Wyre Forest Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Wyre Forest'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 72.7% 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.

Wyre Forest 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.

Wyre Forest occupies the middle half of the West Midlands stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,132.00 median. The regional result gives more context than a UK-wide rank without turning the difference into a superlative. It also shows that the council's band mix, not only its published Band D rate, determines where it sits among nearby authorities. The remaining distance from the median is an area-level comparison rather than a household saving or premium.

Closest housing-stock shape: North Kesteven

North Kesteven is the closest full-distribution match for Wyre Forest. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.4% 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. Wyre Forest places 2.6% of dwellings there versus 0.8% for North Kesteven, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where North Kesteven holds 25.7% of its stock and Wyre Forest holds 23.8%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where North Kesteven holds 25.6% of its stock and Wyre Forest holds 24.3%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Wyre Forest places 3.7% of dwellings there versus 3.0% for North Kesteven, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward North Kesteven
• Band B leans toward North Kesteven
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D is closely balanced
• Band E is closely balanced
• Band F leans toward Wyre Forest
• Band G leans toward Wyre Forest
• Band H is closely balanced

This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.

Other close England matches for Wyre Forest: North Warwickshire (3.8% redistribution distance); Exeter (4.0% redistribution distance); Staffordshire Moorlands (4.3% redistribution distance); Brighton & Hove (4.5% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether North Kesteven stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.