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Band D council tax by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of band d council tax, £ a year, lowest first, because this layer states that lower is better. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.

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#	Area	£/year	UK percentile
1	Wandsworth E09000032	£1,028	0
2	Westminster E09000033	£1,050	0
3	City of London E09000001	£1,330	1
4	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	£1,520	1
5	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	£1,667	1
6	Tower Hamlets E09000030	£1,838	2
7	Newham E09000025	£1,944	2
8	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	£1,953	2
9	Southwark E09000028	£1,967	3
10	Hillingdon E09000017	£2,045	3
11	Lambeth E09000022	£2,047	3
12	Isles of Scilly E06000053	£2,048	4
13	Hackney E09000012	£2,060	4
14	Greenwich E09000011	£2,108	4
15	Islington E09000019	£2,108	5
16	Barnet E09000003	£2,133	5
17	Ealing E09000009	£2,139	5
18	Bromley E09000006	£2,140	6
19	Dudley E08000027	£2,145	6
20	Merton E09000024	£2,147	6
21	Wigan E08000010	£2,153	7
22	Doncaster E08000017	£2,168	7
23	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	£2,183	7
24	Hounslow E09000018	£2,186	8
25	Sunderland E08000024	£2,197	8
26	Solihull E08000029	£2,197	8
27	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	£2,199	9
28	Camden E09000007	£2,208	9
29	Brent E09000005	£2,235	9
30	Lewisham E09000023	£2,237	10
31	Sandwell E08000028	£2,244	10
32	Thurrock E06000034	£2,255	11
33	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	£2,255	11
34	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	£2,256	11
35	Brentwood E07000068	£2,258	12
36	South Kesteven E07000141	£2,260	12
37	Bracknell Forest E06000036	£2,265	12
38	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	£2,265	13
39	Enfield E09000010	£2,268	13
40	Tendring E07000076	£2,270	13
41	Fareham E07000087	£2,271	14
42	East Lindsey E07000137	£2,276	14
43	Epping Forest E07000072	£2,277	14
44	South Holland E07000140	£2,278	15
45	Braintree E07000067	£2,280	15
46	Colchester E07000071	£2,283	15
47	Leeds E08000035	£2,284	16
48	York E06000014	£2,287	16
49	Trafford E08000009	£2,292	16
50	Portsmouth E06000044	£2,292	17
51	Peterborough E06000031	£2,293	17
52	Redbridge E09000026	£2,295	17
53	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	£2,295	18
54	Wakefield E08000036	£2,297	18
55	Harlow E07000073	£2,299	18
56	Chelmsford E07000070	£2,300	19
57	Tamworth E07000199	£2,301	19
58	Stafford E07000197	£2,303	19
59	Test Valley E07000093	£2,306	20
60	Derby E06000015	£2,306	20
61	Broxbourne E07000095	£2,306	20
62	Boston E07000136	£2,309	21
63	Manchester E08000003	£2,312	21
64	South Staffordshire E07000196	£2,314	21
65	Haringey E09000014	£2,314	22
66	Mid Suffolk E07000203	£2,317	22
67	Castle Point E07000069	£2,319	22
=68	Havant E07000090	£2,320	23
=68	Rushmoor E07000092	£2,320	23
70	Lincoln E07000138	£2,323	23
71	Barnsley E08000038	£2,326	24
72	Basildon E07000066	£2,327	24
73	Maldon E07000074	£2,328	24
74	Medway E06000035	£2,329	25
75	Uttlesford E07000077	£2,334	25
76	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	£2,334	25
77	East Suffolk E07000244	£2,335	26
78	North Kesteven E07000139	£2,338	26
79	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	£2,338	26
80	Chesterfield E07000034	£2,339	27
81	South Derbyshire E07000039	£2,340	27
82	Tewkesbury E07000083	£2,341	27
83	Babergh E07000200	£2,342	28
84	Eastleigh E07000086	£2,342	28
85	East Hampshire E07000085	£2,344	28
86	Gosport E07000088	£2,344	29
87	North Lincolnshire E06000013	£2,348	29
88	East Staffordshire E07000193	£2,351	29
89	West Suffolk E07000245	£2,351	30
90	Lichfield E07000194	£2,352	30
91	West Lindsey E07000142	£2,354	31
92	Gloucester E07000081	£2,356	31
93	Winchester E07000094	£2,360	31
94	Erewash E07000036	£2,361	32
95	Bradford E08000032	£2,361	32
96	Birmingham E08000025	£2,363	32
97	Rochford E07000075	£2,363	33
98	Bexley E09000004	£2,366	33
99	Halton E06000006	£2,367	33
100	Cheltenham E07000078	£2,370	34
101	Milton Keynes E06000042	£2,372	34
102	Wychavon E07000238	£2,373	34
103	Dartford E07000107	£2,375	35
104	Cannock Chase E07000192	£2,376	35
105	Sutton E09000029	£2,379	35
