Birstall · Charnwood · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Birstall?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Charnwood council£153.17
- Leicestershire County Council£1,731.79
- Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner£315.23
- Leicestershire Combined Fire Authority£91.65
- Birstall parish precept£118.82
Council tax bands in Birstall, 2026-27
Estimates: the Charnwood 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 | £1,607.11 | £160.71 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,874.96 | £187.50 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,142.81 | £214.28 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,410.66 | £241.07 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,946.36 | £294.64 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,482.06 | £348.21 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,017.77 | £401.78 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,821.32 | £482.13 | 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 Birstall.
Charnwood also charges special expenses in part of its area (£1,467,041 in all, £23.92 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 Birstall compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Birstall figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Birstall
Birstall in 2026-27
Birstall's local council set a precept of £555,090 for 2026-27, raised from 4,672 Band D-equivalent homes: £118.82 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £114.58, so it has risen by £4.24 (3.7%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,332.39 in 2025-26, so it is up 3.4%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Charnwood: £153.17 for Charnwood council, £1,731.79 for Leicestershire County Council, £315.23 for Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner, £91.65 for Leicestershire Combined Fire Authority.
Council tax by band in Birstall, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Birstall, each band
- Band D, the band every charge is set from
- England average for the band
View as table
| Band | Per year | 10 payments of | 12 payments of | England average | Ratio to D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,607.11 | £160.71 | £133.93 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,874.96 | £187.50 | £156.25 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,142.81 | £214.28 | £178.57 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,410.66 | £241.07 | £200.89 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,946.36 | £294.64 | £245.53 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,482.06 | £348.21 | £290.17 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,017.77 | £401.78 | £334.81 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,821.32 | £482.13 | £401.78 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Birstall?
- About £2,410.66 for 2026-27, of which £118.82 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Birstall?
- About £1,874.96 a year, or £187.50 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Birstall compare with the rest of Charnwood?
- Its parish precept adds £118.82 to a Band D bill; across Charnwood parish precepts add £89.88 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Charnwood 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