Morpeth · Northumberland · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Morpeth?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Northumberland council£2,279.33
- Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner£214.34
- Morpeth parish precept£128.94
Council tax bands in Morpeth, 2026-27
Estimates: the Northumberland 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 | £1,748.41 | £174.84 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £2,039.81 | £203.98 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,331.21 | £233.12 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,622.61 | £262.26 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,205.41 | £320.54 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,788.21 | £378.82 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,371.02 | £437.10 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £5,245.22 | £524.52 | 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 Morpeth.
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.
Band D in Morpeth compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Morpeth figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Morpeth
Morpeth in 2026-27
Morpeth's local council set a precept of £806,743 for 2026-27, raised from 6,257 Band D-equivalent homes: £128.94 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £125.18, so it has risen by £3.76 (3.0%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,492.02 in 2025-26, so it is up 5.2%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Northumberland: £2,279.33 for Northumberland council, £214.34 for Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner.
Council tax by band in Morpeth, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Morpeth, 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 | £1,748.41 | £174.84 | £145.70 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £2,039.81 | £203.98 | £169.98 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,331.21 | £233.12 | £194.27 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,622.61 | £262.26 | £218.55 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,205.41 | £320.54 | £267.12 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,788.21 | £378.82 | £315.68 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,371.02 | £437.10 | £364.25 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £5,245.22 | £524.52 | £437.10 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Morpeth?
- About £2,622.61 for 2026-27, of which £128.94 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Morpeth?
- About £2,039.81 a year, or £203.98 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Morpeth compare with the rest of Northumberland?
- Its parish precept adds £128.94 to a Band D bill; across Northumberland parish precepts add £103.24 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Northumberland 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