What is Band D council tax in Northumberland?

£2,596.94 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,493.67.

How much is Band A council tax in Northumberland?

£1,731.29 a year, or £173.13 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in Northumberland?

Band D is up 5.4% (£132.31) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.0%.

Is Northumberland cheaper than average?

Northumberland ranks 258 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

Northumberland · unitary council · North East · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Northumberland?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,596.94Up 5.4% (£132.31) 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 2026-27NorthumberlandBand D

Northumberland council£2,279.36
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner£214.34
Parish and town councils (average)£103.24

Total for the year£2,596.94

Band A

£1,731.29

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£259.69

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+5.4%

+£132.31 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

258 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in Northumberland, 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 most common here	£1,731.29	£173.13	6/9
Band B	£2,019.84	£201.98	7/9
Band C	£2,308.39	£230.84	8/9
Band D	£2,596.94	£259.69	9/9
Band E	£3,174.04	£317.40	11/9
Band F	£3,751.14	£375.11	13/9
Band G	£4,328.23	£432.82	15/9
Band H	£5,193.88	£519.39	18/9

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Council tax by band in Northumberland, 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	£1,731.29	£173.13	£144.27	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£2,019.84	£201.98	£168.32	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,308.39	£230.84	£192.37	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,596.94	£259.69	£216.41	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,174.04	£317.40	£264.50	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,751.14	£375.11	£312.59	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,328.23	£432.82	£360.69	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,193.88	£519.39	£432.82	£4,783.04	18/9

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

Northumberland in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across Northumberland is £2,596.94, up 5.4% (£132.31) on 2025-26. Of that, Northumberland council's own charge is £2,279.36, of which £43.42 is this year's adult social care increase. The rest goes to Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, and on average £103.24 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band A (43% of homes), which costs £1,731.29 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £1,923.03 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in Northumberland goes

£2,596.94 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

Northumberland council£2,279.3688%
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner£214.348%
Parish and town councils (average)£103.244%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
Northumberland council	£2,279.36	87.8%
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner	£214.34	8.3%
Parish and town councils (average)	£103.24	4.0%
Total	£2,596.94	100%

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

Band D in Northumberland 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	Northumberland	England
2026-27	£2,596.94	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,464.63	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,355.31	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,247.63	£2,065.05
2022-23	£2,142.14	£1,965.71
2021-22	£2,055.44	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,985.39	£1,817.67
2019-20	£1,915.42	£1,749.88
2018-19	£1,827.39	£1,671.46
2017-18	£1,737.19	£1,590.55
2016-17	£1,656.89	£1,529.56
2015-16	£1,591.12	£1,483.58
2014-15	£1,559.02	£1,467.98
2013-14	£1,512.70	£1,455.60
2012-13	£1,504.30	£1,444.13
2011-12	£1,495.70	£1,439.33
2010-11	£1,490.26	£1,439.22
2009-10	£1,445.08	£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 Northumberland

Share of the 163,900 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes
most common band (A)

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Band	Homes	Share	England share
Band A	70,830	43.2%	23.6%
Band B	26,950	16.4%	19.5%
Band C	22,090	13.5%	22.0%
Band D	18,740	11.4%	15.7%
Band E	12,460	7.6%	9.9%
Band F	7,680	4.7%	5.2%
Band G	4,570	2.8%	3.5%
Band H	590	0.4%	0.6%

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

Parish and town councils in Northumberland

150 of the 156 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,493.67. 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.

