City of Nottingham Council Tax 2026
East Midlands, England · 147,860 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, City of Nottingham's Band D Council Tax is £2,755.39 for 2026-27, the 3rd highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 99% of them) and 18% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Dorset Council, Lewes, Rutland, Wealden, then Gateshead, Bristol. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Leicester City, South Tyneside, Lincoln, Bolsover.
How we calculate this rank & percentile
We compare every UK billing authority with a published 2026-27 Band D rate (350 in total). Rank is one plus the number with a higher charge, so equal charges share a rank. Percentile is round(authorities with a lower charge ÷ 350 × 100). The UK average is the simple mean of every council's Band D rate in our coverage set. Because the rank spans all three nations, it compares what each authority charges, not what each charge buys. English bands rest on 1991 property values in eight bands, A to H, while Scotland uses its own 1991 thresholds and Wales revalued to 2003 values with a ninth band. An English Band D home is therefore not the same property profile as a Welsh or Scottish one. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Dorset Council, Lewes, Rutland, Wealden, then Gateshead, Bristol. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,755.39
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the highest in the UK
- +3.73%
- year-on-year vs £2,656.19
- Lower-quarter rise
- +17.9%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,510.78
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Dorset Council, Lewes, Rutland, Wealden, then Gateshead, Bristol. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Leicester City, South Tyneside, Lincoln, Bolsover. Open Dorset Council for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
City of Nottingham · year-on-year Band D
What changed for City of Nottingham
City of Nottingham's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,656.19 (2025-26) to £2,755.39 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 324.
How to read this Band D change
This is a change in the published Band D charge, not advice about household bills. Precepts, discounts, and banding decide the amount you pay.
See UK year-on-year changesCity of Nottingham bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
City of Nottingham's nearest Band D charges nationwide
City of Nottingham is 3rd of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,755.39. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Dorset Council, Lewes, Rutland, Wealden, then Gateshead, Bristol. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Dorset Council, ignore geography on purpose, so a map neighbour is not mistaken for a charge twin. Read the difference column as a pound gap; cross-check the East Midlands ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of City of Nottingham's 147,860 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Leicester City, South Tyneside, Lincoln, Bolsover.
National high-charge outlier: this rate is inside the costliest 10% of the UK corpus, so nearby national peers are a more useful benchmark than the UK average alone.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Dorset Council | £2,765.02 | +£9.63 |
| Lewes | £2,756.17 | +£0.78 |
| Rutland | £2,737.58 | −£17.81 |
| Wealden | £2,728.43 | −£26.96 |
| Gateshead | £2,715.81 | −£39.58 |
| Bristol | £2,713.68 | −£41.71 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,836.93 | £183.69 | £1,377.70 |
| B | £2,143.08 | £214.31 | £1,607.31 |
| C | £2,449.24 | £244.92 | £1,836.93 |
| D | £2,755.39 | £275.54 | £2,066.54 |
| E | £3,367.70 | £336.77 | £2,525.77 |
| F | £3,980.01 | £398.00 | £2,985.01 |
| G | £4,592.32 | £459.23 | £3,444.24 |
| H | £5,510.78 | £551.08 | £4,133.09 |
England 1991 valuation ranges (Band A–H)
- Band A: Up to £40,000 (1991 valuation)
- Band B: £40,001 to £52,000
- Band C: £52,001 to £68,000
- Band D: £68,001 to £88,000 (reference band)
- Band E: £88,001 to £120,000
- Band F: £120,001 to £160,000
- Band G: £160,001 to £320,000
- Band H: Over £320,000
Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27 (area Band D) + statutory England band ratios documented in our methodology. Monthly figure is the annual charge / 10 (most councils use 10 monthly instalments). The sole-occupant column applies the statutory 25% single-person discount, payable when only one adult lives in the property.
What City of Nottingham's 147,860 properties actually pay
Most homes in City of Nottingham sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 92,380 of 147,860 dwellings (62.5%). Band A is charged at two-thirds of the Band D rate, so the headline figure above describes a property type that is in the minority here. More than half of those homes — 62.5% — sit in that single band, an unusually concentrated stock. 91.6% of dwellings on the England valuation list here are banded below D.
Weighting each band's statutory charge by the number of properties in it gives a stock-weighted average of £2,071.05 per dwelling, £684.34 (24.8%) below the £2,755.39 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure City of Nottingham is 227th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places City of Nottingham 20th of the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, below the regional median of £2,103.94.
How to read this stock pattern
Band D is a poor description of the largest group in City of Nottingham's housing stock. The dominant group is Band A, where the statutory charge is two-thirds of the Band D rate, while the reference band describes a different part of the valuation list. The £2,071.05 stock-weighted figure is therefore the more representative area-level comparison. It does not predict an individual bill, because discounts, exemptions and the property's actual valuation band still determine liability.
The distribution is unusually concentrated: one band alone contains 62.5% of all published dwellings. That gives the modal-band comparison real descriptive weight and makes the gap between its charge and Band D easier to interpret. It also means the statutory charge shown for that band applies to the largest share of the local stock before discounts or exemptions. The table remains necessary because the other 7 bands describe the minority of properties that the headline cannot represent.