106	Southampton E06000045	£2,381	36
107	Rotherham E08000018	£2,382	36
108	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	£2,383	36
109	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	£2,383	37
110	High Peak E07000037	£2,385	37
111	Ribble Valley E07000124	£2,387	37
112	Waltham Forest E09000031	£2,387	38
113	Harborough E07000131	£2,390	38
114	Cotswold E07000079	£2,392	38
115	Stevenage E07000243	£2,392	39
116	Bolton E08000001	£2,400	39
117	Hart E07000089	£2,400	39
118	St. Helens E08000013	£2,403	40
119	Charnwood E07000130	£2,406	40
120	Swale E07000113	£2,406	40
121	Worcester E07000237	£2,406	41
122	Hertsmere E07000098	£2,406	41
123	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	£2,407	41
124	Amber Valley E07000032	£2,408	42
125	Gravesham E07000109	£2,408	42
126	Dacorum E07000096	£2,409	42
127	Ashford E07000105	£2,410	43
128	Great Yarmouth E07000145	£2,414	43
129	Slough E06000039	£2,414	43
130	North West Leicestershire E07000134	£2,418	44
131	Crawley E07000226	£2,418	44
132	St Albans E07000240	£2,419	44
133	Canterbury E07000106	£2,419	45
134	New Forest E07000091	£2,420	45
135	Calderdale E08000033	£2,420	45
136	Three Rivers E07000102	£2,422	46
137	North Northamptonshire E06000061	£2,424	46
138	Havering E09000016	£2,425	46
139	Melton E07000133	£2,430	47
140	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	£2,430	47
141	Chorley E07000118	£2,430	47
142	South Tyneside E08000023	£2,434	48
143	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	£2,436	48
144	Broadland E07000144	£2,438	48
145	Swindon E06000030	£2,438	49
146	Luton E06000032	£2,440	49
147	Horsham E07000227	£2,441	49
148	Kirklees E08000034	£2,441	50
149	Plymouth E06000026	£2,442	50
150	South Ribble E07000126	£2,443	51
151	Forest of Dean E07000080	£2,443	51
152	Breckland E07000143	£2,444	51
153	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	£2,445	52
154	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	£2,446	52
155	Watford E07000103	£2,447	52
156	Tameside E08000008	£2,447	53
157	Warrington E06000007	£2,448	53
158	North Hertfordshire E07000099	£2,449	53
159	Malvern Hills E07000235	£2,451	54
160	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	£2,452	54
161	East Hertfordshire E07000242	£2,455	54
162	Cheshire East E06000049	£2,455	55
163	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	£2,455	55
164	Worthing E07000229	£2,456	55
165	West Lancashire E07000127	£2,456	56
166	North Norfolk E07000147	£2,460	56
167	Wyre E07000128	£2,461	56
168	Warwick E07000222	£2,462	57
169	Dover E07000108	£2,462	57
170	North Tyneside E08000022	£2,462	57
171	Redditch E07000236	£2,463	58
172	Hyndburn E07000120	£2,466	58
173	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	£2,466	58
174	North East Derbyshire E07000038	£2,467	59
175	Cambridge E07000008	£2,467	59
176	Ipswich E07000202	£2,468	59
177	Chichester E07000225	£2,470	60
178	Torbay E06000027	£2,470	60
179	Bedford E06000055	£2,472	60
180	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	£2,472	61
181	Mid Sussex E07000228	£2,474	61
182	Bromsgrove E07000234	£2,479	61
183	South Norfolk E07000149	£2,483	62
184	Rugby E07000220	£2,483	62
185	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	£2,484	62
186	Fylde E07000119	£2,484	63
187	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	£2,484	63
188	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	£2,485	63
189	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	£2,486	64
190	West Northamptonshire E06000062	£2,487	64
191	Arun E07000224	£2,487	64
192	Knowsley E08000011	£2,488	65
193	Blaby E07000129	£2,490	65
194	Thanet E07000114	£2,491	65
195	North Somerset E06000024	£2,491	66
196	Stroud E07000082	£2,491	66
197	Runnymede E07000212	£2,493	66
198	Darlington E06000005	£2,494	67
199	Exeter E07000041	£2,495	67
200	Wokingham E06000041	£2,498	67
201	Wirral E08000015	£2,501	68
202	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	£2,502	68
203	Maidstone E07000110	£2,503	68
204	Lancaster E07000121	£2,503	69
205	Norwich E07000148	£2,503	69
206	West Berkshire E06000037	£2,505	69
207	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	£2,508	70
208	Sheffield E08000039	£2,510	70
209	Harrow E09000015	£2,511	71
210	Cumberland E06000063	£2,511	71
