What is Band D council tax in Shropshire?

£2,528.18 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,400.03.

How much is Band A council tax in Shropshire?

£1,685.45 a year, or £168.55 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in Shropshire?

Band D is up 9.0% (£209.38) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +9.9%.

Is Shropshire cheaper than average?

Shropshire ranks 221 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

Shropshire · unitary council · West Midlands · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Shropshire?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,528.18Up 9.0% (£209.38) 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 2026-27ShropshireBand D

Shropshire council£1,969.09
West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner£306.50
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority£124.44
Parish and town councils (average)£128.15

Total for the year£2,528.18

Band A

£1,685.45

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£252.82

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+9.0%

+£209.38 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

221 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in Shropshire, 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	£1,685.45	£168.55	6/9
Band B most common here	£1,966.36	£196.64	7/9
Band C	£2,247.27	£224.73	8/9
Band D	£2,528.18	£252.82	9/9
Band E	£3,090.00	£309.00	11/9
Band F	£3,651.82	£365.18	13/9
Band G	£4,213.63	£421.36	15/9
Band H	£5,056.36	£505.64	18/9

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Council tax by band in Shropshire, 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	£1,685.45	£168.55	£140.45	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£1,966.36	£196.64	£163.86	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,247.27	£224.73	£187.27	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,528.18	£252.82	£210.68	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,090.00	£309.00	£257.50	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,651.82	£365.18	£304.32	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,213.63	£421.36	£351.14	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,056.36	£505.64	£421.36	£4,783.04	18/9

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

Shropshire in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across Shropshire is £2,528.18, up 9.0% (£209.38) on 2025-26. Of that, Shropshire council's own charge is £1,969.09, of which £36.13 is this year's adult social care increase. The rest goes to West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner, Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority, and on average £128.15 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band B (26% of homes), which costs £1,966.36 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £2,063.09 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in Shropshire goes

£2,528.18 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

Shropshire council£1,969.0978%
West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner£306.5012%
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority£124.445%
Parish and town councils (average)£128.155%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
Shropshire council	£1,969.09	77.9%
West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner	£306.50	12.1%
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority	£124.44	4.9%
Parish and town councils (average)	£128.15	5.1%
Total	£2,528.18	100%

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

Band D in Shropshire 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	Shropshire	England
2026-27	£2,528.18	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,318.80	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,203.66	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,100.66	£2,065.05
2022-23	£1,999.60	£1,965.71
2021-22	£1,925.74	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,849.80	£1,817.67
2019-20	£1,778.96	£1,749.88
2018-19	£1,700.46	£1,671.46
2017-18	£1,610.77	£1,590.55
2016-17	£1,558.32	£1,529.56
2015-16	£1,504.42	£1,483.58
2014-15	£1,496.22	£1,467.98
2013-14	£1,488.18	£1,455.60
2012-13	£1,500.05	£1,444.13
2011-12	£1,495.28	£1,439.33
2010-11	£1,491.07	£1,439.22
2009-10	£1,471.54	£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 Shropshire

Share of the 153,430 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes
most common band (B)

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Band	Homes	Share	England share
Band A	27,600	18.0%	23.6%
Band B	39,140	25.5%	19.5%
Band C	32,080	20.9%	22.0%
Band D	22,200	14.5%	15.7%
Band E	17,800	11.6%	9.9%
Band F	9,410	6.1%	5.2%
Band G	4,840	3.2%	3.5%
Band H	360	0.2%	0.6%

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

Parish and town councils in Shropshire

155 of the 190 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,400.03. 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.

