Basingstoke & Deane Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Basingstoke & Deane's largest property group sits in the lower half of the valuation ladder rather than at the Band D reference used in national tables. Its modal Band C charge is eight-ninths of the Band D rate, and 53.8% of the published stock lies below D. The headline alone does not show how often each band occurs. The stock-weighted amount applies the full distribution for an area-level comparison, while remaining an average rather than a household quotation.

This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands C and D together contain 53.4% of dwellings, so neither band should be presented as a complete account of the area. The stock-weighted result combines both groups and the smaller tails into one comparable measure. The table shows where that mean comes from and prevents the distribution being flattened into an overconfident "typical property" claim.

Basingstoke & Deane falls in the lower quarter of the South East stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,511.00. Its Band D figure may sit elsewhere in the national table, but applying the local stock mix produces a cheaper regional comparison. That difference is precisely why both measures are shown. Neither replaces an address-level bill, which depends on the property's valuation band and any applicable reductions.

Closest housing-stock shape: North Hertfordshire

North Hertfordshire is the closest full-distribution match for Basingstoke & Deane. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.3% of dwellings would need to shift between valuation bands for their published shares to align. The comparison therefore tests the whole ladder, not just the largest band.

Four largest band differences

• The largest separation sits at lower Band A, where North Hertfordshire holds 5.7% of its stock and Basingstoke & Deane holds 3.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. North Hertfordshire records 6.1% of dwellings there, compared with 4.4% in Basingstoke & Deane, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
• A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 19.0% of Basingstoke & Deane's stock but 17.4% of North Hertfordshire's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Basingstoke & Deane places 13.9% of dwellings there versus 12.5% for North Hertfordshire, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward North Hertfordshire
• Band B leans toward Basingstoke & Deane
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D leans toward Basingstoke & Deane
• Band E leans toward Basingstoke & Deane
• Band F is closely balanced
• Band G leans toward North Hertfordshire
• Band H is closely balanced

This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.

Other close England matches for Basingstoke & Deane: West Oxfordshire (5.8% redistribution distance); Bracknell Forest (6.1% redistribution distance); Croydon (6.7% redistribution distance); Cambridge (7.3% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether North Hertfordshire stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.