High Peak Council Tax 2026
East Midlands, England · 43,930 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, High Peak's Band D Council Tax is £2,384.66 for 2026-27, the 195th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 44% of them) and 2% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Waltham Forest, Ribble Valley, Bath & North East Somerset, Hinckley & Bosworth, then Rotherham, Southampton. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Hinckley & Bosworth, Worcester, North West Leicestershire, North Warwickshire.
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 Waltham Forest, Ribble Valley, Bath & North East Somerset, Hinckley & Bosworth, then Rotherham, Southampton. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,384.66
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +4.80%
- year-on-year vs £2,275.52
- Middle-half rise
- +2.0%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,769.32
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Waltham Forest, Ribble Valley, Bath & North East Somerset, Hinckley & Bosworth, then Rotherham, Southampton. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Hinckley & Bosworth, Worcester, North West Leicestershire, North Warwickshire. Open Waltham Forest for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
High Peak · year-on-year Band D
What changed for High Peak
High Peak's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,275.52 (2025-26) to £2,384.66 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 208.
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 changesHigh Peak bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
High Peak's nearest Band D charges nationwide
High Peak is 195th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,384.66. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Waltham Forest, Ribble Valley, Bath & North East Somerset, Hinckley & Bosworth, then Rotherham, Southampton. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Waltham Forest, 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 High Peak's 43,930 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Hinckley & Bosworth, Worcester, North West Leicestershire, North Warwickshire.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | £2,386.96 | +£2.30 |
| Ribble Valley | £2,386.50 | +£1.84 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | £2,383.42 | −£1.24 |
| Hinckley & Bosworth | £2,382.62 | −£2.04 |
| Rotherham | £2,381.53 | −£3.13 |
| Southampton | £2,381.48 | −£3.18 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,589.77 | £158.98 | £1,192.33 |
| B | £1,854.74 | £185.47 | £1,391.06 |
| C | £2,119.70 | £211.97 | £1,589.77 |
| D | £2,384.66 | £238.47 | £1,788.50 |
| E | £2,914.58 | £291.46 | £2,185.94 |
| F | £3,444.51 | £344.45 | £2,583.38 |
| G | £3,974.43 | £397.44 | £2,980.82 |
| H | £4,769.32 | £476.93 | £3,576.99 |
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 High Peak's 43,930 properties actually pay
High Peak's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band B, which covers 13,380 of 43,930 dwellings (30.5%). A Band B home is charged at seven-ninths of the Band D rate, which is why the typical bill here lands under the headline figure. Bands B and C between them account for 52.1% of the stock. 71.9% 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 £2,145.27 per dwelling, £239.39 (10.0%) below the £2,384.66 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure High Peak is 198th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places High Peak 16th of the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, above the regional median of £2,103.94.
How to read this stock pattern
High Peak'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 71.9% 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 52.1% 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.
High Peak 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: Redditch
Redditch is the closest full-distribution match for High Peak. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.3% 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 B, where Redditch holds 32.2% of its stock and High Peak holds 30.5%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. High Peak places 5.0% of dwellings there versus 3.4% for Redditch, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Redditch holds 21.2% of its stock and High Peak holds 19.8%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. High Peak places 2.0% of dwellings there versus 1.3% for Redditch, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
How the wider profile compares
Redditch is more concentrated across Bands A to C in aggregate, by 2.5% of its stock. High Peak's closest match is therefore achieved despite the peer carrying more homes below the reference band.
High Peak carries 2.6% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Redditch. The extra upper-tail weight is small enough for this to remain the nearest peer, but large enough to distinguish the two areas.
Both profiles peak in Band B, 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 Redditch
- Band B leans toward Redditch
- Band C leans toward High Peak
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E is closely balanced
- Band F leans toward High Peak
- Band G leans toward High Peak
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for High Peak: Hinckley & Bosworth (4.0% redistribution distance); Worcester (5.5% redistribution distance); North West Leicestershire (6.0% redistribution distance); North Warwickshire (6.0% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Redditch stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 8,680 | 19.8% | £1,589.77 |
| B | 13,380 | 30.5% | £1,854.74 |
| C | 9,520 | 21.7% | £2,119.70 |
| D | 5,130 | 11.7% | £2,384.66 |
| E | 4,110 | 9.4% | £2,914.58 |
| F | 2,200 | 5.0% | £3,444.51 |
| G | 860 | 2.0% | £3,974.43 |
| H | 50 | 0.1% | £4,769.32 |
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 High Peak 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.
High Peak's nearest year-on-year movers
High Peak moved Band D from £2,275.52 to £2,384.66 (+4.80%, competition rank 208th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Bexley, Havering, Sutton.
How High Peak compares in East Midlands
Among the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, High Peak's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,384.66 ranks 23rd of 35, higher than 34% of them (£72.34 below the East Midlands average of £2,457.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 21st | Charnwood | £2,405.64 |
| 22nd | Harborough | £2,389.87 |
| 23rd | High Peak | £2,384.66 |
| 24th | Hinckley & Bosworth | £2,382.62 |
| 25th | Erewash | £2,360.64 |
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 High Peak's data
These answers use High Peak's £2,384.66 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band B, 71.9% below D).
Is High Peak Council Tax above the UK average?
High Peak's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,384.66, 2.0% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 195th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Waltham Forest, Ribble Valley, Bath & North East Somerset, Hinckley & Bosworth, then Rotherham, Southampton.
Which councils have charges closest to High Peak?
The closest published Band D rates are Waltham Forest (£2,386.96), Ribble Valley (£2,386.50), Bath & North East Somerset (£2,383.42), Hinckley & Bosworth (£2,382.62), Rotherham (£2,381.53), Southampton (£2,381.48). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from High Peak.
What is the average Council Tax bill in High Peak?
Across High Peak's 43,930 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,145.27 for 2026-27. That is £239.39 below the £2,384.66 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band B (30.5% of the stock) and 71.9% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Hinckley & Bosworth, Worcester, North West Leicestershire, North Warwickshire. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did High Peak Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,275.52 to £2,384.66, a 4.80% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 208th of 350; the closest movements include Bexley, Havering, Sutton.
Advice boundary for High Peak
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. This area Band D is a two-tier total for High Peak: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Waltham Forest, Ribble Valley, Bath & North East Somerset, Hinckley & Bosworth, then Rotherham, Southampton. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Hinckley & Bosworth, Worcester, North West Leicestershire, North Warwickshire. For a binding figure consult your High Peak 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 High Peak are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Waltham Forest, Ribble Valley, Bath & North East Somerset, Hinckley & Bosworth, then Rotherham, Southampton.