North West Leicestershire Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

North West Leicestershire'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 67.7% 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 A and B together contain 50.9% 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.

North West Leicestershire 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: High Peak

High Peak is the nearest available full-distribution peer for North West Leicestershire, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 6.0% 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 C, where High Peak holds 21.7% of its stock and North West Leicestershire holds 16.9%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• Another material separation falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 14.9% of North West Leicestershire's stock but 11.7% of High Peak's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. North West Leicestershire places 11.1% of dwellings there versus 9.4% for High Peak, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: North West Leicestershire has 20.8% of dwellings there, against 19.8% in High Peak. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward North West Leicestershire
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C leans toward High Peak
• Band D leans toward North West Leicestershire
• Band E leans toward North West Leicestershire
• Band F leans toward High Peak
• Band G is closely balanced
• Band H is closely balanced

This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.

Other close England matches for North West Leicestershire: East Suffolk (6.2% redistribution distance); North Norfolk (6.3% redistribution distance); Redditch (6.6% redistribution distance); Hinckley & Bosworth (6.8% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether High Peak stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.