Peterborough Council Tax 2026
East of England, England · 91,620 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Peterborough's Band D Council Tax is £2,293.47 for 2026-27, the 259th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 26% of them) and 2% below the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, Redbridge, Portsmouth, then Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Erewash, Wirral, Plymouth, Lancaster.
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 Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, Redbridge, Portsmouth, then Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,293.47
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +4.93%
- year-on-year vs £2,185.72
- Middle-half rise
- -1.9%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,586.94
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, Redbridge, Portsmouth, then Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Erewash, Wirral, Plymouth, Lancaster. Open Wakefield for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Peterborough · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Peterborough
Peterborough's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,185.72 (2025-26) to £2,293.47 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 170.
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 changesPeterborough bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Peterborough's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Peterborough is 259th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,293.47. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, Redbridge, Portsmouth, then Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Wakefield, 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 East of England ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Peterborough's 91,620 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Erewash, Wirral, Plymouth, Lancaster.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | £2,296.89 | +£3.42 |
| Kingston upon Hull | £2,295.04 | +£1.57 |
| Redbridge | £2,294.58 | +£1.11 |
| Portsmouth | £2,291.71 | −£1.76 |
| Trafford | £2,291.70 | −£1.77 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £2,289.43 | −£4.04 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,528.98 | £152.90 | £1,146.74 |
| B | £1,783.81 | £178.38 | £1,337.86 |
| C | £2,038.64 | £203.86 | £1,528.98 |
| D | £2,293.47 | £229.35 | £1,720.10 |
| E | £2,803.13 | £280.31 | £2,102.35 |
| F | £3,312.79 | £331.28 | £2,484.59 |
| G | £3,822.45 | £382.25 | £2,866.84 |
| H | £4,586.94 | £458.69 | £3,440.21 |
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 Peterborough's 91,620 properties actually pay
Most homes in Peterborough sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 35,960 of 91,620 dwellings (39.2%). 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. Bands A and B between them account for 64.2% of the stock. 81.2% 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 £1,893.01 per dwelling, £400.46 (17.5%) below the £2,293.47 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure Peterborough is 292nd of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. No billing authority in East of England charges less per dwelling across its stock than Peterborough does.
How to read this stock pattern
Band D is a poor description of the largest group in Peterborough's housing stock. The dominant group is Band A, where the statutory charge is two-thirds of the Band D rate, while the reference band describes a different part of the valuation list. The £1,893.01 stock-weighted figure is therefore the more representative area-level comparison. It does not predict an individual bill, because discounts, exemptions and the property's actual valuation band still determine liability.
This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands A and B together contain 64.2% 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.
Peterborough forms the lower edge of the East of England peer set after each authority's housing mix is taken into account. Its position is therefore not just a low Band D headline: the weighted average remains lowest across the region's published stock profiles. The ranking is an area comparison, not a promise about a particular address, and the band table below retains the within-council variation that the rank compresses.
Closest housing-stock shape: Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth is the closest full-distribution match for Peterborough. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.1% 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 sits at lower Band A, where Great Yarmouth holds 41.6% of its stock and Peterborough holds 39.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Peterborough places 5.4% of dwellings there versus 4.0% for Great Yarmouth, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Great Yarmouth holds 18.1% of its stock and Peterborough holds 17.0%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 10.0% of Peterborough's stock but 8.9% of Great Yarmouth's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
How the wider profile compares
Great Yarmouth is more concentrated across Bands A to C in aggregate, by 4.1% of its stock. Peterborough's closest match is therefore achieved despite the peer carrying more homes below the reference band.
Peterborough carries 3.0% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Great Yarmouth. The extra upper-tail weight is small enough for this to remain the nearest peer, but large enough to distinguish the two areas.
Both profiles peak in Band A, 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 0.1% and 0.0%. 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 Great Yarmouth
- Band B leans toward Great Yarmouth
- Band C leans toward Great Yarmouth
- Band D leans toward Peterborough
- Band E leans toward Peterborough
- Band F leans toward Peterborough
- Band G leans toward Peterborough
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Peterborough: Erewash (4.1% redistribution distance); Wirral (4.1% redistribution distance); Plymouth (4.3% redistribution distance); Lancaster (4.4% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Great Yarmouth stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 35,960 | 39.2% | £1,528.98 |
| B | 22,850 | 24.9% | £1,783.81 |
| C | 15,560 | 17.0% | £2,038.64 |
| D | 9,120 | 10.0% | £2,293.47 |
| E | 4,950 | 5.4% | £2,803.13 |
| F | 2,030 | 2.2% | £3,312.79 |
| G | 1,070 | 1.2% | £3,822.45 |
| H | 80 | 0.1% | £4,586.94 |
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 Peterborough 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.
- Tower Hamlets£1,903.60
- North Lincolnshire£1,902.06
- Rhondda Cynon Taf£1,899.42
- Hyndburn£1,891.52
- Portsmouth£1,887.02
Peterborough's nearest year-on-year movers
Peterborough moved Band D from £2,185.72 to £2,293.47 (+4.93%, competition rank 170th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Broxbourne, Cheltenham, Knowsley.
- Broxbourne4.93%
- Cheltenham4.93%
- Knowsley4.93%
- North Lincolnshire4.93%
- Torridge4.93%
- East Hertfordshire4.92%
How Peterborough compares in East of England
Among the 45 billing authorities in East of England, Peterborough's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,293.47 ranks 38th of 45, higher than 16% of them (£97.53 below the East of England average of £2,391.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of East of England.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 36th | Chelmsford | £2,300.18 |
| 37th | Harlow | £2,298.69 |
| 38th | Peterborough | £2,293.47 |
| 39th | Colchester | £2,282.85 |
| 40th | Braintree | £2,280.34 |
Regional rank out of 45 East of England billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Peterborough's data
These answers use Peterborough's £2,293.47 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band A, 81.2% below D).
Is Peterborough Council Tax above the UK average?
Peterborough's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,293.47, 1.9% below the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 259th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, Redbridge, Portsmouth, then Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Which councils have charges closest to Peterborough?
The closest published Band D rates are Wakefield (£2,296.89), Kingston upon Hull (£2,295.04), Redbridge (£2,294.58), Portsmouth (£2,291.71), Trafford (£2,291.70), Rhondda Cynon Taf (£2,289.43). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Peterborough.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Peterborough?
Across Peterborough's 91,620 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £1,893.01 for 2026-27. That is £400.46 below the £2,293.47 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band A (39.2% of the stock) and 81.2% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Erewash, Wirral, Plymouth, Lancaster. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Peterborough Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,185.72 to £2,293.47, a 4.93% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 170th of 350; the closest movements include Broxbourne, Cheltenham, Knowsley.
Advice boundary for Peterborough
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. Peterborough 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 Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, Redbridge, Portsmouth, then Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Erewash, Wirral, Plymouth, Lancaster. For a binding figure consult your Peterborough 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 Peterborough are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, Redbridge, Portsmouth, then Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf.