North Yorkshire Council Tax 2026
Yorkshire and The Humber, England · 306,900 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, North Yorkshire's Band D Council Tax is £2,544.34 for 2026-27, the 68th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 81% of them) and 9% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Middlesbrough, Adur, Guildford, Redcar & Cleveland, then Newcastle upon Tyne, Neath Port Talbot. Closest published housing-stock shapes include South Staffordshire, North Somerset, Cheshire East, Herefordshire.
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 Middlesbrough, Adur, Guildford, Redcar & Cleveland, then Newcastle upon Tyne, Neath Port Talbot. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,544.34
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +5.21%
- year-on-year vs £2,418.26
- Upper-quarter rise
- +8.9%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,088.68
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Middlesbrough, Adur, Guildford, Redcar & Cleveland, then Newcastle upon Tyne, Neath Port Talbot. Closest published housing-stock shapes include South Staffordshire, North Somerset, Cheshire East, Herefordshire. Open Middlesbrough for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
North Yorkshire · year-on-year Band D
What changed for North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,418.26 (2025-26) to £2,544.34 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 85.
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 changesNorth Yorkshire bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
North Yorkshire's nearest Band D charges nationwide
North Yorkshire is 68th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,544.34. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Middlesbrough, Adur, Guildford, Redcar & Cleveland, then Newcastle upon Tyne, Neath Port Talbot. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Middlesbrough, 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 Yorkshire and The Humber ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of North Yorkshire's 306,900 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include South Staffordshire, North Somerset, Cheshire East, Herefordshire.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough | £2,549.16 | +£4.82 |
| Adur | £2,548.28 | +£3.94 |
| Guildford | £2,547.30 | +£2.96 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | £2,544.48 | +£0.14 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £2,542.19 | −£2.15 |
| Neath Port Talbot | £2,541.39 | −£2.95 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,696.23 | £169.62 | £1,272.17 |
| B | £1,978.93 | £197.89 | £1,484.20 |
| C | £2,261.64 | £226.16 | £1,696.23 |
| D | £2,544.34 | £254.43 | £1,908.26 |
| E | £3,109.75 | £310.98 | £2,332.31 |
| F | £3,675.16 | £367.52 | £2,756.37 |
| G | £4,240.57 | £424.06 | £3,180.43 |
| H | £5,088.68 | £508.87 | £3,816.51 |
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 North Yorkshire's 306,900 properties actually pay
North Yorkshire's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 70,320 of 306,900 dwellings (22.9%). 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. It takes 3 bands — A, B, C — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 60.3% 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 £2,464.41 per dwelling, £79.93 (3.1%) below the £2,544.34 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure North Yorkshire is 77th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. No billing authority in Yorkshire and The Humber charges more per dwelling across its stock than North Yorkshire does.
How to read this stock pattern
North Yorkshire'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 60.3% 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.
North Yorkshire has a broad valuation-band profile: the largest 3 groups are needed before the cumulative share passes half of the stock. No single band dominates the local picture, which makes a one-band headline especially incomplete. The weighted result is useful for comparing this authority with peers, but the spread across 8 published bands matters just as much. A broad mix also means the area-level mean is less representative of any one household than it is in a concentrated council.
