Denbighshire Council Tax 2026
Wales · 46,770 domestic properties
According to Welsh Government / StatsWales, Council Tax levels 2026-27, Denbighshire's Band D Council Tax is £2,339.03 for 2026-27, the 229th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 35% of them) and 0% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Babergh, Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, then Staffordshire Moorlands, North Kesteven. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Newport, Flintshire, Conwy, Pembrokeshire.
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. Wales revalued its housing stock to 2003 values and uses nine bands, A to I, rather than the eight used in England and Scotland. A Welsh Band D property therefore sits at a different point in the housing stock than an English Band D one, and the rank should be read as a charge comparison only. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Babergh, Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, then Staffordshire Moorlands, North Kesteven. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,339.03
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +5.50%
- year-on-year vs £2,217.08
- Upper-quarter rise
- +0.1%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,457.74
- Band I · 21/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Babergh, Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, then Staffordshire Moorlands, North Kesteven. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Newport, Flintshire, Conwy, Pembrokeshire. Open Babergh for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Denbighshire · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Denbighshire
Denbighshire's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,217.08 (2025-26) to £2,339.03 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 57.
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 changesDenbighshire bands A-I schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Denbighshire's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Denbighshire is 229th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,339.03. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Babergh, Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, then Staffordshire Moorlands, North Kesteven. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Babergh, 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 Wales ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Denbighshire's 46,770 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Newport, Flintshire, Conwy, Pembrokeshire.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Babergh | £2,341.55 | +£2.52 |
| Tewkesbury | £2,340.53 | +£1.50 |
| South Derbyshire | £2,339.61 | +£0.58 |
| Chesterfield | £2,339.49 | +£0.46 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £2,338.21 | −£0.82 |
| North Kesteven | £2,337.81 | −£1.22 |
Band A–I charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,559.35 | £155.94 | £1,169.51 |
| B | £1,819.25 | £181.93 | £1,364.44 |
| C | £2,079.14 | £207.91 | £1,559.36 |
| D | £2,339.03 | £233.90 | £1,754.27 |
| E | £2,858.81 | £285.88 | £2,144.11 |
| F | £3,378.60 | £337.86 | £2,533.95 |
| G | £3,898.38 | £389.84 | £2,923.79 |
| H | £4,678.06 | £467.81 | £3,508.55 |
| I | £5,457.74 | £545.77 | £4,093.31 |
Wales 2003 valuation ranges (Band A–I)
- Band A: Up to £44,000 (2003 valuation)
- Band B: £44,001 to £65,000
- Band C: £65,001 to £91,000
- Band D: £91,001 to £123,000 (reference band)
- Band E: £123,001 to £162,000
- Band F: £162,001 to £223,000
- Band G: £223,001 to £324,000
- Band H: £324,001 to £424,000
- Band I: Over £424,000
Source: Welsh Government / StatsWales, Council Tax levels 2026-27 (area Band D) + statutory Wales 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 Denbighshire's 46,770 properties actually pay
Denbighshire's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 14,980 of 46,770 dwellings (32.0%). A Band C home is charged at eight-ninths of the Band D rate, which is why the typical bill here lands under the headline figure. It takes 3 bands — B, C, D — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 56.8% of dwellings on the Wales 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 £2,349.87 per dwelling, £10.84 (0.5%) above the £2,339.03 Band D headline. On that measure Denbighshire is 114th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Denbighshire 8th of the 22 billing authorities in Wales, above the regional median of £2,258.00.
How to read this stock pattern
Denbighshire'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 56.8% 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.
Denbighshire has a broad valuation-band profile: the largest 3 groups are needed before the cumulative share passes half of the stock. No single band dominates the local picture, which makes a one-band headline especially incomplete. The weighted result is useful for comparing this authority with peers, but the spread across 9 published bands matters just as much. A broad mix also means the area-level mean is less representative of any one household than it is in a concentrated council.