City of Nottingham occupies the middle half of the East Midlands stock-weighted distribution, below 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: Liverpool
Liverpool is the closest full-distribution match for City of Nottingham. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.1% 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 lower on the ladder at Band A: City of Nottingham has 62.5% of dwellings there, against 59.4% in Liverpool. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where Liverpool holds 18.6% of its stock and City of Nottingham holds 17.4%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Liverpool holds 12.4% of its stock and City of Nottingham holds 11.6%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 5.3% in City of Nottingham and 5.8% in Liverpool. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
How the wider profile compares
City of Nottingham has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 1.2% more of its stock than they do in Liverpool. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
Liverpool carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding City of Nottingham's combined share there by 0.7%. Total-variation distance counts those absolute band gaps without assuming they offset the lower-band pattern.
Both profiles peak in Band A, so the peer match agrees on the most common valuation group as well as the full-distribution distance. The band-by-band gaps above show why a shared mode does not make the profiles interchangeable.
Band H is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 0.1% and 0.1%. Reading that near-match beside the largest gaps prevents the peer label from hiding where the two published distributions actually agree.
Show every band direction
- Band A leans toward City of Nottingham
- Band B leans toward Liverpool
- Band C leans toward Liverpool
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E is closely balanced
- Band F is closely balanced
- Band G is closely balanced
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for City of Nottingham: Leicester City (3.2% redistribution distance); South Tyneside (3.2% redistribution distance); Lincoln (3.4% redistribution distance); Bolsover (5.2% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Liverpool stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 92,380 | 62.5% | £1,836.93 |
| B | 25,800 | 17.4% | £2,143.08 |
| C | 17,210 | 11.6% | £2,449.24 |
| D | 7,810 | 5.3% | £2,755.39 |
| E | 2,660 | 1.8% | £3,367.70 |
| F | 1,120 | 0.8% | £3,980.01 |
| G | 760 | 0.5% | £4,592.32 |
| H | 120 | 0.1% | £5,510.78 |
Property-stock source, rounding and weighting notes
Property counts: VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025 (Table CTSOP1.0_SUP, as at 9 September 2025), Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts are published rounded to the nearest 10, so shares are approximate and may not sum to exactly 100%. The stock-weighted average is our calculation: each band's 2026/2027 charge multiplied by its property count, divided by the total. It is a mean across the whole stock, not a bill any individual household receives.
Authorities charging a similar average across their stock
These are the closest authorities to City of Nottingham on the stock-weighted measure, which is a different ordering from the Band D neighbours above because it accounts for how each area's properties are banded.
- Durham£2,075.09
- East Staffordshire£2,074.97
- Newport£2,073.12
- Darlington£2,070.55
- Rochdale£2,065.03
City of Nottingham's nearest year-on-year movers
City of Nottingham moved Band D from £2,656.19 to £2,755.39 (+3.73%, competition rank 324th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Burnley, Ribble Valley, Barnsley.
Muted-rise signal for City of Nottingham: the increase is below 4%, placing this authority among the slower-moving part of the current dataset.
How City of Nottingham compares in East Midlands
Among the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, City of Nottingham's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,755.39 ranks 1st of 35, higher than 97% of them (£298.39 above the East Midlands average of £2,457.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional high-charge outlier: this authority sits in the costliest fifth of East Midlands.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | City of Nottingham | £2,755.39 |
| 2nd | Rutland | £2,737.58 |
| 3rd | Newark & Sherwood | £2,682.10 |
Regional rank out of 35 East Midlands billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from City of Nottingham's data
These answers use City of Nottingham's £2,755.39 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band A, 91.6% below D).
Is City of Nottingham Council Tax above the UK average?
City of Nottingham's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,755.39, 17.9% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 3rd of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Dorset Council, Lewes, Rutland, Wealden, then Gateshead, Bristol.
Which councils have charges closest to City of Nottingham?
The closest published Band D rates are Dorset Council (£2,765.02), Lewes (£2,756.17), Rutland (£2,737.58), Wealden (£2,728.43), Gateshead (£2,715.81), Bristol (£2,713.68). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from City of Nottingham.
What is the average Council Tax bill in City of Nottingham?
Across City of Nottingham's 147,860 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,071.05 for 2026-27. That is £684.34 below the £2,755.39 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band A (62.5% of the stock) and 91.6% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Leicester City, South Tyneside, Lincoln, Bolsover. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did City of Nottingham Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,656.19 to £2,755.39, a 3.73% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 324th of 350; the closest movements include Burnley, Ribble Valley, Barnsley.
Advice boundary for City of Nottingham
They are not personalised advice - expand a question for the figure that matches the tables above for the 2026-27 vintage, then follow the methodology or gov.uk links for a binding bill on a specific property.
Council Tax figure, precept and liability disclaimer
Council Tax charges shown on this page are derived from the published England Band D dataset and statutory England band ratios. They are intended as informational guidance, not as a personalised tax statement or legal advice. Your actual bill depends on your property's assigned band and on any discounts or exemptions that apply to your household. City of Nottingham is unitary, so this figure combines its own charge (including adult social care) with police and fire precepts where separate, plus any average parish precept. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Dorset Council, Lewes, Rutland, Wealden, then Gateshead, Bristol. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Leicester City, South Tyneside, Lincoln, Bolsover. For a binding figure consult your City of Nottingham Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
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Charges shown for City of Nottingham are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Dorset Council, Lewes, Rutland, Wealden, then Gateshead, Bristol.