Westminster Council Tax 2026
London, England · 132,420 domestic properties
Westminster Band D is £1,049.55 for 2026-27, the 349th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (55% below the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Westminster's published Band D Council Tax is £1,049.55 for 2026-27 (FLOOR). Competition rank is 349th of 350 (higher than 0% of authorities).
- £1,049.55 Band D · FLOOR
- 349th of 350 authorities
- -55.1% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Westminster's Band D Council Tax is £1,049.55 for 2026-27 (FLOOR), the 349th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 0% of them) and 55% below the UK average of £2,337.00.
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. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £1,049.55
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the lowest in the UK
- +3.00%
- year-on-year vs £1,019.00
- Lower-quarter rise
- -55.1%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £2,099.10
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Westminster · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Westminster
Westminster's Band D Council Tax rose from £1,019.00 (2025-26) to £1,049.55 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 342.
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 changesMHCLG/VOA position brief
Westminster Band D posture in the 2026-27 corpus
Entity-varying stamps from the joined MHCLG, Scottish CTAS and StatsWales extract plus VOA CTSOP stock counts, ABS(charge) peers, not map neighbours.
- £1,049.55 Published Band D 2026-27 FLOOR
- 349th of 350 UK authorities 0th percentile
- +3.0% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 132,420 VOA dwellings on list UPPER
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the Westminster Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £1,049.55 places Westminster 349th out of 350 UK billing authorities when ordered from the highest charge down. That position is derived from the full authority table, rather than from a single quoted comparison. It is 55.1% below the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 0% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is London. Here, Westminster ranks 32nd among 33 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,090.00. The table of nearby authorities therefore compares published charges in the same geography, not property values or the level of service a household receives. Equal Band D charges share a position, so the ranking does not invent a difference where the underlying values match.
Band D is a statutory reference point, not a bill for every household. Charges for the other bands are calculated from the applicable national ratios, and discounts or exemptions can change an individual bill. This page is best used to understand the current published schedule and how this authority sits within the recorded 2026-27 council-tax corpus.
Westminster bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £699.70 | £69.97 | £524.78 |
| B | £816.32 | £81.63 | £612.24 |
| C | £932.93 | £93.29 | £699.70 |
| D | £1,049.55 | £104.96 | £787.16 |
| E | £1,282.78 | £128.28 | £962.09 |
| F | £1,516.02 | £151.60 | £1,137.01 |
| G | £1,749.25 | £174.93 | £1,311.94 |
| H | £2,099.10 | £209.91 | £1,574.32 |
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 Westminster's 132,420 properties actually pay
Westminster is unusual in having its stock peak above the reference band: Band G is the commonest, at 24,620 of 132,420 dwellings (18.6%), and is charged at five-thirds of the Band D rate. The headline Band D figure understates what a typical household here is billed. VOA CTSOP stamp UPPER: 17.9% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £1,397.87 is £348.32 (33.2%) above Band D £1,049.55 - 317th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places Westminster 32nd of the 33 billing authorities in London, below the regional median of £2,261.38.
Westminster property mix · A–C / D / E–H · UPPER
Sums to 132,420 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Kensington & Chelsea
Kensington & Chelsea is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Westminster, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 8.4% of dwellings to move between valuation bands. Even the closest council therefore has a materially different housing-stock shape.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation is an upper-band difference at Band H. Kensington & Chelsea records 17.3% of dwellings there, compared with 13.0% in Westminster, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- Another material separation is an upper-band difference at Band G. Kensington & Chelsea records 22.3% of dwellings there, compared with 18.6% in Westminster, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- Another material separation appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Westminster places 18.4% of dwellings there versus 15.0% for Kensington & Chelsea, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 17.5% of Westminster's stock but 15.8% of Kensington & Chelsea's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
Other close England matches for Westminster: Elmbridge (8.7% redistribution distance); Mole Valley (11.0% redistribution distance); Tandridge (13.2% redistribution distance); Waverley (15.1% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1,660 | 1.3% | £699.70 |
| B | 6,440 | 4.9% | £816.32 |
| C | 15,630 | 11.8% | £932.93 |
| D | 23,120 | 17.5% | £1,049.55 |
| E | 24,430 | 18.4% | £1,282.78 |
| F | 19,250 | 14.5% | £1,516.02 |
| G | 24,620 | 18.6% | £1,749.25 |
| H | 17,270 | 13.0% | £2,099.10 |
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
Closest to Westminster on stock-weighted charge (UPPER) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Sunderland£1,685.90
- Doncaster£1,680.73
- Kingston upon Hull£1,678.56
- Stoke-on-Trent£1,635.04
- Wandsworth£1,152.19
Westminster's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
Westminster moved Band D from £1,019.00 to £1,049.55 (+3.00%, MID; competition rank 342nd of 350). Closest published movements: West Lindsey, Boston, Wandsworth.
MID signal for Westminster: increase below 4% - slower-moving part of the current dataset.
- West Lindsey3.27%
- Boston3.22%
- Wandsworth3.05%
- Harborough2.79%
- Durham2.78%
- Lincoln2.75%
How Westminster compares in London
Among the 33 billing authorities in London, Westminster's 2026-27 Band D charge of £1,049.55 ranks 32nd of 33, higher than 3% of them (£1,040.45 below the London average of £2,090.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of London.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 30th | Hammersmith & Fulham | £1,519.51 |
| 31st | City of London | £1,329.56 |
| 32nd | Westminster | £1,049.55 |
| 33rd | Wandsworth | £1,028.21 |
Regional rank out of 33 London billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
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. Westminster's Band D already includes the borough charge plus the Mayor of London's GLA precept for capital-wide services. For a binding figure consult your Westminster Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
UK directories, Band D rollup and band challenge
Charges shown for Westminster are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, including the GLA precept.