Warwick Council Tax 2026
West Midlands, England · 69,970 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Warwick's Band D Council Tax is £2,461.55 for 2026-27, the 135th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 61% of them) and 5% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hyndburn, Redditch, North Tyneside, Dover, then Wyre, North Norfolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Test Valley, Wiltshire, Arun, East Devon.
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 Hyndburn, Redditch, North Tyneside, Dover, then Wyre, North Norfolk. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,461.55
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +4.46%
- year-on-year vs £2,356.53
- Middle-half rise
- +5.3%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,923.10
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hyndburn, Redditch, North Tyneside, Dover, then Wyre, North Norfolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Test Valley, Wiltshire, Arun, East Devon. Open Hyndburn for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Warwick · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Warwick
Warwick's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,356.53 (2025-26) to £2,461.55 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 260.
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 changesWarwick bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Warwick's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Warwick is 135th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,461.55. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hyndburn, Redditch, North Tyneside, Dover, then Wyre, North Norfolk. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Hyndburn, 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 Warwick's 69,970 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Test Valley, Wiltshire, Arun, East Devon.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Hyndburn | £2,465.98 | +£4.43 |
| Redditch | £2,462.95 | +£1.40 |
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 | +£0.22 |
| Dover | £2,461.74 | +£0.19 |
| Wyre | £2,460.53 | −£1.02 |
| North Norfolk | £2,459.93 | −£1.62 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,641.03 | £164.10 | £1,230.77 |
| B | £1,914.54 | £191.45 | £1,435.91 |
| C | £2,188.04 | £218.80 | £1,641.03 |
| D | £2,461.55 | £246.16 | £1,846.16 |
| E | £3,008.56 | £300.86 | £2,256.42 |
| F | £3,555.57 | £355.56 | £2,666.68 |
| G | £4,102.58 | £410.26 | £3,076.94 |
| H | £4,923.10 | £492.31 | £3,692.33 |
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 Warwick's 69,970 properties actually pay
Warwick's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 19,000 of 69,970 dwellings (27.2%). 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 — B, C, D — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 52.4% 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 £2,513.22 per dwelling, £51.67 (2.1%) above the £2,461.55 Band D headline. On that measure Warwick is 64th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Warwick 3rd of the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, above the regional median of £2,132.00.
How to read this stock pattern
Warwick'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 52.4% 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.
Warwick 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.
Warwick sits in the upper quarter of West Midlands on the stock-weighted ordering, above the regional median of £2,132.00. This narrows the comparison from a UK rank to authorities facing the same broad regional context, while still correcting each one for its different band mix. The placement says the council's average published stock is relatively costly within that peer set; it does not convert the mean into an individual household charge.
Closest housing-stock shape: Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire is the closest full-distribution match for Warwick. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.5% 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. Warwick places 6.8% of dwellings there versus 4.2% for Central Bedfordshire, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Central Bedfordshire holds 8.4% of its stock and Warwick holds 7.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band E. Central Bedfordshire records 13.2% of dwellings there, compared with 12.2% in Warwick, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where Central Bedfordshire holds 19.0% of its stock and Warwick holds 18.1%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
How the wider profile compares
Central Bedfordshire is more concentrated across Bands A to C in aggregate, by 2.3% of its stock. Warwick's closest match is therefore achieved despite the peer carrying more homes below the reference band.
Warwick carries 2.5% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Central Bedfordshire. 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 D is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 19.7% and 19.9%. 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 Central Bedfordshire
- Band B leans toward Central Bedfordshire
- Band C is closely balanced
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E leans toward Central Bedfordshire
- Band F leans toward Warwick
- Band G leans toward Warwick
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Warwick: Test Valley (3.9% redistribution distance); Wiltshire (6.1% redistribution distance); Arun (6.2% redistribution distance); East Devon (6.3% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Central Bedfordshire stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 5,040 | 7.2% | £1,641.03 |
| B | 12,650 | 18.1% | £1,914.54 |
| C | 19,000 | 27.2% | £2,188.04 |
| D | 13,780 | 19.7% | £2,461.55 |
| E | 8,560 | 12.2% | £3,008.56 |
| F | 5,750 | 8.2% | £3,555.57 |
| G | 4,730 | 6.8% | £4,102.58 |
| H | 460 | 0.7% | £4,923.10 |
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 Warwick 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.
- Cherwell£2,520.98
- Mid Devon£2,513.59
- Isles of Scilly£2,512.79
- Conwy£2,509.71
- Herefordshire£2,509.52
Warwick's nearest year-on-year movers
Warwick moved Band D from £2,356.53 to £2,461.55 (+4.46%, competition rank 260th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Cardiff, Erewash, Swansea.
How Warwick compares in West Midlands
Among the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, Warwick's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,461.55 ranks 13th of 30, higher than 57% of them (£61.55 above the West Midlands average of £2,400.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 11th | Bromsgrove | £2,478.65 |
| 12th | Redditch | £2,462.95 |
| 13th | Warwick | £2,461.55 |
| 14th | Malvern Hills | £2,450.92 |
| 15th | Worcester | £2,405.81 |
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 Warwick's data
These answers use Warwick's £2,461.55 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 52.4% below D).
Is Warwick Council Tax above the UK average?
Warwick's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,461.55, 5.3% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 135th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hyndburn, Redditch, North Tyneside, Dover, then Wyre, North Norfolk.
Which councils have charges closest to Warwick?
The closest published Band D rates are Hyndburn (£2,465.98), Redditch (£2,462.95), North Tyneside (£2,461.77), Dover (£2,461.74), Wyre (£2,460.53), North Norfolk (£2,459.93). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Warwick.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Warwick?
Across Warwick's 69,970 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,513.22 for 2026-27. That is £51.67 above the £2,461.55 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (27.2% of the stock) and 52.4% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Test Valley, Wiltshire, Arun, East Devon. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Warwick Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,356.53 to £2,461.55, a 4.46% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 260th of 350; the closest movements include Cardiff, Erewash, Swansea.
Advice boundary for Warwick
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 Warwick: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hyndburn, Redditch, North Tyneside, Dover, then Wyre, North Norfolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Test Valley, Wiltshire, Arun, East Devon. For a binding figure consult your Warwick 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 Warwick 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 Hyndburn, Redditch, North Tyneside, Dover, then Wyre, North Norfolk.