Denbighshire occupies the middle half of the Wales stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,258.00 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: Wrexham
Wrexham is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Denbighshire, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 6.6% of dwellings to move between valuation bands. Even the closest council therefore has a materially different housing-stock shape.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation sits at lower Band B, where Wrexham holds 20.6% of its stock and Denbighshire holds 15.9%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- Another material separation is lower on the ladder at Band C: Denbighshire has 32.0% of dwellings there, against 27.8% in Wrexham. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: Denbighshire has 8.9% of dwellings there, against 7.3% in Wrexham. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band E. Wrexham records 13.4% of dwellings there, compared with 12.1% in Denbighshire, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
How the wider profile compares
Denbighshire has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 1.1% more of its stock than they do in Wrexham. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
Wrexham carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding Denbighshire's combined share there by 1.6%. Total-variation distance counts those absolute band gaps without assuming they offset the lower-band pattern.
Both profiles peak in Band C, 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 F is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 8.4% and 8.4%. 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 Denbighshire
- Band B leans toward Wrexham
- Band C leans toward Denbighshire
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E leans toward Wrexham
- Band F is closely balanced
- Band G is closely balanced
- Band H is closely balanced
- Band I is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close Wales matches for Denbighshire: Newport (7.3% redistribution distance); Flintshire (7.7% redistribution distance); Conwy (8.0% redistribution distance); Pembrokeshire (11.5% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the Wales valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Wrexham stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4,170 | 8.9% | £1,559.35 |
| B | 7,420 | 15.9% | £1,819.25 |
| C | 14,980 | 32.0% | £2,079.14 |
| D | 8,070 | 17.3% | £2,339.03 |
| E | 5,660 | 12.1% | £2,858.81 |
| F | 3,920 | 8.4% | £3,378.60 |
| G | 2,060 | 4.4% | £3,898.38 |
| H | 320 | 0.7% | £4,678.06 |
| I | 170 | 0.4% | £5,457.74 |
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 Denbighshire 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.
- Bath & North East Somerset£2,356.86
- Bridgend£2,352.05
- Adur£2,344.87
- East Cambridgeshire£2,344.17
- Rugby£2,341.70
Denbighshire's nearest year-on-year movers
Denbighshire moved Band D from £2,217.08 to £2,339.03 (+5.50%, competition rank 57th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Clackmannanshire, Gwynedd, East Devon.
- Clackmannanshire5.60%
- Gwynedd5.49%
- East Devon5.45%
- Isle of Anglesey5.45%
- Rother5.45%
- Ceredigion5.37%
How Denbighshire compares in Wales
Among the 22 billing authorities in Wales, Denbighshire's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,339.03 ranks 12th of 22, higher than 45% of them (£13.03 above the Wales average of £2,326.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | Powys | £2,351.72 |
| 11th | Carmarthenshire | £2,351.20 |
| 12th | Denbighshire | £2,339.03 |
| 13th | Wrexham | £2,308.88 |
| 14th | Rhondda Cynon Taf | £2,289.43 |
Regional rank out of 22 Wales billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Denbighshire's data
These answers use Denbighshire's £2,339.03 Band D rate, the Wales statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 56.8% below D).
Is Denbighshire Council Tax above the UK average?
Denbighshire's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,339.03, 0.1% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 229th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Babergh, Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, then Staffordshire Moorlands, North Kesteven.
Which councils have charges closest to Denbighshire?
The closest published Band D rates are Babergh (£2,341.55), Tewkesbury (£2,340.53), South Derbyshire (£2,339.61), Chesterfield (£2,339.49), Staffordshire Moorlands (£2,338.21), North Kesteven (£2,337.81). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Denbighshire.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Denbighshire?
Across Denbighshire's 46,770 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,349.87 for 2026-27. That is £10.84 above the £2,339.03 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (32.0% of the stock) and 56.8% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Newport, Flintshire, Conwy, Pembrokeshire. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Denbighshire Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,217.08 to £2,339.03, a 5.50% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 57th of 350; the closest movements include Clackmannanshire, Gwynedd, East Devon.
Advice boundary for Denbighshire
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 Wales Band D dataset and statutory Wales 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. Denbighshire's overall average Band D (bands A to I) combines the council charge with police and average community council precepts. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Babergh, Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, then Staffordshire Moorlands, North Kesteven. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Newport, Flintshire, Conwy, Pembrokeshire. For a binding figure consult your Denbighshire 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 Denbighshire are the overall average Band D across bands A to I, including police and community precepts. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Babergh, Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, then Staffordshire Moorlands, North Kesteven.