteven England 9/9 £2,337.81
Staffordshire Moorlands England 9/9 £2,338.21
Denbighshire Wales 9/9 £2,339.03
Chesterfield England 9/9 £2,339.49
South Derbyshire England 9/9 £2,339.61
Tewkesbury England 9/9 £2,340.53
Babergh England 9/9 £2,341.55
Eastleigh England 9/9 £2,342.21
East Hampshire England 9/9 £2,343.92
Gosport England 9/9 £2,344.29
North Lincolnshire England 9/9 £2,348.46
Carmarthenshire Wales 9/9 £2,351.20
East Staffordshire England 9/9 £2,351.34
West Suffolk England 9/9 £2,351.47
Powys Wales 9/9 £2,351.72
Lichfield England 9/9 £2,351.90
West Lindsey England 9/9 £2,354.25
Gloucester England 9/9 £2,355.84
Winchester England 9/9 £2,359.76
Erewash England 9/9 £2,360.64
Bradford England 9/9 £2,360.73
Birmingham England 9/9 £2,362.90
Rochford England 9/9 £2,363.48
Bexley England 9/9 £2,366.36
Halton England 9/9 £2,366.61
Cheltenham England 9/9 £2,369.52
Milton Keynes England 9/9 £2,372.21
Wychavon England 9/9 £2,373.19
Dartford England 9/9 £2,375.15
Cannock Chase England 9/9 £2,375.83
Flintshire Wales 9/9 £2,376.17
Sutton England 9/9 £2,378.64
Southampton England 9/9 £2,381.48
Rotherham England 9/9 £2,381.53
Hinckley & Bosworth England 9/9 £2,382.62
Bath & North East Somerset England 9/9 £2,383.42
High Peak England 9/9 £2,384.66
Ribble Valley England 9/9 £2,386.50
Waltham Forest England 9/9 £2,386.96
Harborough England 9/9 £2,389.87
Cotswold England 9/9 £2,391.65
Stevenage England 9/9 £2,391.97
Bolton England 9/9 £2,399.74
Hart England 9/9 £2,400.02
St Helens England 9/9 £2,403.38
Charnwood England 9/9 £2,405.64
Swale England 9/9 £2,405.65
Worcester England 9/9 £2,405.81
Hertsmere England 9/9 £2,405.83
Oadby & Wigston England 9/9 £2,406.85
Amber Valley England 9/9 £2,407.69
Gravesham England 9/9 £2,408.24
Dacorum England 9/9 £2,408.51
Ashford England 9/9 £2,410.16
Great Yarmouth England 9/9 £2,414.41
Slough England 9/9 £2,414.44
Monmouthshire Wales 9/9 £2,416.50
North West Leicestershire England 9/9 £2,418.20
Crawley England 9/9 £2,418.46
St Albans England 9/9 £2,419.22
Canterbury England 9/9 £2,419.33
Ceredigion Wales 9/9 £2,419.45
New Forest England 9/9 £2,419.76
Calderdale England 9/9 £2,420.15
Three Rivers England 9/9 £2,422.31
North Northamptonshire England 9/9 £2,423.96
Havering England 9/9 £2,424.66
Melton England 9/9 £2,429.67
King's Lynn & West Norfolk England 9/9 £2,430.13
Chorley England 9/9 £2,430.23
South Tyneside England 9/9 £2,434.43
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole England 9/9 £2,435.58
Broadland England 9/9 £2,437.78
Swindon England 9/9 £2,438.10
Luton England 9/9 £2,439.93
Horsham England 9/9 £2,441.01
Kirklees England 9/9 £2,441.07
Plymouth England 9/9 £2,441.85
South Ribble England 9/9 £2,442.66
Forest of Dean England 9/9 £2,443.42
Breckland England 9/9 £2,443.67
Derbyshire Dales England 9/9 £2,444.70
Tunbridge Wells England 9/9 £2,446.15
Watford England 9/9 £2,446.70
Tameside England 9/9 £2,447.21
Warrington England 9/9 £2,447.61
North Hertfordshire England 9/9 £2,448.52