Parish	Parish part	Change in parish part	Est. Band D bill	Band D homes
Abdon	£8.54	+£8.54	£2,408.57	117
Acton Burnell Frodesley Pitchford & Ruckley & Langley	£28.90	+£2.61	£2,428.93	268
Acton Scott	£16.43	+£2.54	£2,416.46	43
Adderley	£79.72	+£2.35	£2,479.75	197
Alberbury with Cardeston	£36.83	+£0.47	£2,436.86	418
Albrighton & Donington	£123.71	+£11.66	£2,523.74	2,320
All Stretton Smethcott & Woolstaston	£46.73	+£7.84	£2,446.76	183
Alveley	£64.37	+£1.87	£2,464.40	910
Ashford Bowdler no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	38
Ashford Carbonel	£51.96	+£1.17	£2,451.99	204
Astley	£47.76	+£0.46	£2,447.79	213
Astley Abbotts	£34.22	+£3.52	£2,434.25	248
Aston Botterell	£69.88	+£1.40	£2,469.91	114
Atcham	£61.88	+£0.01	£2,461.91	102
Badger	£84.36	no change	£2,484.39	66
Barrow	£50.00	+£3.59	£2,450.03	279
Baschurch	£43.41	no change	£2,443.44	1,347
Bayston Hill	£117.07	+£6.80	£2,517.10	1,841
Beckbury	£73.49	+£1.33	£2,473.52	150
Bedstone	£100.95	+£7.68	£2,500.98	347
Berrington	£36.21	+£2.16	£2,436.24	470
Bettws y Crwyn	£74.37	+£6.97	£2,474.40	94
Bicton	£39.43	+£0.96	£2,439.46	387
Billinglsey	£57.85	+£0.11	£2,457.88	170
Bishop's Castle	£308.06	−£5.57	£2,708.09	714
Bitterley	£23.16	no change	£2,423.19	356
Bomere Heath & District	£40.06	+£1.16	£2,440.09	891
Boningale	£23.65	+£2.23	£2,423.68	148
Boraston	£6.88	no change	£2,406.91	81
Bridgnorth	£211.26	+£19.18	£2,611.29	4,699
Bromfield	£36.53	+£1.36	£2,436.56	120
Broseley	£239.60	+£37.04	£2,639.63	1,631
Buildwas	£78.23	−£35.57	£2,478.26	175
Burford	£87.14	+£1.54	£2,487.17	459
Cardington	£55.26	+£15.80	£2,455.29	225
Caynham	£43.69	+£3.87	£2,443.72	549
Chelmarsh	£61.70	+£0.49	£2,461.73	231
Cheswardine	£61.95	+£2.53	£2,461.98	408
Chetton	£47.95	−£0.50	£2,447.98	163
Child's Ercall	£51.54	+£2.16	£2,451.57	314
Chirbury with Brompton	£35.79	−£0.70	£2,435.82	360
Church Preen Kenley & Hughley	£30.41	+£0.34	£2,430.44	132
Church Pulverbatch	£34.62	+£5.76	£2,434.65	173
Church Stretton	£302.57	+£25.74	£2,702.60	2,247
Claverley	£26.95	no change	£2,426.98	958
Clee St. Margaret no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	74
Cleobury Mortimer	£191.79	+£31.03	£2,591.82	1,220
Clive	£87.52	+£9.94	£2,487.55	251
Clun & Chapel Lawn	£128.22	+£2.68	£2,528.25	546
Clunbury	£23.47	+£1.87	£2,423.50	258
Clungunford	£22.82	no change	£2,422.85	150
Cockshutt cum Petton	£63.07	no change	£2,463.10	325
Condover	£53.93	+£2.77	£2,453.96	966
Coreley	£61.54	+£5.38	£2,461.57	141
Cound	£40.15	+£1.91	£2,440.18	218
Craven Arms	£79.78	+£1.17	£2,479.81	840
Cressage Harley & Sheinton	£68.29	no change	£2,468.32	425
Culmington	£31.05	+£1.96	£2,431.08	177
Diddlebury	£26.74	+£1.73	£2,426.77	299
Ditton Priors	£62.77	+£5.29	£2,462.80	409
Eardington	£43.82	+£1.01	£2,443.85	251
Easthope	£31.85	+£4.61	£2,431.88	217
Eaton under Heywood	£33.58	+£1.23	£2,433.61	197
Edgton	£29.05	+£4.05	£2,429.08	51
Ellesmere Rural	£49.90	+£2.94	£2,449.93	995
Ellesmere Urban	£204.14	+£9.72	£2,604.17	1,623
Farlow	£31.99	+£2.36	£2,432.02	200
Ford	£112.54	+£13.21	£2,512.57	340
Great Hanwood	£95.36	+£2.78	£2,495.39	426
Great Ness & Little Ness	£105.59	+£35.40	£2,505.62	565
Greete no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	50
Grinshill	£75.86	+£7.06	£2,475.89	114
