Stratford-on-Avon Council Tax 2026
West Midlands, England · 67,810 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Stratford-on-Avon's Band D Council Tax is £2,484.17 for 2026-27, the 113th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 68% of them) and 6% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Richmond upon Thames, East Cambridgeshire, Fylde, North East Lincolnshire, then Rugby, South Norfolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Cotswold, Winchester, Wealden, Chichester.
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 Richmond upon Thames, East Cambridgeshire, Fylde, North East Lincolnshire, then Rugby, South Norfolk. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,484.17
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +4.38%
- year-on-year vs £2,379.91
- Lower-quarter rise
- +6.3%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,968.34
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Richmond upon Thames, East Cambridgeshire, Fylde, North East Lincolnshire, then Rugby, South Norfolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Cotswold, Winchester, Wealden, Chichester. Open Richmond upon Thames for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Stratford-on-Avon · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,379.91 (2025-26) to £2,484.17 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 266.
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 changesStratford-on-Avon bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Stratford-on-Avon's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Stratford-on-Avon is 113th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,484.17. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Richmond upon Thames, East Cambridgeshire, Fylde, North East Lincolnshire, then Rugby, South Norfolk. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Richmond upon Thames, 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 West Midlands ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Stratford-on-Avon's 67,810 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Cotswold, Winchester, Wealden, Chichester.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond upon Thames | £2,486.10 | +£1.93 |
| East Cambridgeshire | £2,485.18 | +£1.01 |
| Fylde | £2,483.94 | −£0.23 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £2,483.85 | −£0.32 |
| Rugby | £2,483.05 | −£1.12 |
| South Norfolk | £2,482.87 | −£1.30 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,656.11 | £165.61 | £1,242.08 |
| B | £1,932.13 | £193.21 | £1,449.10 |
| C | £2,208.15 | £220.82 | £1,656.11 |
| D | £2,484.17 | £248.42 | £1,863.13 |
| E | £3,036.21 | £303.62 | £2,277.16 |
| F | £3,588.25 | £358.83 | £2,691.19 |
| G | £4,140.28 | £414.03 | £3,105.21 |
| H | £4,968.34 | £496.83 | £3,726.26 |
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 Stratford-on-Avon's 67,810 properties actually pay
Stratford-on-Avon's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 19,070 of 67,810 dwellings (28.1%). 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 — C, D, E — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 46.6% 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 £2,673.37 per dwelling, £189.20 (7.6%) above the £2,484.17 Band D headline. On that measure Stratford-on-Avon is 39th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. No billing authority in West Midlands charges more per dwelling across its stock than Stratford-on-Avon does.
How to read this stock pattern
Stratford-on-Avon'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 46.6% 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.
Stratford-on-Avon 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.
Stratford-on-Avon sets the upper edge of the West Midlands 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 Stratford-on-Avon has the region's highest bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Maldon
Maldon is the closest full-distribution match for Stratford-on-Avon. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.8% 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 appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. Stratford-on-Avon places 8.8% of dwellings there versus 5.5% for Maldon, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- Another material separation sits at lower Band A, where Maldon holds 8.1% of its stock and Stratford-on-Avon holds 5.7%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 16.9% in Stratford-on-Avon and 18.6% in Maldon. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band H. Stratford-on-Avon places 1.5% of dwellings there versus 0.6% for Maldon, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
How the wider profile compares
Maldon is more concentrated across Bands A to C in aggregate, by 2.8% of its stock. Stratford-on-Avon's closest match is therefore achieved despite the peer carrying more homes below the reference band.
Stratford-on-Avon carries 4.6% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Maldon. 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 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 C is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 28.1% and 28.3%. 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 Maldon
- Band B is closely balanced
- Band C is closely balanced
- Band D leans toward Maldon
- Band E leans toward Stratford-on-Avon
- Band F is closely balanced
- Band G leans toward Stratford-on-Avon
- Band H leans toward Stratford-on-Avon
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Stratford-on-Avon: Cotswold (5.7% redistribution distance); Winchester (5.9% redistribution distance); Wealden (6.1% redistribution distance); Chichester (6.2% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Maldon stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3,860 | 5.7% | £1,656.11 |
| B | 8,660 | 12.8% | £1,932.13 |
| C | 19,070 | 28.1% | £2,208.15 |
| D | 11,450 | 16.9% | £2,484.17 |
| E | 10,840 | 16.0% | £3,036.21 |
| F | 6,920 | 10.2% | £3,588.25 |
| G | 6,000 | 8.8% | £4,140.28 |
| H | 1,010 | 1.5% | £4,968.34 |
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 Stratford-on-Avon 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.
- Tonbridge & Malling£2,696.51
- West Oxfordshire£2,679.22
- South Hams£2,678.74
- West Berkshire£2,672.16
- Croydon£2,653.72
Stratford-on-Avon's nearest year-on-year movers
Stratford-on-Avon moved Band D from £2,379.91 to £2,484.17 (+4.38%, competition rank 266th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Rugby, Watford, Reigate & Banstead.
- Rugby4.42%
- Watford4.41%
- Reigate & Banstead4.37%
- City of London4.36%
- Staffordshire Moorlands4.36%
- Nuneaton & Bedworth4.34%
How Stratford-on-Avon compares in West Midlands
Among the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, Stratford-on-Avon's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,484.17 ranks 9th of 30, higher than 70% of them (£84.17 above the West Midlands average of £2,400.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 7th | Wyre Forest | £2,512.47 |
| 8th | Nuneaton & Bedworth | £2,502.16 |
| 9th | Stratford-on-Avon | £2,484.17 |
| 10th | Rugby | £2,483.05 |
| 11th | Bromsgrove | £2,478.65 |
Regional rank out of 30 West Midlands billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Stratford-on-Avon's data
These answers use Stratford-on-Avon's £2,484.17 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 46.6% below D).
Is Stratford-on-Avon Council Tax above the UK average?
Stratford-on-Avon's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,484.17, 6.3% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 113th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Richmond upon Thames, East Cambridgeshire, Fylde, North East Lincolnshire, then Rugby, South Norfolk.
Which councils have charges closest to Stratford-on-Avon?
The closest published Band D rates are Richmond upon Thames (£2,486.10), East Cambridgeshire (£2,485.18), Fylde (£2,483.94), North East Lincolnshire (£2,483.85), Rugby (£2,483.05), South Norfolk (£2,482.87). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Stratford-on-Avon.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Stratford-on-Avon?
Across Stratford-on-Avon's 67,810 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,673.37 for 2026-27. That is £189.20 above the £2,484.17 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (28.1% of the stock) and 46.6% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Cotswold, Winchester, Wealden, Chichester. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Stratford-on-Avon Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,379.91 to £2,484.17, a 4.38% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 266th of 350; the closest movements include Rugby, Watford, Reigate & Banstead.
Advice boundary for Stratford-on-Avon
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. This area Band D is a two-tier total for Stratford-on-Avon: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Richmond upon Thames, East Cambridgeshire, Fylde, North East Lincolnshire, then Rugby, South Norfolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Cotswold, Winchester, Wealden, Chichester. For a binding figure consult your Stratford-on-Avon 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 Stratford-on-Avon are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Richmond upon Thames, East Cambridgeshire, Fylde, North East Lincolnshire, then Rugby, South Norfolk.