Malvern Hills Council Tax 2026
West Midlands, England · 38,900 domestic properties
Malvern Hills Band D is £2,450.92 for 2026-27, the 144th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (5% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Malvern Hills's published Band D Council Tax is £2,450.92 for 2026-27 (OVER). Competition rank is 144th of 350 (higher than 59% of authorities).
- £2,450.92 Band D · OVER
- 144th of 350 authorities
- +4.9% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Malvern Hills's Band D Council Tax is £2,450.92 for 2026-27 (OVER), the 144th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 59% of them) and 5% above the UK average of £2,337.00.
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. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,450.92
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +7.46%
- year-on-year vs £2,280.82
- Among the steepest rises
- +4.9%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,901.84
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Malvern Hills · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Malvern Hills
Malvern Hills's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,280.82 (2025-26) to £2,450.92 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 29.
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 changesMHCLG/VOA position brief
Malvern Hills Band D posture in the 2026-27 corpus
Entity-varying stamps from the joined MHCLG, Scottish CTAS and StatsWales extract plus VOA CTSOP stock counts, ABS(charge) peers, not map neighbours.
- £2,450.92 Published Band D 2026-27 OVER
- 144th of 350 UK authorities 59th percentile
- +7.5% Year-on-year Band D SPIKE
- 38,900 VOA dwellings on list BALANCED
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the Malvern Hills Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,450.92 places Malvern Hills 144th out of 350 UK billing authorities when ordered from the highest charge down. That position is derived from the full authority table, rather than from a single quoted comparison. It is 4.9% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 59% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is West Midlands. Here, Malvern Hills ranks 14th among 30 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,400.00. The table of nearby authorities therefore compares published charges in the same geography, not property values or the level of service a household receives. Equal Band D charges share a position, so the ranking does not invent a difference where the underlying values match.
Band D is a statutory reference point, not a bill for every household. Charges for the other bands are calculated from the applicable national ratios, and discounts or exemptions can change an individual bill. This page is best used to understand the current published schedule and how this authority sits within the recorded 2026-27 council-tax corpus.
Malvern Hills bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,633.95 | £163.40 | £1,225.46 |
| B | £1,906.27 | £190.63 | £1,429.70 |
| C | £2,178.60 | £217.86 | £1,633.95 |
| D | £2,450.92 | £245.09 | £1,838.19 |
| E | £2,995.57 | £299.56 | £2,246.68 |
| F | £3,540.22 | £354.02 | £2,655.17 |
| G | £4,084.87 | £408.49 | £3,063.65 |
| H | £4,901.84 | £490.18 | £3,676.38 |
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 Malvern Hills's 38,900 properties actually pay
Malvern Hills's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 8,860 of 38,900 dwellings (22.8%). 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. VOA CTSOP stamp BALANCED: 53.1% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,502.10 is £51.18 (2.1%) above Band D £2,450.92 - 68th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places Malvern Hills 5th of the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, above the regional median of £2,132.00.
Malvern Hills property mix · A–C / D / E–H · BALANCED
Sums to 38,900 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Wychavon
Wychavon is the closest full-distribution match for Malvern Hills. 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 falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 15.5% of Malvern Hills's stock but 13.7% of Wychavon's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. Wychavon records 7.8% of dwellings there, compared with 6.6% in Malvern Hills, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Malvern Hills places 13.8% of dwellings there versus 12.6% for Wychavon, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Wychavon holds 11.5% of its stock and Malvern Hills holds 10.5%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
Other close England matches for Malvern Hills: Derbyshire Dales (3.4% redistribution distance); Rushcliffe (4.9% redistribution distance); East Devon (5.1% redistribution distance); Harborough (5.3% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4,100 | 10.5% | £1,633.95 |
| B | 7,700 | 19.8% | £1,906.27 |
| C | 8,860 | 22.8% | £2,178.60 |
| D | 6,020 | 15.5% | £2,450.92 |
| E | 5,380 | 13.8% | £2,995.57 |
| F | 4,160 | 10.7% | £3,540.22 |
| G | 2,550 | 6.6% | £4,084.87 |
| H | 130 | 0.3% | £4,901.84 |
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
Closest to Malvern Hills on stock-weighted charge (BALANCED) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Conwy£2,509.71
- Herefordshire£2,509.52
- New Forest£2,501.41
- Central Bedfordshire£2,500.27
- North Hertfordshire£2,494.60
Malvern Hills's nearest year-on-year movers · SPIKE
Malvern Hills moved Band D from £2,280.82 to £2,450.92 (+7.46%, SPIKE; competition rank 29th of 350). Closest published movements: Redditch, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, East Lothian.
SPIKE signal for Malvern Hills: increase ≥7% - movement cohort beats charge twins for budget-change comparison.
- Redditch7.58%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole7.54%
- East Lothian7.50%
- Renfrewshire7.50%
- West Lothian7.40%
- Shetland Islands7.30%
How Malvern Hills compares in West Midlands
Among the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, Malvern Hills's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,450.92 ranks 14th of 30, higher than 53% of them (£50.92 above the West Midlands average of £2,400.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 12th | Redditch | £2,462.95 |
| 13th | Warwick | £2,461.55 |
| 14th | Malvern Hills | £2,450.92 |
| 15th | Worcester | £2,405.81 |
| 16th | Cannock Chase | £2,375.83 |
Regional rank out of 30 West Midlands billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
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 Malvern Hills: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. For a binding figure consult your Malvern Hills Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
UK directories, Band D rollup and band challenge
Charges shown for Malvern Hills are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply.