Average Council Tax UK 2026-27: £2,337 Band D
The mean Band D charge across all 350 UK billing authorities is £2,337.00, ranging from £1,028.21 (Wandsworth) to £2,765.02 (Dorset Council). Authority-mean, not household-weighted.
Key findings
According to the MHCLG, Scottish Government, and Welsh Government / StatsWales rate tables, the 2026-27 Council Tax data shows:
- 350 UK billing authorities set a Council Tax Band D rate for 2026-27, covering 296 councils in England, 32 in Scotland and 22 in Wales.
- The average Band D Council Tax across all 350 authorities is £2,337.00 for 2026-27.
- Band D ranges from £1,028.21 in Wandsworth to £2,765.02 in Dorset Council: a 2.7-fold gap between the cheapest and dearest authority.
- 88% of authorities (309 of 350) set a Band D charge above £2,000 for 2026-27.
- The average authority raised Band D by 5.1% year-on-year, close to the English referendum cap of about 5% for the combined council and adult-social-care components.
- Scottish councils, which sit outside the English referendum-cap regime, raised Band D by 7.7% on average versus 4.8% in England.
Average Band D Council Tax by nation, 2026-27
Mean council-set Band D charge across each nation's billing authorities
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PlainCouncilTax, "Average Council Tax UK 2026-27", https://plaincounciltax.co.uk/statistics/ (accessed 2026-05-17).
Underlying data and method: see our methodology. Figures refresh as the source agencies publish revisions.