Kempston Town · Bedford · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Kempston Town?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,461.69Bedford also charges special expenses in part of its area (note below). Bedford Band D average: £2,471.74.
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Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work

Council tax 2026-27Kempston TownBand D
  • Bedford council£1,988.04
  • Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner£297.59
  • Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority£122.72
  • Kempston Town parish precept£53.34
Total for the year£2,461.69
Parish part
£53.34
−£3.14 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,641.13
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£246.17
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
6,197
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Kempston Town, 2026-27

Estimates: the Bedford average charge plus the parish precept. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.

BandPer yearPer month (10 payments)Ratio to D
Band A£1,641.13£164.116/9
Band B£1,914.65£191.477/9
Band C£2,188.17£218.828/9
Band D£2,461.69£246.179/9
Band E£3,008.73£300.8711/9
Band F£3,555.77£355.5813/9
Band G£4,102.82£410.2815/9
Band H£4,923.38£492.3418/9

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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 Town compared

Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Kempston Town figure is an estimate

Kempston TownKempston Town£2,462Bedford averageBedford average£2,472No parish partNo parish part£2,408England averageEngland average£2,392
Kempston TownKempston Town£2,462Bedford averageBedford average£2,472No parish partNo parish part£2,408England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Kempston Town
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Kempston Town in 2026-27

Kempston Town's local council set a precept of £330,589 for 2026-27, raised from 6,197 Band D-equivalent homes: £53.34 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £56.48, so it has fallen by £3.14 (5.6%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,345.10 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 Town, 2026-27

Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band

Band A: £1,641.13£1,641AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,914.65£1,915BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,188.17£2,188CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,461.69£2,462DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,008.73£3,009EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,555.77£3,556FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,102.82£4,103GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,923.38£4,923HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,641.13£1,641AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,914.65£1,915BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,188.17£2,188CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,461.69£2,462DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,008.73£3,009EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,555.77£3,556FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,102.82£4,103GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,923.38£4,923HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Kempston Town, each band
  • Band D, the band every charge is set from
  • England average for the band
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BandPer year10 payments of12 payments ofEngland averageRatio to D
Band A£1,641.13£164.11£136.76£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,914.65£191.47£159.55£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,188.17£218.82£182.35£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,461.69£246.17£205.14£2,391.529/9
Band E£3,008.73£300.87£250.73£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,555.77£355.58£296.31£3,454.4213/9
Band G£4,102.82£410.28£341.90£3,985.8715/9
Band H£4,923.38£492.34£410.28£4,783.0418/9
Source: worked out from MHCLG 2026-27 Band D amounts and the statutory band ratios.

Questions

What is Band D council tax in Kempston Town?
About £2,461.69 for 2026-27, of which £53.34 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Kempston Town?
About £1,914.65 a year, or £191.47 a month over 10 payments.
How does Kempston Town compare with the rest of Bedford?
Its parish precept adds £53.34 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