Northumberland also charges special expenses in part of its area (£4,119 in all, £0.03 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
Acklington	£39.36	+£4.03	£2,533.03	326
Acomb	£117.34	+£0.95	£2,611.01	520
Adderstone with Lucker	£18.26	−£1.03	£2,511.93	164
Akeld no precept	none	—	£2,493.67	47
Allendale	£53.76	+£4.19	£2,547.43	930
Alnmouth	£48.32	+£1.59	£2,541.99	379
Alnwick	£150.94	+£3.74	£2,644.61	3,281
Alwinton	£17.09	+£2.92	£2,510.76	47
Amble by the Sea	£121.72	−£2.96	£2,615.39	2,179
Ancroft	£27.73	+£0.53	£2,521.40	312
Ashington	£119.76	+£3.82	£2,613.43	8,414
Bamburgh	£28.33	+£0.14	£2,522.00	445
Bardon Mill	£28.56	+£1.31	£2,522.23	192
Bavington	£29.55	−£2.97	£2,523.22	54
Beadnell	£26.63	+£0.89	£2,520.30	770
Belford with Middleton	£20.68	+£2.45	£2,514.35	725
Bellingham	£94.24	+£6.85	£2,587.91	467
Belsay	£19.27	+£0.34	£2,512.94	260
Berwick upon Tweed	£139.95	+£30.41	£2,633.62	3,706
Bewick no precept	none	—	£2,493.67	35
Birtley	£52.20	+£3.07	£2,545.87	87
Blanchland	£26.32	+£0.75	£2,519.99	65
Blyth	£135.32	−£0.12	£2,628.99	11,281
Bowsden	£14.72	+£0.11	£2,508.39	88
Branxton	£50.40	+£5.74	£2,544.07	54
Brinkburn & Hesleyhurst (Brinkburn)	£85.46	+£30.74	£2,579.13	97
Brinkburn & Hesleyhurst (Hesleyhurst)	£123.33	+£24.83	£2,617.00	14
Broomhaugh and Riding	£112.91	+£4.74	£2,606.58	484
Bywell	£52.44	+£0.21	£2,546.11	200
Capheaton	£38.31	+£1.72	£2,531.98	84
Carham	£18.55	+£1.95	£2,512.22	162
Cheviotside no precept	none	—	£2,493.67	75
Chollerton	£28.82	+£2.07	£2,522.49	342
Choppington	£175.13	−£0.02	£2,668.80	2,730
Coanwood	£64.74	+£20.40	£2,558.41	93
Corbridge	£94.24	+£3.87	£2,587.91	2,015
Cornhill on Tweed	£42.01	+£3.61	£2,535.68	150
Corsenside	£46.76	+£1.07	£2,540.43	235
Cramlington	£131.34	+£6.25	£2,625.01	9,687
Craster	£78.95	+£2.45	£2,572.62	197
Cresswell	£48.41	−£0.35	£2,542.08	122
Denwick	£4.70	−£0.16	£2,498.37	128
Doddington	£27.51	+£6.60	£2,521.18	91
Duddo	£10.49	+£1.67	£2,504.16	91
Earle no precept	none	—	£2,493.67	32
East Bedlington	£144.42	+£2.03	£2,638.09	2,164
East Chevington	£74.16	+£2.44	£2,567.83	849
Edlingham	£7.14	+£0.14	£2,500.81	98
Eglingham	£37.34	+£2.24	£2,531.01	212
Ellingham	£20.19	−£0.95	£2,513.86	188
Ellington and Linton	£65.91	+£2.37	£2,559.58	1,047
Elsdon	£20.61	+£0.22	£2,514.28	97
Embleton	£34.93	+£5.12	£2,528.60	544
Ewart no precept	none	—	£2,493.67	48
Falstone	£65.07	+£21.24	£2,558.74	100
Featherstone	£50.24	+£4.79	£2,543.91	64
Felton	£71.73	−£4.56	£2,565.40	460
Ford	£22.67	+£3.75	£2,516.34	196
Glanton	£17.85	+£2.41	£2,511.52	132
Greenhead	£72.42	+£2.31	£2,566.09	138
Haltwhistle	£174.42	+£18.59	£2,668.09	1,161
Harbottle	£8.26	−£0.20	£2,501.93	151
Hartburn	£35.44	+£3.03	£2,529.11	115
Hartleyburn	£87.47	+£87.47	£2,581.14	49
Hauxley	£66.42	+£0.86	£2,560.09	120
Haydon	£71.89	+£16.99	£2,565.56	835
Healey	£39.12	−£0.73	£2,532.79	77
Hebron	£9.21	+£0.57	£2,502.88	217
Heddon on the Wall	£68.60	+£3.40	£2,562.27	663
Hedgeley	£41.34	+£3.65	£2,535.01	194
Hedley	£85.87	+£2.73	£2,579.54	116
Henshaw	£69.38	+£4.22	£2,563.05	274
Hepple	£15.80	+£1.66	£2,509.47	85
Hepscott	£19.02	+£1.00	£2,512.69	736
Hexham	£148.35	+£18.54	£2,642.02	4,581
Hexhamshire	£27.95	+£0.67	£2,521.62	343
Hollinghill & Rothley (Hollinghill)	£50.13	−£0.48	£2,543.80	30
Hollinghill & Rothley (Rothley)	£9.71	+£0.46	£2,503.38	73
Holy Island	£4.99	+£0.46	£2,498.66	154
Horncliffe	£65.49	+£0.15	£2,559.16	193
Horsley	£68.36	−£0.29	£2,562.03	184
Humshaugh	£43.53	+£1.21	£2,537.20	369
Ingram	£14.12	+£0.22	£2,507.79	89
Kielder	£157.59	−£0.14	£2,651.26	82
