Slough Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Slough'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 64.3% 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 C and D together contain 66.3% 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.

Slough falls in the lower quarter of the South East stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,511.00. 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: Rushmoor

Rushmoor is the closest full-distribution match for Slough. The profiles are close rather than identical: 5.0% 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 is lower on the ladder at Band C: Slough has 42.5% of dwellings there, against 39.5% in Rushmoor. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
• Another material separation sits at lower Band B, where Rushmoor holds 21.3% of its stock and Slough holds 19.1%. 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 23.8% of Slough's stock but 21.8% of Rushmoor's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band E. Rushmoor records 10.0% of dwellings there, compared with 8.2% in Slough, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Rushmoor
• Band B leans toward Rushmoor
• Band C leans toward Slough
• Band D leans toward Slough
• Band E leans toward Rushmoor
• 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 Slough: Adur (7.4% redistribution distance); Crawley (7.6% redistribution distance); Newham (8.2% redistribution distance); Greenwich (9.6% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Rushmoor stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.