Malvern Hills England 9/9 £2,450.92
Welwyn Hatfield England 9/9 £2,452.26
East Hertfordshire England 9/9 £2,454.78
Cheshire East England 9/9 £2,454.87
Blackburn with Darwen England 9/9 £2,455.27
Worthing England 9/9 £2,456.13
West Lancashire England 9/9 £2,456.23
North Norfolk England 9/9 £2,459.93
Wyre England 9/9 £2,460.53
Warwick England 9/9 £2,461.55
Dover England 9/9 £2,461.74
North Tyneside England 9/9 £2,461.77
Redditch England 9/9 £2,462.95
Hyndburn England 9/9 £2,465.98
East Riding of Yorkshire England 9/9 £2,466.08
North East Derbyshire England 9/9 £2,466.57
Cambridge England 9/9 £2,467.02
Ipswich England 9/9 £2,468.25
Gwynedd Wales 9/9 £2,468.77
Chichester England 9/9 £2,469.68
Torbay England 9/9 £2,470.25
Bedford England 9/9 £2,471.74
Tonbridge & Malling England 9/9 £2,471.83
Conwy Wales 9/9 £2,472.82
Mid Sussex England 9/9 £2,474.26
Bridgend Wales 9/9 £2,477.99
Bromsgrove England 9/9 £2,478.65
South Norfolk England 9/9 £2,482.87
Rugby England 9/9 £2,483.05
North East Lincolnshire England 9/9 £2,483.85
Fylde England 9/9 £2,483.94
Stratford-on-Avon England 9/9 £2,484.17
East Cambridgeshire England 9/9 £2,485.18
Richmond upon Thames England 9/9 £2,486.10
West Northamptonshire England 9/9 £2,486.66
Arun England 9/9 £2,487.24
Knowsley England 9/9 £2,488.25
Blaby England 9/9 £2,490.22
Thanet England 9/9 £2,490.90
North Somerset England 9/9 £2,491.22
Stroud England 9/9 £2,491.36
Runnymede England 9/9 £2,492.99
Darlington England 9/9 £2,493.83
Exeter England 9/9 £2,495.36
Wokingham England 9/9 £2,497.70
Wirral England 9/9 £2,500.59
Nuneaton & Bedworth England 9/9 £2,502.16
Maidstone England 9/9 £2,502.59
Lancaster England 9/9 £2,503.19
Norwich England 9/9 £2,503.44
West Berkshire England 9/9 £2,505.37
Westmorland and Furness England 9/9 £2,507.99
Sheffield England 9/9 £2,510.16
Harrow England 9/9 £2,511.07
Cumberland England 9/9 £2,511.32
Wyre Forest England 9/9 £2,512.47
Blackpool England 9/9 £2,513.22
Central Bedfordshire England 9/9 £2,516.16
Coventry England 9/9 £2,516.72
Cheshire West and Chester England 9/9 £2,517.33
Mole Valley England 9/9 £2,519.86
Rossendale England 9/9 £2,519.97
Sevenoaks England 9/9 £2,522.36
Spelthorne England 9/9 £2,526.44
Buckinghamshire England 9/9 £2,526.58
Shropshire England 9/9 £2,528.18
Leicester City England 9/9 £2,528.75
Epsom & Ewell England 9/9 £2,530.84
Blaenau Gwent Wales 9/9 £2,531.26
North Warwickshire England 9/9 £2,532.10
South Cambridgeshire England 9/9 £2,536.25
Fenland England 9/9 £2,537.74
Folkestone & Hythe England 9/9 £2,538.75
Wolverhampton England 9/9 £2,538.99
Neath Port Talbot Wales 9/9 £2,541.39
Newcastle upon Tyne England 9/9 £2,542.19
North Yorkshire England 9/9 £2,544.34
Redcar & Cleveland England 9/9 £2,544.48
Guildford England 9/9 £2,547.30
Adur England 9/9 £2,548.28
Middlesbrough England 9/9 £2,549.16
Burnley England 9/9 £2,549.42
South Gloucestershire England 9/9 £2,550.59
Bury England 9/9 £2,555.15
Huntingdonshire England 9/9 £2,556.40
Elmbridge England 9/9 £2,557.75
Bolsover England 9/9 £2,559.41
Hartlepool England 9/9 £2,560.20
Somerset England 9/9 £2,560.59
Reigate & Banstead England 9/9 £2,566.61
West Oxfordshire England 9/9 £2,566.95
Wiltshire England 9/9 £2,571.78
Herefordshire England 9/9 £2,574.37
Preston England 9/9 £2,575.74
Vale of White Horse England 9/9 £2,577.44
Brighton & Hove England 9/9 £2,580.54
Cherwell England 9/9 £2,582.96
Sefton England 9/9 £2,583.22
Surrey Heath England 9/9 £2,585.16
Stockton-on-Tees England 9/9 £2,589.83
Cornwall England 9/9 £2,590.93
Merthyr Tydfil Wales 9/9 £2,593.60
Salford England 9/9 £2,594.45
Tandridge England 9/9 £2,594.85
East Devon England 9/9 £2,595.46
Northumberland England 9/9 £2,596.94
South Oxfordshire England 9/9 £2,597.57
Woking England 9/9 £2,598.04
Croydon England 9/9 £2,599.91
Mansfield England 9/9 £2,600.38
Rochdale England 9/9 £2,600.83
Torridge England 9/9 £2,601.42
Oldham England 9/9 £2,602.23
Waverley England 9/9 £2,604.87
Ashfield England 9/9 £2,608.76
Kingston upon Thames England 9/9 £2,609.20
Gedling England 9/9 £2,609.55
Reading England 9/9 £2,612.77
South Hams England 9/9 £2,615.22
Broxtowe England 9/9 £2,618.21
Stockport England 9/9 £2,618.90
Durham England 9/9 £2,622.15
Isle of Wight England 9/9 £2,625.79
Walsall England 9/9 £2,627.48
Pendle England 9/9 £2,640.18
North Devon England 9/9 £2,642.21
Teignbridge England 9/9 £2,643.12
Rushcliffe England 9/9 £2,643.27
Bassetlaw England 9/9 £2,644.95
Eastbourne England 9/9 £2,654.28
Mid Devon England 9/9 £2,656.41
Liverpool England 9/9 £2,673.59
Hastings England 9/9 £2,676.58
Oxford England 9/9 £2,678.40
Newark & Sherwood England 9/9 £2,682.10
Rother England 9/9 £2,700.95
West Devon England 9/9 £2,705.33
Bristol England 9/9 £2,713.68
Gateshead England 9/9 £2,715.81
Wealden England 9/9 £2,728.43
Rutland England 9/9 £2,737.58
City of Nottingham England 9/9 £2,755.39
Lewes England 9/9 £2,756.17
Dorset Council England 9/9 £2,765.02

Source: Valuation Office Agency Council Tax list + per-council published charge schedules; Scottish ratios per the 2017 reform.

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Compare Band D across UK councils

The table above shows Band D charges across our sample UK councils, each using its own nation's ratio. Use our side-by-side comparison page for the full billing-authority list with sortable Band D charges.

How we calculate Band D charges

Every billing authority sets its own annual Band D rate; Band D is then a fixed statutory proportion of that rate (9/9), so the charge tracks the local Band D rather than a single national figure. That produces the 2.7-times spread between the dearest (Dorset Council) and cheapest (Wandsworth) shown above. Each council's charge above uses its own nation's statutory ratio under the Local Government Finance Act 1992, see our methodology page for the full per-country schedule.

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