What is Band D council tax in Babergh?

£2,341.55 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,235.68.

How much is Band A council tax in Babergh?

£1,561.03 a year, or £156.10 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in Babergh?

Band D is up 4.9% (£108.39) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +3.8%.

Is Babergh cheaper than average?

Babergh ranks 83 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

Babergh · district council · East of England · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Babergh?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,341.55Up 4.9% (£108.39) on 2025-26 at Band D. England Band D average £2,391.52.

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Area average, including parish precepts. In 6 published bills we checked, figures were within £34; yours also depends on your parish and discounts. How the figures work

Council tax 2026-27BaberghBand D

Babergh council£199.52
Suffolk County Council£1,731.69
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner£304.47
Parish and town councils (average)£105.87

Total for the year£2,341.55

Band A

£1,561.03

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£234.16

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+4.9%

+£108.39 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

83 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in Babergh, 2026-27

Area averages including parish precepts. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.

Band	Per year	Per month (10 payments)	Ratio to D
Band A	£1,561.03	£156.10	6/9
Band B most common here	£1,821.21	£182.12	7/9
Band C	£2,081.38	£208.14	8/9
Band D	£2,341.55	£234.16	9/9
Band E	£2,861.89	£286.19	11/9
Band F	£3,382.24	£338.22	13/9
Band G	£3,902.58	£390.26	15/9
Band H	£4,683.10	£468.31	18/9

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Council tax by band in Babergh, 2026-27

Average for the council area, including parish precepts; the tick is the England average for the band

this council, each band
Band D, the band every charge is set from
England average for the band

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Band	Per year	10 payments of	12 payments of	England average	Ratio to D
Band A	£1,561.03	£156.10	£130.09	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£1,821.21	£182.12	£151.77	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,081.38	£208.14	£173.45	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,341.55	£234.16	£195.13	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£2,861.89	£286.19	£238.49	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,382.24	£338.22	£281.85	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£3,902.58	£390.26	£325.21	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£4,683.10	£468.31	£390.26	£4,783.04	18/9

Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27, Table 9.

Babergh in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across Babergh is £2,341.55, up 4.9% (£108.39) on 2025-26. Of that, Babergh council's own charge is £199.52. The rest goes to Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner, and on average £105.87 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band B (28% of homes), which costs £1,821.21 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £1,996.77 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in Babergh goes

£2,341.55 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

Babergh council£199.529%
Suffolk County Council£1,731.6974%
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner£304.4713%
Parish and town councils (average)£105.875%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
Babergh council	£199.52	8.5%
Suffolk County Council	£1,731.69	74.0%
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner	£304.47	13.0%
Parish and town councils (average)	£105.87	4.5%
Total	£2,341.55	100%

Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27, Table 10 (lines 9, 16 and 17).

Band D in Babergh since 1993

Average area Band D each year, including parish precepts; the line is the England average

this council, average Band D
England average

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Year	Babergh	England
2026-27	£2,341.55	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,233.16	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,132.39	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,034.74	£2,065.05
2022-23	£1,953.53	£1,965.71
2021-22	£1,896.72	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,820.21	£1,817.67
2019-20	£1,751.49	£1,749.88
2018-19	£1,669.74	£1,671.46
2017-18	£1,592.60	£1,590.55
2016-17	£1,547.00	£1,529.56
2015-16	£1,516.03	£1,483.58
2014-15	£1,511.20	£1,467.98
2013-14	£1,510.96	£1,455.60
2012-13	£1,503.77	£1,444.13
2011-12	£1,489.99	£1,439.33
2010-11	£1,488.10	£1,439.22
2009-10	£1,452.69	£1,413.84
2008-09	£1,412.56	£1,373.08
2007-08	£1,353.61	£1,321.32
2006-07	£1,295.21	£1,267.91
2005-06	£1,241.98	£1,213.81
2004-05	£1,205.90	£1,166.56
2003-04	£1,157.66	£1,101.75
2002-03	£977.45	£975.56
2001-02	£872.30	£901.33
2000-01	£818.39	£847.00
1999-00	£765.34	£798.00
1998-99	£707.78	£747.00
1997-98	£652.30	£688.00
1996-97	£598.44	£646.00
1995-96	£545.63	£609.00
1994-95	£524.25	£580.11
1993-94	£478.13	£567.95

Source: MHCLG live tables on council tax, Band D council tax figures 1993 onwards.

Homes in each band in Babergh

Share of the 44,880 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes
most common band (B)

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Band	Homes	Share	England share
Band A	5,260	11.7%	23.6%
Band B	12,540	27.9%	19.5%
Band C	9,460	21.1%	22.0%
Band D	7,880	17.6%	15.7%
Band E	4,980	11.1%	9.9%
Band F	2,730	6.1%	5.2%
Band G	1,820	4.1%	3.5%
Band H	200	0.4%	0.6%

Source: VOA Council Tax stock of properties 2026 (CTSOP1.0).

Parish and town councils in Babergh

69 of the 76 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,235.68. The estimated bills add each parish part to the council's average charge; where a council charges special expenses or levies in part of its area the real bill differs, in the bills we checked by up to £34.

