What is Band D council tax in Buckinghamshire?

£2,526.58 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,418.35.

How much is Band A council tax in Buckinghamshire?

£1,684.39 a year, or £168.44 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in Buckinghamshire?

Band D is up 5.2% (£125.05) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.2%.

Is Buckinghamshire cheaper than average?

Buckinghamshire ranks 220 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

Buckinghamshire · unitary council · South East · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Buckinghamshire?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,526.58Up 5.2% (£125.05) 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 2026-27BuckinghamshireBand D

Buckinghamshire council£2,037.50
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner£298.28
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority£89.46
Parish and town councils (average)£101.34

Total for the year£2,526.58

Band A

£1,684.39

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£252.66

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+5.2%

+£125.05 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

220 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in Buckinghamshire, 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	£1,684.39	£168.44	6/9
Band B	£1,965.12	£196.51	7/9
Band C most common here	£2,245.85	£224.58	8/9
Band D	£2,526.58	£252.66	9/9
Band E	£3,088.04	£308.80	11/9
Band F	£3,649.50	£364.95	13/9
Band G	£4,210.97	£421.10	15/9
Band H	£5,053.16	£505.32	18/9

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Council tax by band in Buckinghamshire, 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	£1,684.39	£168.44	£140.37	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£1,965.12	£196.51	£163.76	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,245.85	£224.58	£187.15	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,526.58	£252.66	£210.55	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,088.04	£308.80	£257.34	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,649.50	£364.95	£304.12	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,210.97	£421.10	£350.91	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,053.16	£505.32	£421.10	£4,783.04	18/9

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

Buckinghamshire in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across Buckinghamshire is £2,526.58, up 5.2% (£125.05) on 2025-26. Of that, Buckinghamshire council's own charge is £2,037.50, of which £38.68 is this year's adult social care increase. The rest goes to Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority, and on average £101.34 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band C (23% of homes), which costs £2,245.85 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £2,539.75 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in Buckinghamshire goes

£2,526.58 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

Buckinghamshire council£2,037.5081%
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner£298.2812%
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority£89.464%
Parish and town councils (average)£101.344%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
Buckinghamshire council	£2,037.50	80.6%
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner	£298.28	11.8%
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority	£89.46	3.5%
Parish and town councils (average)	£101.34	4.0%
Total	£2,526.58	100%

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

Band D in Buckinghamshire since 1993

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

this council, average Band D
England average
no figure: the council did not exist in this form

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Year	Buckinghamshire	England
2026-27	£2,526.58	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,401.53	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,286.13	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,176.85	£2,065.05
2022-23	£2,068.31	£1,965.71
2021-22	£1,982.36	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,902.84	£1,817.67
2019-20	—	£1,749.88
2018-19	—	£1,671.46
2017-18	—	£1,590.55
2016-17	—	£1,529.56
2015-16	—	£1,483.58
2014-15	—	£1,467.98
2013-14	—	£1,455.60
2012-13	—	£1,444.13
2011-12	—	£1,439.33
2010-11	—	£1,439.22
2009-10	—	£1,413.84
2008-09	—	£1,373.08
2007-08	—	£1,321.32
2006-07	—	£1,267.91
2005-06	—	£1,213.81
2004-05	—	£1,166.56
2003-04	—	£1,101.75
2002-03	—	£975.56
2001-02	—	£901.33
2000-01	—	£847.00
1999-00	—	£798.00
1998-99	—	£747.00
1997-98	—	£688.00
1996-97	—	£646.00
1995-96	—	£609.00
1994-95	—	£580.11
1993-94	—	£567.95

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

Homes in each band in Buckinghamshire

Share of the 240,030 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes
most common band (C)

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Band	Homes	Share	England share
Band A	6,980	2.9%	23.6%
Band B	26,570	11.1%	19.5%
Band C	54,790	22.8%	22.0%
Band D	47,480	19.8%	15.7%
Band E	37,030	15.4%	9.9%
Band F	29,340	12.2%	5.2%
Band G	31,670	13.2%	3.5%
Band H	6,190	2.6%	0.6%

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

Parish and town councils in Buckinghamshire

148 of the 172 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,418.35. 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.

Buckinghamshire also charges special expenses in part of its area (£1,621,612 in all, £6.89 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.

