Newcastle upon Tyne Council Tax 2026
North East, England · 141,160 domestic properties
Newcastle upon Tyne Band D is £2,542.19 for 2026-27, the 69th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (9% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Newcastle upon Tyne's published Band D Council Tax is £2,542.19 for 2026-27 (DEAR). Competition rank is 69th of 350 (higher than 80% of authorities).
- £2,542.19 Band D · DEAR
- 69th of 350 authorities
- +8.8% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Newcastle upon Tyne's Band D Council Tax is £2,542.19 for 2026-27 (DEAR), the 69th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 80% of them) and 9% 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.
- £2,542.19
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +5.35%
- year-on-year vs £2,413.15
- Upper-quarter rise
- +8.8%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,084.38
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Newcastle upon Tyne · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,413.15 (2025-26) to £2,542.19 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 66.
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
Newcastle upon Tyne 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.
- £2,542.19 Published Band D 2026-27 DEAR
- 69th of 350 UK authorities 80th percentile
- +5.3% Year-on-year Band D STEEP
- 141,160 VOA dwellings on list AHEAVY
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the Newcastle upon Tyne Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,542.19 places Newcastle upon Tyne 69th 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 8.8% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 80% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is North East. Here, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks 8th among 12 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,526.00. 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.
Newcastle upon Tyne bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,694.79 | £169.48 | £1,271.09 |
| B | £1,977.26 | £197.73 | £1,482.95 |
| C | £2,259.72 | £225.97 | £1,694.79 |
| D | £2,542.19 | £254.22 | £1,906.64 |
| E | £3,107.12 | £310.71 | £2,330.34 |
| F | £3,672.05 | £367.21 | £2,754.04 |
| G | £4,236.98 | £423.70 | £3,177.73 |
| H | £5,084.38 | £508.44 | £3,813.29 |
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 Newcastle upon Tyne's 141,160 properties actually pay
Most homes in Newcastle upon Tyne sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 77,890 of 141,160 dwellings (55.2%). 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. VOA CTSOP stamp AHEAVY: 85.2% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,017.42 is £524.77 (20.6%) below Band D £2,542.19 - 252nd of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places Newcastle upon Tyne 9th of the 12 billing authorities in North East, below the regional median of £2,065.00.
Newcastle upon Tyne property mix · A–C / D / E–H · AHEAVY
Sums to 141,160 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for Newcastle upon Tyne: moving 1.5% of dwellings between valuation bands would make the two published distributions align. That is a stricter comparison than sharing a modal band, because all published bands contribute to the distance.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation sits at lower Band A, where Blackburn with Darwen holds 55.8% of its stock and Newcastle upon Tyne holds 55.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 7.2% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 7.8% in Blackburn with Darwen. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Newcastle upon Tyne places 1.9% of dwellings there versus 1.3% for Blackburn with Darwen, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. Newcastle upon Tyne places 1.4% of dwellings there versus 0.9% for Blackburn with Darwen, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
Other close England matches for Newcastle upon Tyne: Hartlepool (3.2% redistribution distance); Manchester (3.4% redistribution distance); Durham (3.4% redistribution distance); Sheffield (3.7% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 77,890 | 55.2% | £1,694.79 |
| B | 21,750 | 15.4% | £1,977.26 |
| C | 20,570 | 14.6% | £2,259.72 |
| D | 10,210 | 7.2% | £2,542.19 |
| E | 6,000 | 4.3% | £3,107.12 |
| F | 2,670 | 1.9% | £3,672.05 |
| G | 1,940 | 1.4% | £4,236.98 |
| H | 130 | 0.1% | £5,084.38 |
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 Newcastle upon Tyne on stock-weighted charge (AHEAVY) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- North Kesteven£2,023.99
- Kirklees£2,023.21
- Ashfield£2,022.31
- Mansfield£2,021.74
- Coventry£2,018.92
Newcastle upon Tyne's nearest year-on-year movers · STEEP
Newcastle upon Tyne moved Band D from £2,413.15 to £2,542.19 (+5.35%, STEEP; competition rank 66th of 350). Closest published movements: Mid Devon, North Tyneside, Carmarthenshire.
- Mid Devon5.36%
- North Tyneside5.36%
- Carmarthenshire5.34%
- Cornwall5.33%
- Gateshead5.33%
- South Tyneside5.33%
How Newcastle upon Tyne compares in North East
Among the 12 billing authorities in North East, Newcastle upon Tyne's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,542.19 ranks 8th of 12, higher than 33% of them (£16.19 above the North East average of £2,526.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 6th | Middlesbrough | £2,549.16 |
| 7th | Redcar & Cleveland | £2,544.48 |
| 8th | Newcastle upon Tyne | £2,542.19 |
| 9th | Darlington | £2,493.83 |
| 10th | North Tyneside | £2,461.77 |
Regional rank out of 12 North East 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. Newcastle upon Tyne is a metropolitan borough: own charge plus policing and fire precepts, with parish elements uncommon. For a binding figure consult your Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier.