Charnwood Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Charnwood'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 B charge is seven-ninths of the Band D rate, and 68.8% 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 B and C together contain 52.0% 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.

Charnwood occupies the middle half of the East Midlands stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,103.94 median. The regional result gives more context than a UK-wide rank without turning the difference into a superlative. It also shows that the council's band mix, not only its published Band D rate, determines where it sits among nearby authorities. The remaining distance from the median is an area-level comparison rather than a household saving or premium.

Closest housing-stock shape: Swindon

Swindon is the closest full-distribution match for Charnwood. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.0% 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 is at reference Band D: its share is 14.5% in Charnwood and 18.1% in Swindon. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: Charnwood has 16.7% of dwellings there, against 14.8% in Swindon. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. Charnwood places 2.6% of dwellings there versus 1.5% for Swindon, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Charnwood places 4.3% of dwellings there versus 3.9% for Swindon, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Charnwood
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D leans toward Swindon
• Band E is closely balanced
• Band F is closely balanced
• Band G leans toward Charnwood
• Band H is closely balanced

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

Other close England matches for Charnwood: Hinckley & Bosworth (4.0% redistribution distance); Milton Keynes (4.1% redistribution distance); Eastbourne (4.2% redistribution distance); Forest of Dean (4.3% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Swindon stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.