North Yorkshire sets the upper edge of the Yorkshire and The Humber comparison on this stock-weighted measure. That is stronger evidence than its UK-wide Band D position alone because every authority in the peer set is judged after its own band distribution is applied. The result identifies the most expensive average stock profile in the region; it does not establish that every property in North Yorkshire has the region's highest bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Stroud
Stroud is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for North Yorkshire: moving 2.6% 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 is lower on the ladder at Band A: North Yorkshire has 16.0% of dwellings there, against 13.4% in Stroud. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where Stroud holds 22.9% of its stock and North Yorkshire holds 21.4%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band E. Stroud records 13.0% of dwellings there, compared with 12.4% in North Yorkshire, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Stroud holds 23.1% of its stock and North Yorkshire holds 22.9%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
How the wider profile compares
North Yorkshire has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 0.9% more of its stock than they do in Stroud. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
Stroud carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding North Yorkshire's combined share there by 0.8%. 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 0.4% and 0.5%. 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 North Yorkshire
- Band B leans toward Stroud
- Band C is closely balanced
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E leans toward Stroud
- Band F is closely balanced
- 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 Yorkshire: South Staffordshire (3.0% redistribution distance); North Somerset (4.2% redistribution distance); Cheshire East (4.3% redistribution distance); Herefordshire (4.4% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Stroud stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 48,960 | 16.0% | £1,696.23 |
| B | 65,650 | 21.4% | £1,978.93 |
| C | 70,320 | 22.9% | £2,261.64 |
| D | 46,230 | 15.1% | £2,544.34 |
| E | 37,970 | 12.4% | £3,109.75 |
| F | 22,380 | 7.3% | £3,675.16 |
| G | 14,080 | 4.6% | £4,240.57 |
| H | 1,310 | 0.4% | £5,088.68 |
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 North Yorkshire 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.
- Arun£2,466.95
- Barnet£2,466.90
- Watford£2,462.58
- Havering£2,458.22
- Broxbourne£2,456.10
North Yorkshire's nearest year-on-year movers
North Yorkshire moved Band D from £2,418.26 to £2,544.34 (+5.21%, competition rank 85th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Buckinghamshire, Dudley, Halton.
- Buckinghamshire5.21%
- Dudley5.21%
- Halton5.21%
- Sandwell5.20%
- Swindon5.20%
- Bath & North East Somerset5.19%
How North Yorkshire compares in Yorkshire and The Humber
Among the 15 billing authorities in Yorkshire and The Humber, North Yorkshire's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,544.34 ranks 1st of 15, higher than 93% of them (£170.34 above the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,374.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional high-charge outlier: this authority sits in the costliest fifth of Yorkshire and The Humber.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | North Yorkshire | £2,544.34 |
| 2nd | Sheffield | £2,510.16 |
| 3rd | North East Lincolnshire | £2,483.85 |
Regional rank out of 15 Yorkshire and The Humber billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from North Yorkshire's data
These answers use North Yorkshire's £2,544.34 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 60.3% below D).
Is North Yorkshire Council Tax above the UK average?
North Yorkshire's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,544.34, 8.9% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 68th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Middlesbrough, Adur, Guildford, Redcar & Cleveland, then Newcastle upon Tyne, Neath Port Talbot.
Which councils have charges closest to North Yorkshire?
The closest published Band D rates are Middlesbrough (£2,549.16), Adur (£2,548.28), Guildford (£2,547.30), Redcar & Cleveland (£2,544.48), Newcastle upon Tyne (£2,542.19), Neath Port Talbot (£2,541.39). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from North Yorkshire.
What is the average Council Tax bill in North Yorkshire?
Across North Yorkshire's 306,900 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,464.41 for 2026-27. That is £79.93 below the £2,544.34 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (22.9% of the stock) and 60.3% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include South Staffordshire, North Somerset, Cheshire East, Herefordshire. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did North Yorkshire Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,418.26 to £2,544.34, a 5.21% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 85th of 350; the closest movements include Buckinghamshire, Dudley, Halton.
Advice boundary for North Yorkshire
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. North Yorkshire is unitary, so this figure combines its own charge (including adult social care) with police and fire precepts where separate, plus any average parish precept. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Middlesbrough, Adur, Guildford, Redcar & Cleveland, then Newcastle upon Tyne, Neath Port Talbot. Closest published housing-stock shapes include South Staffordshire, North Somerset, Cheshire East, Herefordshire. For a binding figure consult your North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Middlesbrough, Adur, Guildford, Redcar & Cleveland, then Newcastle upon Tyne, Neath Port Talbot.