Parish	Parish part	Change in parish part	Est. Band D bill	Band D homes
Acton	£83.19	+£3.51	£2,318.87	733
Aldham	£19.82	+£3.29	£2,255.50	95
Alpheton	£90.72	+£12.89	£2,326.40	114
Arwarton no precept	none	—	£2,235.68	65
Assington	£38.96	+£0.09	£2,274.64	246
Belstead	£64.15	−£0.99	£2,299.83	113
Bentley	£46.24	+£3.84	£2,281.92	368
Bildeston	£98.31	+£5.59	£2,333.99	397
Boxford	£131.21	+£14.93	£2,366.89	558
Boxted no precept	none	—	£2,235.68	52
Brantham	£82.52	+£13.89	£2,318.20	1,116
Brent Eleigh	£38.47	+£4.82	£2,274.15	94
Brettenham	£45.99	−£1.58	£2,281.67	152
Bures St. Mary	£85.54	+£5.56	£2,321.22	403
Burstall	£102.57	no change	£2,338.25	101
Capel St. Mary	£87.72	+£3.20	£2,323.40	1,326
Chattisham	£29.46	+£4.05	£2,265.14	386
Chelmondiston	£83.38	+£3.41	£2,319.06	432
Chelsworth	£17.12	−£2.22	£2,252.80	99
Chilton	£84.37	+£1.65	£2,320.05	397
Cockfield	£124.67	−£0.01	£2,360.35	501
Copdock and Washbrook	£84.05	−£0.01	£2,319.73	473
East Bergholt	£130.80	+£5.59	£2,366.48	1,376
Edwardstone	£43.80	+£2.09	£2,279.48	170
Elmsett	£28.67	−£0.84	£2,264.35	384
Freston	£61.66	+£2.45	£2,297.34	54
Glemsford	£97.23	+£2.59	£2,332.91	1,309
Great Cornard	£113.62	+£8.30	£2,349.30	2,917
Great Waldingfield	£93.35	+£0.37	£2,329.03	652
Groton	£42.67	+£3.88	£2,278.35	137
Hadleigh	£152.67	+£7.27	£2,388.35	3,223
Harkstead	£41.25	+£3.67	£2,276.93	125
Hartest	£63.00	+£3.02	£2,298.68	248
Higham no precept	none	—	£2,235.68	82
Hitcham	£30.34	+£1.19	£2,266.02	330
Holbrook	£53.74	+£2.47	£2,289.42	726
Holton St. Mary	£73.90	+£6.13	£2,309.58	109
Kersey	£81.24	+£5.78	£2,316.92	200
Kettlebaston	£80.96	+£3.17	£2,316.64	41
Lavenham	£137.78	+£12.99	£2,373.46	977
Lawshall	£25.81	+£1.28	£2,261.49	418
Layham	£62.71	+£8.45	£2,298.39	247
Leavenheath	£38.63	+£1.84	£2,274.31	597
Lindsey	£68.45	+£4.69	£2,304.13	95
Little Cornard	£66.09	+£1.84	£2,301.77	149
Little Waldingfield	£57.81	+£0.44	£2,293.49	161
Long Melford	£109.59	+£1.47	£2,345.27	1,760
Milden	£23.61	−£1.12	£2,259.29	68
Monks Eleigh	£83.58	−£0.01	£2,319.26	276
Nayland with Wissington	£91.22	+£3.50	£2,326.90	562
Nedging with Naughton	£46.14	+£4.29	£2,281.82	208
Newton	£113.14	+£13.47	£2,348.82	269
Pinewood	£132.26	+£4.06	£2,367.94	1,412
Polstead	£66.93	+£2.51	£2,302.61	405
Preston St. Mary	£60.14	−£1.34	£2,295.82	122
Raydon	£73.37	+£2.14	£2,309.05	262
Semer	£65.26	+£8.78	£2,300.94	69
Shelley no precept	none	—	£2,235.68	33
Shimpling	£74.61	+£7.70	£2,310.29	204
Shotley	£91.17	+£2.77	£2,326.85	856
Somerton	£25.89	+£0.31	£2,261.57	39
Sproughton	£95.20	+£0.94	£2,330.88	872
Stanstead	£79.30	+£9.17	£2,314.98	167
Stoke by Nayland	£47.47	+£1.83	£2,283.15	316
Stratford St. Mary	£59.48	+£5.58	£2,295.16	338
Stutton	£30.99	+£1.97	£2,266.67	403
Sudbury	£195.29	+£9.30	£2,430.97	4,657
Tattingstone	£72.36	+£5.20	£2,308.04	249
Thorpe Morieux	£53.90	+£4.44	£2,289.58	129
Wattisham	£45.31	+£2.16	£2,280.99	47
Wenham Magna no precept	none	—	£2,235.68	59
Wenham Parva no precept	none	—	£2,235.68	20
Whatfield	£32.01	+£4.29	£2,267.69	141
Wherstead	£44.53	+£0.87	£2,280.21	176
Woolverstone	£25.65	+£0.62	£2,261.33	136
Hintlesham grouped with Chattisham	£29.46	—	£2,265.14	—

Band D homes is the parish tax base: homes counted as Band D equivalents after discounts and exemptions.

Questions

What is Band D council tax in Babergh?: £2,341.55 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,235.68.
How much is Band A council tax in Babergh?: £1,561.03 a year, or £156.10 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in Babergh?: Band D is up 4.9% (£108.39) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +3.8%.
Is Babergh cheaper than average?: Babergh ranks 83 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

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Data: MHCLG, VOA, ONS, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method