Parish	Parish part	Change in parish part	Est. Band D bill	Band D homes
Addington no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	72
Adstock	£83.27	+£3.41	£2,501.62	171
Akeley	£105.62	+£17.61	£2,523.97	227
Amersham	£168.03	+£13.35	£2,586.38	6,989
Ashendon	£151.76	+£7.59	£2,570.11	132
Ashley Green	£63.12	+£12.20	£2,481.47	475
Aston Abbotts	£105.45	−£3.60	£2,523.80	215
Aston Clinton	£152.80	+£10.98	£2,571.15	2,272
Aston Sandford no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	30
Aylesbury	£148.94	+£14.91	£2,567.29	19,471
Barton Hartshorn no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	40
Beachampton	£35.75	+£9.53	£2,454.10	84
Beaconsfield	£94.04	+£6.94	£2,512.39	6,557
Berryfields	£96.09	+£17.72	£2,514.44	3,018
Biddlesden no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	54
Bierton	£51.19	+£1.49	£2,469.54	858
Bledlow cum Saunderton	£17.00	+£1.55	£2,435.35	1,384
Boarstall	£16.59	no change	£2,434.94	81
Bradenham	£54.53	+£5.38	£2,472.88	225
Brill	£108.32	+£5.16	£2,526.67	543
Broughton Hamlet	£24.86	no change	£2,443.21	40
Buckingham	£246.25	+£12.97	£2,664.60	5,680
Buckingham Park	£190.31	+£7.90	£2,608.66	843
Buckland	£109.63	+£4.21	£2,527.98	386
Burnham	£167.32	+£7.95	£2,585.67	5,228
Calvert Green	£104.69	+£2.05	£2,523.04	394
Chalfont St. Giles	£94.85	+£3.54	£2,513.20	3,229
Chalfont St. Peter	£93.46	+£10.74	£2,511.81	7,126
Charndon	£157.39	+£1.22	£2,575.74	130
Chartridge	£21.06	+£0.71	£2,439.41	866
Chearsley	£128.39	−£0.66	£2,546.74	304
Cheddington	£155.51	+£5.72	£2,573.86	822
Chenies	£42.07	−£15.05	£2,460.42	154
Chepping Wycombe	£75.83	+£6.86	£2,494.18	6,850
Chesham	£196.57	+£42.22	£2,614.92	8,400
Chesham Bois	£60.48	+£1.76	£2,478.83	1,685
Chetwode no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	40
Chilton	£60.23	+£4.20	£2,478.58	134
Cholesbury cum St. Leonards	£40.57	+£6.66	£2,458.92	518
Coldharbour	£151.27	+£12.00	£2,569.62	1,814
Coleshill	£51.21	+£4.61	£2,469.56	326
Creslow no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	7
Cublington	£84.40	+£1.42	£2,502.75	190
Cuddington	£128.00	no change	£2,546.35	305
Denham	£103.84	−£0.03	£2,522.19	3,701
Dinton with Ford and Upton	£84.86	+£2.73	£2,503.21	486
Dorney	£79.76	+£3.50	£2,498.11	380
Dorton no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	76
Downley	£55.57	no change	£2,473.92	1,979
Drayton Beauchamp	£9.58	no change	£2,427.93	78
Drayton Parslow	£146.31	+£5.62	£2,564.66	284
Dunton no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	51
East Claydon	£129.09	+£5.56	£2,547.44	191
Edgcott	£92.01	−£1.60	£2,510.36	117
Edlesborough	£145.06	+£6.91	£2,563.41	1,393
Ellesborough	£49.44	no change	£2,467.79	445
Farnham Royal	£76.23	+£3.62	£2,494.58	3,251
Fawley no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	150
Fleet Marston no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	22
Foscott no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	18
Fulmer	£207.23	+£41.45	£2,625.58	353
Gawcott with Lenborough	£65.51	−£10.41	£2,483.86	427
Gerrards Cross	£67.83	−£7.53	£2,486.18	4,965
Granborough	£102.98	+£5.58	£2,521.33	273
Great Brickhill	£119.34	+£4.46	£2,537.69	429
Great Horwood	£87.08	+£20.63	£2,505.43	517
Great Marlow	£23.56	−£0.05	£2,441.91	761
Great Missenden	£70.72	+£4.39	£2,489.07	4,994
Great and Little Hampden	£49.71	−£0.36	£2,468.06	174
Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh	£71.42	−£4.10	£2,489.77	588
Grendon Underwood	£52.94	+£7.80	£2,471.29	466
Haddenham	£194.04	+£8.35	£2,612.39	3,188
Halton	£149.92	+£8.48	£2,568.27	354
Hambleden	£69.04	+£1.81	£2,487.39	855
Hardwick	£100.02	+£9.51	£2,518.37	150
Hazlemere	£72.26	no change	£2,490.61	4,094
Hedgerley	£59.06	no change	£2,477.41	407
Hedsor no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	86
High Wycombe Charter Trustees	£2.43	no change	£2,420.78	24,649
Hillesden	£54.66	−£19.78	£2,473.01	110
Hoggeston no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	51
Hogshaw no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	34
Hughenden	£96.71	+£27.22	£2,515.06	4,138
Hulcott	£107.55	+£4.32	£2,525.90	58
Ibstone	£65.18	+£2.63	£2,483.53	155
Ickford	£67.20	+£3.20	£2,485.55	430
Iver	£154.14	+£12.08	£2,572.49	4,902
Ivinghoe	£195.78	+£6.53	£2,614.13	434
Kingsbrook	£240.93	−£1.36	£2,659.28	2,034
Kingsey no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	82
Kingswood no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	40
Lacey Green	£21.47	+£1.02	£2,439.82	1,260
Lane End	£131.84	+£1.16	£2,550.19	1,517
Latimer & Ley Hill	£55.24	+£2.14	£2,473.59	535
Leckhampstead	£85.75	no change	£2,504.10	93
Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	50
Lillingstone Lovell no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	76
Little Chalfont	£98.33	+£4.66	£2,516.68	3,224
Little Horwood	£112.88	+£26.05	£2,531.23	242
Little Marlow	£70.06	−£1.36	£2,488.41	840
Little Missenden	£69.44	−£0.34	£2,487.79	3,206
Long Crendon	£157.02	+£13.23	£2,575.37	1,274
Longwick cum Ilmer	£40.60	+£1.56	£2,458.95	1,012
Ludgershall	£55.72	−£0.59	£2,474.07	196
Maids Moreton	£108.54	+£1.50	£2,526.89	369
Marlow	£66.14	+£10.89	£2,484.49	6,963
Marlow Bottom	£31.60	+£0.69	£2,449.95	1,545
Marsh Gibbon	£64.04	+£2.76	£2,482.39	480
Marsworth	£75.94	+£2.95	£2,494.29	356
Medmenham	£54.06	+£2.57	£2,472.41	518
Mentmore	£94.64	+£0.40	£2,512.99	232
Middle Claydon	£45.16	+£2.09	£2,463.51	72
Mursley	£128.51	+£5.64	£2,546.86	324
Nash	£114.25	−£1.86	£2,532.60	223
Nether Winchendon	£19.84	−£0.31	£2,438.19	82
Newton Longville	£176.92	+£7.61	£2,595.27	816
North Marston	£117.14	+£5.58	£2,535.49	327
Oakley	£56.18	+£2.67	£2,474.53	517
Oving	£165.41	+£27.96	£2,583.76	242
Padbury	£92.85	no change	£2,511.20	388
Penn	£32.72	+£1.25	£2,451.07	2,415
Piddington and Wheeler End	£148.16	+£24.15	£2,566.51	264
Pitchcott no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	28
Pitstone	£141.59	+£9.67	£2,559.94	1,405
Poundon no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	56
Preston Bissett	£51.85	+£3.47	£2,470.20	142
Princes Risborough	£139.08	+£3.69	£2,557.43	3,821
Quainton	£92.29	+£43.97	£2,510.64	670
Radclive cum Chackmore	£53.37	+£4.85	£2,471.72	124
Radnage	£92.85	−£0.70	£2,511.20	405
Seer Green	£58.85	+£2.26	£2,477.20	1,237
Shabbington	£122.86	no change	£2,541.21	260
Shalstone no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	60
Slapton	£134.80	+£5.18	£2,553.15	285
Soulbury	£93.77	+£29.42	£2,512.12	408
Steeple Claydon	£179.19	+£32.94	£2,597.54	1,162
Stewkley	£70.36	+£5.50	£2,488.71	934
Stoke Hammond	£83.56	no change	£2,501.91	845
Stoke Mandeville	£72.53	+£1.05	£2,490.88	2,955
Stoke Poges	£75.54	no change	£2,493.89	2,411
Stokenchurch	£56.44	+£10.66	£2,474.79	2,175
Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell	£123.99	+£3.51	£2,542.34	1,180
Stowe	£112.89	+£3.14	£2,531.24	159
Swanbourne	£122.38	−£0.66	£2,540.73	189
Taplow	£42.50	+£7.08	£2,460.85	1,477
The Lee	£68.20	+£3.04	£2,486.55	411
Thornborough	£113.35	+£2.16	£2,531.70	310
Thornton no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	60
Tingewick	£74.34	−£0.54	£2,492.69	565
Turville	£40.33	−£6.72	£2,458.68	223
Turweston	£81.42	+£5.36	£2,499.77	112
Twyford	£96.69	+£10.31	£2,515.04	204
Upper Winchendon no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	42
Waddesdon	£186.79	+£20.75	£2,605.14	767
Water Stratford	£27.71	+£1.54	£2,446.06	65
Watermead	£126.37	+£29.06	£2,544.72	957
Weedon	£76.21	+£3.59	£2,494.56	211
Wendover	£125.40	+£5.52	£2,543.75	3,452
West Wycombe	£83.50	+£2.26	£2,501.85	557
Westbury	£126.16	+£12.09	£2,544.51	224
Westcott	£99.18	+£9.02	£2,517.53	176
Weston Turville	£74.38	+£9.72	£2,492.73	2,319
Wexham	£39.10	+£1.16	£2,457.45	941
Whaddon	£166.98	+£12.83	£2,585.33	240
Whitchurch	£69.97	−£3.96	£2,488.32	518
Wing	£150.23	+£6.32	£2,568.58	1,159
Wingrave with Rowsham	£91.10	+£4.34	£2,509.45	766
Winslow	£165.90	+£7.22	£2,584.25	2,453
Wooburn	£114.30	+£6.37	£2,532.65	4,975
Woodham no precept	none	—	£2,418.35	25
Worminghall	£47.50	no change	£2,465.85	308
Wotton Underwood	£11.88	no change	£2,430.23	88

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 Buckinghamshire?: £2,526.58 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,418.35.
How much is Band A council tax in Buckinghamshire?: £1,684.39 a year, or £168.44 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in Buckinghamshire?: Band D is up 5.2% (£125.05) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.2%.
Is Buckinghamshire cheaper than average?: Buckinghamshire ranks 220 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