194 UK local authorities
UK Council Tax Rates 2025/26
Council tax rates for every UK local authority we cover, updated for 2025/26. Click an authority to see all bands (A–H, plus I in Wales), monthly costs, and available discounts. Rates include police, fire, and parish precepts where applicable.
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England
140 authorities
Barking and DagenhamBand D £2,118BarnetBand D £2,089BarnsleyBand D £2,229Bath and North East SomersetBand D £2,342BedfordBand D £2,349BexleyBand D £2,233BirminghamBand D £2,173Blackburn with DarwenBand D £2,219BlackpoolBand D £2,397BoltonBand D £2,232Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleBand D £2,271Bracknell ForestBand D £2,199BradfordBand D £2,169BrentBand D £2,178Brighton and HoveBand D £2,367Bristol, City ofBand D £2,538BromleyBand D £2,069BuckinghamshireBand D £2,350BuryBand D £2,275CalderdaleBand D £2,332CambridgeBand D £2,232CambridgeshireBand D £2,317CamdenBand D £2,089Central BedfordshireBand D £2,295Cheshire EastBand D £2,202Cheshire West and ChesterBand D £2,341City of LondonBand D £1,146CornwallBand D £2,316County DurhamBand D £2,306CoventryBand D £2,403CroydonBand D £2,535CumberlandBand D £2,257DerbyBand D £2,275DerbyshireBand D £2,278DevonBand D £2,392DoncasterBand D £2,236DorsetBand D £2,459DudleyBand D £2,127EalingBand D £2,127East Riding of YorkshireBand D £2,295East SussexBand D £2,419EnfieldBand D £2,244EssexBand D £2,298ExeterBand D £2,206GatesheadBand D £2,400GloucestershireBand D £2,304GreenwichBand D £2,078HackneyBand D £1,979HaltonBand D £2,123Hammersmith and FulhamBand D £1,483HampshireBand D £2,227HaringeyBand D £2,233HaveringBand D £2,401Herefordshire, County ofBand D £2,357HertfordshireBand D £2,356HounslowBand D £2,071IslingtonBand D £1,909KentBand D £2,392Kingston upon Hull, City ofBand D £2,243Kingston upon ThamesBand D £2,483KirkleesBand D £2,358KnowsleyBand D £2,308LambethBand D £1,963LancashireBand D £2,329LeedsBand D £2,099LeicesterBand D £2,257LeicestershireBand D £2,284LewishamBand D £2,197LincolnshireBand D £2,257LiverpoolBand D £2,398LutonBand D £2,305ManchesterBand D £2,120MedwayBand D £2,196MertonBand D £2,293Milton KeynesBand D £2,161Newcastle upon TyneBand D £2,367NewhamBand D £1,938NorfolkBand D £2,300North NorthamptonshireBand D £2,308North TynesideBand D £2,279North YorkshireBand D £2,386NorthumberlandBand D £2,419NottinghamBand D £2,727NottinghamshireBand D £2,350OldhamBand D £2,303OxfordBand D £2,349OxfordshireBand D £2,353PeterboroughBand D £2,231PlymouthBand D £2,220PortsmouthBand D £2,074ReadingBand D £2,299RedbridgeBand D £2,104Richmond upon ThamesBand D £2,349RochdaleBand D £2,328RotherhamBand D £2,256Royal Borough of Windsor and MaidenheadBand D £1,973RutlandBand D £2,657SalfordBand D £2,156SandwellBand D £2,243SeftonBand D £2,330SheffieldBand D £2,210ShropshireBand D £2,357SloughBand D £2,257SolihullBand D £2,069SomersetBand D £2,386South TynesideBand D £2,343SouthamptonBand D £2,160Southend-on-SeaBand D £2,160SouthwarkBand D £1,820St. HelensBand D £2,247StaffordshireBand D £2,298StockportBand D £2,302Stoke-on-TrentBand D £1,981SuffolkBand D £2,284SunderlandBand D £2,153SurreyBand D £2,453SuttonBand D £2,280TamesideBand D £2,398Telford and WrekinBand D £2,084ThurrockBand D £2,049Tower HamletsBand D £1,903TraffordBand D £1,872WakefieldBand D £2,156WalsallBand D £2,330Waltham ForestBand D £2,235WandsworthBand D £1,037WarringtonBand D £2,089WarwickshireBand D £2,294West BerkshireBand D £2,358West NorthamptonshireBand D £2,304West SussexBand D £2,380WestminsterBand D £1,017Westmorland and FurnessBand D £2,390WiganBand D £2,001WiltshireBand D £2,399WirralBand D £2,479WokinghamBand D £2,378WolverhamptonBand D £2,256WorcestershireBand D £2,208YorkBand D £2,069
Scotland
32 authorities
Aberdeen CityBand D £1,567AberdeenshireBand D £1,631AngusBand D £1,521Argyll and ButeBand D £1,655City of EdinburghBand D £1,688ClackmannanshireBand D £1,657Dumfries and GallowayBand D £1,395Dundee CityBand D £1,685East AyrshireBand D £1,556East DunbartonshireBand D £1,782East LothianBand D £1,571East RenfrewshireBand D £1,633FalkirkBand D £1,411FifeBand D £1,465Glasgow CityBand D £1,668HighlandBand D £1,505InverclydeBand D £1,655MidlothianBand D £1,697MorayBand D £1,605Na h-Eileanan SiarBand D £1,453North AyrshireBand D £1,574North LanarkshireBand D £1,462Orkney IslandsBand D £1,502Perth and KinrossBand D £1,641RenfrewshireBand D £1,532Scottish BordersBand D £1,503Shetland IslandsBand D £1,531South AyrshireBand D £1,564South LanarkshireBand D £1,450StirlingBand D £1,574West DunbartonshireBand D £1,525West LothianBand D £1,437
Wales
22 authorities
Blaenau GwentBand D £2,306BridgendBand D £1,928CaerphillyBand D £1,773CardiffBand D £1,917CarmarthenshireBand D £1,855CeredigionBand D £2,068ConwyBand D £2,042DenbighshireBand D £2,113FlintshireBand D £1,957GwyneddBand D £2,080Isle of AngleseyBand D £1,981Merthyr TydfilBand D £2,316MonmouthshireBand D £2,057Neath Port TalbotBand D £2,150NewportBand D £1,851PembrokeshireBand D £1,769PowysBand D £2,295Rhondda Cynon TafBand D £2,030SwanseaBand D £1,764TorfaenBand D £1,991Vale of GlamorganBand D £1,813WrexhamBand D £1,664
How UK council tax works
Council tax is the main tax used to fund local government in the UK. Each property is placed in a band based on its 1991 valuation (2003 in Wales). A is the lowest-value band, H is the highest (Wales adds a band I). The amount you pay each year is the authority's Band D rate multiplied by a band-specific ratio.
Rates vary widely across the UK. The cheapest council in England (Westminster) charges around £1,000 for Band D, while the most expensive (typically Nottingham, Rutland, or Lewes) charge over £2,500. Always check both your specific band and your specific authority's rate when budgeting for a property purchase.