211	Wyre Forest E07000239	£2,512	71
212	Blackpool E06000009	£2,513	72
213	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	£2,516	72
214	Coventry E08000026	£2,517	72
215	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	£2,517	73
216	Mole Valley E07000210	£2,520	73
217	Rossendale E07000125	£2,520	73
218	Sevenoaks E07000111	£2,522	74
219	Spelthorne E07000213	£2,526	74
220	Buckinghamshire E06000060	£2,527	74
221	Shropshire E06000051	£2,528	75
222	Leicester E06000016	£2,529	75
223	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	£2,531	75
224	North Warwickshire E07000218	£2,532	76
225	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	£2,536	76
226	Fenland E07000010	£2,538	76
227	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	£2,539	77
228	Wolverhampton E08000031	£2,539	77
229	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	£2,542	77
230	North Yorkshire E06000065	£2,544	78
231	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	£2,544	78
232	Guildford E07000209	£2,547	78
233	Adur E07000223	£2,548	79
234	Middlesbrough E06000002	£2,549	79
235	Burnley E07000117	£2,549	79
236	South Gloucestershire E06000025	£2,551	80
237	Bury E08000002	£2,555	80
238	Huntingdonshire E07000011	£2,556	80
239	Elmbridge E07000207	£2,558	81
240	Bolsover E07000033	£2,559	81
241	Hartlepool E06000001	£2,560	81
242	Somerset E06000066	£2,561	82
243	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	£2,567	82
244	West Oxfordshire E07000181	£2,567	82
245	Wiltshire E06000054	£2,572	83
246	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	£2,574	83
247	Preston E07000123	£2,576	83
248	Vale of White Horse E07000180	£2,577	84
249	Brighton and Hove E06000043	£2,581	84
250	Cherwell E07000177	£2,583	84
251	Sefton E08000014	£2,583	85
252	Surrey Heath E07000214	£2,585	85
253	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	£2,590	85
254	Cornwall E06000052	£2,591	86
255	Salford E08000006	£2,594	86
256	Tandridge E07000215	£2,595	86
257	East Devon E07000040	£2,595	87
258	Northumberland E06000057	£2,597	87
259	South Oxfordshire E07000179	£2,598	87
260	Woking E07000217	£2,598	88
261	Croydon E09000008	£2,600	88
262	Mansfield E07000174	£2,600	88
263	Rochdale E08000005	£2,601	89
264	Torridge E07000046	£2,601	89
265	Oldham E08000004	£2,602	89
266	Waverley E07000216	£2,605	90
267	Ashfield E07000170	£2,609	90
268	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	£2,609	91
269	Gedling E07000173	£2,610	91
270	Reading E06000038	£2,613	91
271	South Hams E07000044	£2,615	92
272	Broxtowe E07000172	£2,618	92
273	Stockport E08000007	£2,619	92
274	County Durham E06000047	£2,622	93
275	Isle of Wight E06000046	£2,626	93
276	Walsall E08000030	£2,627	93
277	Pendle E07000122	£2,640	94
278	North Devon E07000043	£2,642	94
279	Teignbridge E07000045	£2,643	94
280	Rushcliffe E07000176	£2,643	95
281	Bassetlaw E07000171	£2,645	95
282	Eastbourne E07000061	£2,654	95
283	Mid Devon E07000042	£2,656	96
284	Liverpool E08000012	£2,674	96
285	Hastings E07000062	£2,677	96
286	Oxford E07000178	£2,678	97
287	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	£2,682	97
288	Rother E07000064	£2,701	97
289	West Devon E07000047	£2,705	98
290	Bristol, City of E06000023	£2,714	98
291	Gateshead E08000037	£2,716	98
292	Wealden E07000065	£2,728	99
293	Rutland E06000017	£2,738	99
294	Nottingham E06000018	£2,755	99
295	Lewes E07000063	£2,756	100
296	Dorset E06000059	£2,765	100

How this ranking is made

Band D council tax, £ a year: the published figure for the area, unchanged.. The Band D council tax set by each billing authority in England for the year ahead, from MHCLG's council tax levels tables: the bill for a Band D home including precepts for police, fire and the Greater London Authority where they apply, before any discount.

Source: MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 · 2026 to 2027, released 2026-03-25. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Wandsworth has the lowest band d council tax, £ a year of 296 England local authorities with a published figure, at £1,028 (Latest published: Year ending March 2027). Source: MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027.

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