Windsor & Maidenhead Council Tax 2026
South East, England · 67,660 domestic properties
Windsor & Maidenhead Band D is £1,952.62 for 2026-27, the 311th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (16% below the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Windsor & Maidenhead's published Band D Council Tax is £1,952.62 for 2026-27 (UNDER). Competition rank is 311th of 350 (higher than 11% of authorities).
- £1,952.62 Band D · UNDER
- 311th of 350 authorities
- -16.4% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Windsor & Maidenhead's Band D Council Tax is £1,952.62 for 2026-27 (UNDER), the 311th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 11% of them) and 16% 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.
- £1,952.62
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the lowest in the UK
- +7.08%
- year-on-year vs £1,823.50
- Among the steepest rises
- -16.4%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £3,905.24
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Windsor & Maidenhead · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Windsor & Maidenhead
Windsor & Maidenhead's Band D Council Tax rose from £1,823.50 (2025-26) to £1,952.62 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 33.
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
Windsor & Maidenhead 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.
- £1,952.62 Published Band D 2026-27 UNDER
- 311th of 350 UK authorities 11th percentile
- +7.1% Year-on-year Band D SPIKE
- 67,660 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 Windsor & Maidenhead Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £1,952.62 places Windsor & Maidenhead 311th 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 16.4% below the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 11% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is South East. Here, Windsor & Maidenhead ranks 64th among 64 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,475.00. 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.
Windsor & Maidenhead bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,301.75 | £130.18 | £976.31 |
| B | £1,518.70 | £151.87 | £1,139.03 |
| C | £1,735.66 | £173.57 | £1,301.75 |
| D | £1,952.62 | £195.26 | £1,464.47 |
| E | £2,386.54 | £238.65 | £1,789.91 |
| F | £2,820.45 | £282.04 | £2,115.34 |
| G | £3,254.37 | £325.44 | £2,440.78 |
| H | £3,905.24 | £390.52 | £2,928.93 |
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 Windsor & Maidenhead's 67,660 properties actually pay
Windsor & Maidenhead is one of the authorities where Band D genuinely is the commonest band — 16,660 of 67,660 dwellings (24.6%). The headline rate above therefore describes the typical home here, rather than sitting above it as it does in most of the country. VOA CTSOP stamp UPPER: 25.1% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,316.57 is £363.95 (18.6%) above Band D £1,952.62 - 129th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places Windsor & Maidenhead 47th of the 64 billing authorities in South East, below the regional median of £2,511.00.
Windsor & Maidenhead property mix · A–C / D / E–H · UPPER
Sums to 67,660 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Tandridge
Tandridge is the closest full-distribution match for Windsor & Maidenhead. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.3% 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 an upper-band difference at Band G. Tandridge records 16.7% of dwellings there, compared with 14.8% in Windsor & Maidenhead, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band C: Windsor & Maidenhead has 15.9% of dwellings there, against 14.2% in Tandridge. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 24.6% of Windsor & Maidenhead's stock but 23.9% of Tandridge's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: Windsor & Maidenhead has 3.2% of dwellings there, against 2.5% in Tandridge. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
Other close England matches for Windsor & Maidenhead: Three Rivers (4.2% redistribution distance); Hammersmith & Fulham (4.5% redistribution distance); Waverley (5.0% redistribution distance); St Albans (5.2% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2,140 | 3.2% | £1,301.75 |
| B | 4,120 | 6.1% | £1,518.70 |
| C | 10,740 | 15.9% | £1,735.66 |
| D | 16,660 | 24.6% | £1,952.62 |
| E | 13,580 | 20.1% | £2,386.54 |
| F | 8,420 | 12.4% | £2,820.45 |
| G | 9,980 | 14.8% | £3,254.37 |
| H | 2,020 | 3.0% | £3,905.24 |
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 Windsor & Maidenhead on stock-weighted charge (UPPER) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Torridge£2,323.97
- Gravesham£2,320.90
- Lichfield£2,320.51
- Kensington & Chelsea£2,317.98
- Brighton & Hove£2,317.28
Windsor & Maidenhead's nearest year-on-year movers · SPIKE
Windsor & Maidenhead moved Band D from £1,823.50 to £1,952.62 (+7.08%, SPIKE; competition rank 33rd of 350). Closest published movements: Shetland Islands, Warrington, Highland.
SPIKE signal for Windsor & Maidenhead: increase ≥7% - movement cohort beats charge twins for budget-change comparison.
- Shetland Islands7.30%
- Warrington7.29%
- Highland7.00%
- North Lanarkshire7.00%
- East Ayrshire6.90%
- Aberdeen City6.80%
How Windsor & Maidenhead compares in South East
Among the 64 billing authorities in South East, Windsor & Maidenhead's 2026-27 Band D charge of £1,952.62 ranks 64th of 64, higher than 0% of them (£522.38 below the South East average of £2,475.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of South East.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 62nd | Bracknell Forest | £2,264.80 |
| 63rd | Basingstoke & Deane | £2,255.21 |
| 64th | Windsor & Maidenhead | £1,952.62 |
Regional rank out of 64 South East 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. Windsor & Maidenhead 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. For a binding figure consult your Windsor & Maidenhead 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 Windsor & Maidenhead are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier.