Kempston Rural · Bedford · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Kempston Rural?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Bedford council£1,988.04
- Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner£297.59
- Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority£122.72
- Kempston Rural parish precept£39.92
Council tax bands in Kempston Rural, 2026-27
Estimates: the Bedford average charge plus the parish precept. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.
| Band | Per year | Per month (10 payments) | Ratio to D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,632.18 | £163.22 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,904.21 | £190.42 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,176.24 | £217.62 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,448.27 | £244.83 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,992.33 | £299.23 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,536.39 | £353.64 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,080.45 | £408.04 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,896.54 | £489.65 | 18/9 |
Not sure of your band?
We cannot look up individual homes. The Valuation Office Agency checker on GOV.UK gives the band for any address in Kempston Rural.
Bedford also charges special expenses in part of its area (£1,512,262 in all, £23.24 per Band D home on average across the council). The parish and no-parish figures here leave them out, because the statistics do not say which areas pay them, so where they apply the bill is higher. The council's own bill shows them.
Band D in Kempston Rural compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Kempston Rural figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Kempston Rural
Kempston Rural in 2026-27
Kempston Rural's local council set a precept of £38,436 for 2026-27, raised from 963 Band D-equivalent homes: £39.92 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £41.99, so it has fallen by £2.07 (4.9%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,330.61 in 2025-26, so it is up 5.0%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Bedford: £1,988.04 for Bedford council, £297.59 for Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, £122.72 for Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Council tax by band in Kempston Rural, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Kempston Rural, 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 | £1,632.18 | £163.22 | £136.02 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,904.21 | £190.42 | £158.68 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,176.24 | £217.62 | £181.35 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,448.27 | £244.83 | £204.02 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,992.33 | £299.23 | £249.36 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,536.39 | £353.64 | £294.70 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,080.45 | £408.04 | £340.04 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,896.54 | £489.65 | £408.05 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Kempston Rural?
- About £2,448.27 for 2026-27, of which £39.92 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Kempston Rural?
- About £1,904.21 a year, or £190.42 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Kempston Rural compare with the rest of Bedford?
- Its parish precept adds £39.92 to a Band D bill; across Bedford parish precepts add £40.15 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Bedford with a similar precept
Parish part of a Band D bill.
Data: MHCLG, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method