York Council Tax 2026
Yorkshire and The Humber, England · 93,840 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, York's Band D Council Tax is £2,287.15 for 2026-27, the 263rd highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 25% of them) and 2% below the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Peterborough, Portsmouth, Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf, then Leeds, Colchester. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Charnwood, Dover, Swindon, Milton Keynes.
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 Peterborough, Portsmouth, Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf, then Leeds, Colchester. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,287.15
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +5.15%
- year-on-year vs £2,175.05
- Middle-half rise
- -2.1%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,574.30
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Peterborough, Portsmouth, Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf, then Leeds, Colchester. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Charnwood, Dover, Swindon, Milton Keynes. Open Peterborough for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
York · year-on-year Band D
What changed for York
York's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,175.05 (2025-26) to £2,287.15 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 97.
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 changesYork bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
York's nearest Band D charges nationwide
York is 263rd of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,287.15. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Peterborough, Portsmouth, Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf, then Leeds, Colchester. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Peterborough, 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 Yorkshire and The Humber ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of York's 93,840 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Charnwood, Dover, Swindon, Milton Keynes.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | £2,293.47 | +£6.32 |
| Portsmouth | £2,291.71 | +£4.56 |
| Trafford | £2,291.70 | +£4.55 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | £2,289.43 | +£2.28 |
| Leeds | £2,283.73 | −£3.42 |
| Colchester | £2,282.85 | −£4.30 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,524.77 | £152.48 | £1,143.58 |
| B | £1,778.89 | £177.89 | £1,334.17 |
| C | £2,033.02 | £203.30 | £1,524.76 |
| D | £2,287.15 | £228.72 | £1,715.36 |
| E | £2,795.41 | £279.54 | £2,096.56 |
| F | £3,303.66 | £330.37 | £2,477.75 |
| G | £3,811.92 | £381.19 | £2,858.94 |
| H | £4,574.30 | £457.43 | £3,430.73 |
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 York's 93,840 properties actually pay
York's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 27,310 of 93,840 dwellings (29.1%). 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. Bands B and C between them account for 56.4% of the stock. 70.3% 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 £2,087.91 per dwelling, £199.24 (8.7%) below the £2,287.15 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure York is 220th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places York 3rd of the 15 billing authorities in Yorkshire and The Humber, above the regional median of £1,939.70.
How to read this stock pattern
York'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 70.3% 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.
This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands B and C together contain 56.4% of dwellings, so neither band should be presented as a complete account of the area. The stock-weighted result combines both groups and the smaller tails into one comparable measure. The table shows where that mean comes from and prevents the distribution being flattened into an overconfident "typical property" claim.
York sits in the upper quarter of Yorkshire and The Humber on the stock-weighted ordering, above the regional median of £1,939.70. 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: Oadby & Wigston
Oadby & Wigston is the closest full-distribution match for York. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.3% 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 sits at lower Band A, where Oadby & Wigston holds 16.8% of its stock and York holds 14.0%. 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. York places 4.1% of dwellings there versus 2.6% for Oadby & Wigston, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band B: York has 27.2% of dwellings there, against 25.8% in Oadby & Wigston. 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 14.8% of York's stock but 13.4% of Oadby & Wigston's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
How the wider profile compares
Oadby & Wigston is more concentrated across Bands A to C in aggregate, by 2.2% of its stock. York's closest match is therefore achieved despite the peer carrying more homes below the reference band.
York carries 0.8% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Oadby & Wigston. 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 G is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 2.1% and 2.0%. 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 Oadby & Wigston
- Band B leans toward York
- Band C leans toward Oadby & Wigston
- Band D leans toward York
- Band E is closely balanced
- Band F leans toward York
- Band G is closely balanced
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for York: Charnwood (5.0% redistribution distance); Dover (5.1% redistribution distance); Swindon (5.2% redistribution distance); Milton Keynes (5.3% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Oadby & Wigston stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 13,120 | 14.0% | £1,524.77 |
| B | 25,570 | 27.2% | £1,778.89 |
| C | 27,310 | 29.1% | £2,033.02 |
| D | 13,900 | 14.8% | £2,287.15 |
| E | 8,040 | 8.6% | £2,795.41 |
| F | 3,830 | 4.1% | £3,303.66 |
| G | 1,930 | 2.1% | £3,811.92 |
| H | 140 | 0.1% | £4,574.30 |
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 York 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.
- North East Derbyshire£2,093.64
- Pendle£2,089.63
- Gateshead£2,088.54
- Redcar & Cleveland£2,084.24
- Nuneaton & Bedworth£2,079.56
York's nearest year-on-year movers
York moved Band D from £2,175.05 to £2,287.15 (+5.15%, competition rank 97th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Kingston upon Hull, Pembrokeshire, Darlington.
- Kingston upon Hull5.16%
- Pembrokeshire5.16%
- Darlington5.15%
- Horsham5.15%
- Luton5.15%
- Stroud5.15%
How York compares in Yorkshire and The Humber
Among the 15 billing authorities in Yorkshire and The Humber, York's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,287.15 ranks 13th of 15, higher than 13% of them (£86.85 below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,374.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of Yorkshire and The Humber.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 11th | Wakefield | £2,296.89 |
| 12th | Kingston upon Hull | £2,295.04 |
| 13th | York | £2,287.15 |
| 14th | Leeds | £2,283.73 |
| 15th | Doncaster | £2,167.75 |
Regional rank out of 15 Yorkshire and The Humber billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from York's data
These answers use York's £2,287.15 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 70.3% below D).
Is York Council Tax above the UK average?
York's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,287.15, 2.1% below the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 263rd of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Peterborough, Portsmouth, Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf, then Leeds, Colchester.
Which councils have charges closest to York?
The closest published Band D rates are Peterborough (£2,293.47), Portsmouth (£2,291.71), Trafford (£2,291.70), Rhondda Cynon Taf (£2,289.43), Leeds (£2,283.73), Colchester (£2,282.85). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from York.
What is the average Council Tax bill in York?
Across York's 93,840 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,087.91 for 2026-27. That is £199.24 below the £2,287.15 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (29.1% of the stock) and 70.3% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Charnwood, Dover, Swindon, Milton Keynes. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did York Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,175.05 to £2,287.15, a 5.15% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 97th of 350; the closest movements include Kingston upon Hull, Pembrokeshire, Darlington.
Advice boundary for York
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. York 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. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Peterborough, Portsmouth, Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf, then Leeds, Colchester. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Charnwood, Dover, Swindon, Milton Keynes. For a binding figure consult your York 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 York are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Peterborough, Portsmouth, Trafford, Rhondda Cynon Taf, then Leeds, Colchester.