Newham Council Tax 2026
London, England · 132,950 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Newham's Band D Council Tax is £1,944.23 for 2026-27, the 312th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 11% of them) and 17% below the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, Hillingdon, Cardiff, then Southwark, Windsor & Maidenhead. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Waltham Forest, Rushmoor, Slough, Adur.
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 Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, Hillingdon, Cardiff, then Southwark, Windsor & Maidenhead. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £1,944.23
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the lowest in the UK
- +4.76%
- year-on-year vs £1,855.96
- Middle-half rise
- -16.8%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £3,888.46
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, Hillingdon, Cardiff, then Southwark, Windsor & Maidenhead. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Waltham Forest, Rushmoor, Slough, Adur. Open Isles of Scilly for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Newham · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Newham
Newham's Band D Council Tax rose from £1,855.96 (2025-26) to £1,944.23 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 232.
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 changesNewham bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Newham's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Newham is 312th of 350 on the national Band D list at £1,944.23. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, Hillingdon, Cardiff, then Southwark, Windsor & Maidenhead. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Isles of Scilly, 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 London ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Newham's 132,950 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Waltham Forest, Rushmoor, Slough, Adur.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Isles of Scilly | £2,047.96 | +£103.73 |
| Lambeth | £2,047.11 | +£102.88 |
| Hillingdon | £2,045.46 | +£101.23 |
| Cardiff | £2,013.18 | +£68.95 |
| Southwark | £1,967.26 | +£23.03 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | £1,952.62 | +£8.39 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,296.15 | £129.62 | £972.11 |
| B | £1,512.18 | £151.22 | £1,134.14 |
| C | £1,728.20 | £172.82 | £1,296.15 |
| D | £1,944.23 | £194.42 | £1,458.17 |
| E | £2,376.28 | £237.63 | £1,782.21 |
| F | £2,808.33 | £280.83 | £2,106.25 |
| G | £3,240.38 | £324.04 | £2,430.29 |
| H | £3,888.46 | £388.85 | £2,916.35 |
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 Newham's 132,950 properties actually pay
Newham's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 56,170 of 132,950 dwellings (42.2%). 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. Bands B and C between them account for 68.1% of the stock. 72.3% 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 £1,755.27 per dwelling, £188.96 (9.7%) below the £1,944.23 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure Newham is 309th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Newham 30th of the 33 billing authorities in London, below the regional median of £2,261.38.
How to read this stock pattern
Newham'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 72.3% 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 68.1% 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.
Newham falls in the lower quarter of the London stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,261.38. Its Band D figure may sit elsewhere in the national table, but applying the local stock mix produces a cheaper regional comparison. That difference is precisely why both measures are shown. Neither replaces an address-level bill, which depends on the property's valuation band and any applicable reductions.
Closest housing-stock shape: Lewisham
Lewisham is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Newham, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 6.4% 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 is lower on the ladder at Band C: Newham has 42.2% of dwellings there, against 35.9% in Lewisham. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- Another material separation sits at lower Band A, where Lewisham holds 6.9% of its stock and Newham holds 4.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where Lewisham holds 27.2% of its stock and Newham holds 25.8%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. Lewisham records 1.0% of dwellings there, compared with 0.2% in Newham, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
How the wider profile compares
Newham has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 2.3% more of its stock than they do in Lewisham. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
Lewisham carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding Newham's combined share there by 1.9%. 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 H is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 0.0% 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 Lewisham
- Band B leans toward Lewisham
- Band C leans toward Newham
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E leans toward Lewisham
- Band F is closely balanced
- Band G leans toward Lewisham
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Newham: Waltham Forest (7.0% redistribution distance); Rushmoor (8.0% redistribution distance); Slough (8.2% redistribution distance); Adur (10.5% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Lewisham stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 5,580 | 4.2% | £1,296.15 |
| B | 34,360 | 25.8% | £1,512.18 |
| C | 56,170 | 42.2% | £1,728.20 |
| D | 27,040 | 20.3% | £1,944.23 |
| E | 7,270 | 5.5% | £2,376.28 |
| F | 2,250 | 1.7% | £2,808.33 |
| G | 240 | 0.2% | £3,240.38 |
| H | 40 | 0.0% | £3,888.46 |
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 Newham 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.
- Hammersmith & Fulham£1,769.55
- Lincoln£1,762.31
- Sandwell£1,734.82
- City of London£1,727.17
- Wigan£1,725.27
Newham's nearest year-on-year movers
Newham moved Band D from £1,855.96 to £1,944.23 (+4.76%, competition rank 232nd of 350). The closest published movements sit with Amber Valley, Barnet, Adur.
- Amber Valley4.77%
- Barnet4.77%
- Adur4.76%
- Chesterfield4.76%
- North East Lincolnshire4.76%
- Southwark4.76%
How Newham compares in London
Among the 33 billing authorities in London, Newham's 2026-27 Band D charge of £1,944.23 ranks 27th of 33, higher than 18% of them (£145.77 below the London average of £2,090.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of London.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 25th | Hillingdon | £2,045.46 |
| 26th | Southwark | £1,967.26 |
| 27th | Newham | £1,944.23 |
| 28th | Tower Hamlets | £1,837.78 |
| 29th | Kensington & Chelsea | £1,666.65 |
Regional rank out of 33 London billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Newham's data
These answers use Newham's £1,944.23 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 72.3% below D).
Is Newham Council Tax above the UK average?
Newham's 2026-27 Band D rate is £1,944.23, 16.8% below the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 312th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, Hillingdon, Cardiff, then Southwark, Windsor & Maidenhead.
Which councils have charges closest to Newham?
The closest published Band D rates are Isles of Scilly (£2,047.96), Lambeth (£2,047.11), Hillingdon (£2,045.46), Cardiff (£2,013.18), Southwark (£1,967.26), Windsor & Maidenhead (£1,952.62). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Newham.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Newham?
Across Newham's 132,950 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £1,755.27 for 2026-27. That is £188.96 below the £1,944.23 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (42.2% of the stock) and 72.3% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Waltham Forest, Rushmoor, Slough, Adur. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Newham Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £1,855.96 to £1,944.23, a 4.76% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 232nd of 350; the closest movements include Amber Valley, Barnet, Adur.
Advice boundary for Newham
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. Newham's Band D already includes the borough charge plus the Mayor of London's GLA precept for capital-wide services. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, Hillingdon, Cardiff, then Southwark, Windsor & Maidenhead. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Waltham Forest, Rushmoor, Slough, Adur. For a binding figure consult your Newham 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 Newham are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, including the GLA precept. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, Hillingdon, Cardiff, then Southwark, Windsor & Maidenhead.