Kilham no precept	none	—	£2,493.67	71
Kirknewton	£43.29	+£3.99	£2,536.96	64
Kirkwhelpington	£54.54	−£1.17	£2,548.21	173
Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh	£37.09	+£2.12	£2,530.76	143
Kyloe	£9.20	+£1.08	£2,502.87	174
Lesbury	£31.90	−£0.47	£2,525.57	533
Longframlington	£29.22	+£10.24	£2,522.89	684
Longhirst	£32.85	+£0.09	£2,526.52	244
Longhorsley	£79.44	+£3.78	£2,573.11	408
Longhoughton	£45.91	+£2.10	£2,539.58	668
Lowick	£24.97	+£0.96	£2,518.64	260
Lynemouth	£82.04	+£1.01	£2,575.71	402
Matfen	£42.48	−£0.50	£2,536.15	282
Meldon	£20.06	+£2.73	£2,513.73	135
Melkridge	£51.37	−£5.87	£2,545.04	97
Milfield	£54.10	+£9.22	£2,547.77	97
Mitford	£36.03	+£0.56	£2,529.70	276
Morpeth	£128.94	+£3.76	£2,622.61	6,257
Netherton & Biddlestone	£16.76	+£0.77	£2,510.43	125
Netherwitton	£53.14	−£0.49	£2,546.81	143
Newbiggin by the Sea	£198.51	no change	£2,692.18	1,565
Newbrough	£60.33	+£1.42	£2,554.00	215
Newton by the Sea	£43.67	+£6.53	£2,537.34	172
Newton on the Moor and Swarland	£72.79	+£23.60	£2,566.46	550
Norham	£27.46	−£0.16	£2,521.13	255
North Sunderland	£31.54	+£11.13	£2,525.21	1,078
Nunnykirk	£40.36	+£6.53	£2,534.03	70
Ord	£47.06	−£1.27	£2,540.73	657
Otterburn	£27.60	+£1.13	£2,521.27	248
Ovingham	£49.31	+£9.83	£2,542.98	406
Ovington	£47.52	+£13.83	£2,541.19	210
Pegswood	£126.88	−£1.66	£2,620.55	1,012
Plenmeller with Whitfield	£38.31	+£1.50	£2,531.98	91
Ponteland	£76.84	+£2.97	£2,570.51	6,291
Prudhoe	£126.59	+£4.01	£2,620.26	3,584
Rennington	£43.09	−£1.41	£2,536.76	217
Rochester	£64.57	+£1.53	£2,558.24	116
Rothbury	£104.48	−£0.57	£2,598.15	1,060
Sandhoe	£33.52	+£0.56	£2,527.19	209
Seaton Valley	£145.60	+£13.23	£2,639.27	4,967
Shilbottle	£73.10	+£5.11	£2,566.77	558
Shoreswood	£30.76	+£10.65	£2,524.43	46
Shotley Low Quarter	£31.40	+£0.73	£2,525.07	280
Simonburn	£73.39	+£1.28	£2,567.06	68
Slaley	£50.90	+£50.90	£2,544.57	363
Snitter	£38.97	+£0.59	£2,532.64	46
Stamfordham	£17.38	+£2.09	£2,511.05	431
Stannington	£33.84	−£0.06	£2,527.51	1,123
Stocksfield	£81.08	+£2.57	£2,574.75	1,338
Tarset with Greystead	£33.13	−£0.23	£2,526.80	151
Thirlwall	£39.42	−£0.62	£2,533.09	178
Thirston	£30.94	−£2.13	£2,524.61	347
Thropton	£65.76	+£1.90	£2,559.43	256
Tillside	£15.75	+£0.45	£2,509.42	346
Togston	£59.69	+£1.25	£2,553.36	110
Tritlington and West Chevington	£37.79	+£1.68	£2,531.46	156
Ulgham	£68.59	+£1.15	£2,562.26	175
Wall	£50.00	+£4.47	£2,543.67	212
Wallington Demesne	£22.81	+£0.95	£2,516.48	153
Warden	£38.37	+£1.85	£2,532.04	267
Wark	£54.17	+£6.78	£2,547.84	308
Warkworth	£67.13	−£0.71	£2,560.80	1,038
West Allen	£14.18	+£6.31	£2,507.85	130
West Bedlington	£88.03	+£1.34	£2,581.70	3,559
Whalton	£26.29	−£0.39	£2,519.96	304
Whittingham Callaly & Alnham	£45.58	+£15.15	£2,539.25	333
Whittington	£28.69	−£0.73	£2,522.36	244
Whitton and Tosson	£88.20	+£1.45	£2,581.87	77
Widdrington Station and Stobswood	£91.18	−£9.26	£2,584.85	906
Widdrington Village	£112.19	+£76.34	£2,605.86	77
Wooler	£51.40	+£1.34	£2,545.07	837
Wylam	£99.99	+£35.80	£2,593.66	880

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 Northumberland?: £2,596.94 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,493.67.
How much is Band A council tax in Northumberland?: £1,731.29 a year, or £173.13 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in Northumberland?: Band D is up 5.4% (£132.31) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.0%.
Is Northumberland cheaper than average?: Northumberland ranks 258 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