Hadnall	£43.89	+£3.62	£2,443.92	379
Highley	£142.77	+£12.14	£2,542.80	1,155
Hinstock	£64.72	+£2.02	£2,464.75	561
Hodnet	£57.16	+£7.42	£2,457.19	633
Hope Bagot no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	34
Hopesay	£62.77	+£1.59	£2,462.80	272
Hopton Cangeford	£14.06	+£0.23	£2,414.09	171
Hopton Castle no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	42
Hopton Wafers	£34.02	no change	£2,434.05	325
Hordley	£56.16	+£3.38	£2,456.19	102
Ightfield & Calverhall	£86.67	+£9.75	£2,486.70	221
Kemberton	£35.95	+£1.71	£2,435.98	122
Kinlet	£26.74	+£1.14	£2,426.77	457
Kinnerley	£55.00	+£5.00	£2,455.03	530
Knockin	£124.62	+£5.11	£2,524.65	145
Leebotwood & Longnor	£49.66	+£2.92	£2,449.69	201
Leighton and Eaton Constantine	£58.12	+£6.75	£2,458.15	204
Llanfairwaterdine	£62.75	+£2.32	£2,462.78	110
Llanyblodwel	£59.42	+£8.86	£2,459.45	278
Llanymynech and Pant	£47.74	+£3.40	£2,447.77	691
Longden	£74.21	+£2.92	£2,474.24	550
Loppington	£26.25	+£4.04	£2,426.28	293
Ludford	£23.20	−£0.78	£2,423.23	494
Ludlow	£254.70	no change	£2,654.73	3,717
Lydbury North	£50.76	+£0.41	£2,450.79	236
Mainstone	£29.11	+£0.63	£2,429.14	90
Market Drayton	£142.81	+£6.79	£2,542.84	4,351
Melverley	£118.63	+£14.20	£2,518.66	55
Milson	£75.49	+£0.10	£2,475.52	126
Minsterley	£48.97	+£2.07	£2,449.00	653
Montford	£31.23	+£6.32	£2,431.26	256
Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst	£22.07	+£5.08	£2,422.10	150
Moreton Say	£62.19	no change	£2,462.22	230
Morville	£30.70	no change	£2,430.73	403
Much Wenlock	£234.46	+£10.53	£2,634.49	1,280
Munslow	£38.30	+£2.39	£2,438.33	192
Myddle and Broughton	£46.41	+£0.81	£2,446.44	630
Myndtown	£17.29	no change	£2,417.32	275
Nash	£29.83	+£2.28	£2,429.86	151
Neen Savage	£62.98	+£14.52	£2,463.01	157
Neenton no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	65
Newcastle on Clun	£134.32	+£10.13	£2,534.35	138
Norton in Hales	£84.53	+£7.59	£2,484.56	345
Onibury	£35.74	no change	£2,435.77	137
Oswestry	£147.76	+£40.69	£2,547.79	5,522
Oswestry Rural	£32.62	+£6.52	£2,432.65	1,714
Pontesbury	£165.56	+£14.46	£2,565.59	1,413
Prees	£30.00	+£4.44	£2,430.03	1,231
Quatt Malvern	£58.89	no change	£2,458.92	106
Richards Castle (Shropshire)	£51.26	+£7.25	£2,451.29	146
Rushbury	£31.24	+£0.86	£2,431.27	288
Ruyton XI Towns	£73.78	+£2.71	£2,473.81	475
Ryton & Grindle	£65.50	+£6.94	£2,465.53	81
Selattyn and Gobowen	£92.53	+£21.52	£2,492.56	1,446
Shawbury	£68.54	+£3.59	£2,468.57	908
Sheriffhales	£73.34	+£14.03	£2,473.37	343
Shifnal	£181.24	+£21.30	£2,581.27	3,591
Shrewsbury	£172.23	+£85.19	£2,572.26	27,713
Sibdon Carwood no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	49
St. Martin's	£58.34	no change	£2,458.37	1,055
Stanton Lacy	£30.51	+£0.84	£2,430.54	172
Stanton upon Hine Heath	£51.00	+£4.18	£2,451.03	255
Stockton	£52.17	+£4.99	£2,452.20	137
Stoke upon Tern	£48.65	+£4.42	£2,448.68	539
Stottesdon	£123.51	+£11.32	£2,523.54	352
Stowe	£8.51	+£1.09	£2,408.54	53
Sutton Maddock	£35.20	+£1.50	£2,435.23	111
Sutton upon Tern	£23.20	no change	£2,423.23	422
Tasley	£30.26	+£2.72	£2,430.29	411
Tong	£41.46	+£3.00	£2,441.49	125
Uffington	£94.29	+£2.13	£2,494.32	109
Upton Magna	£53.19	+£5.08	£2,453.22	157
Welshampton and Lyneal	£71.30	+£4.27	£2,471.33	393
Wem Rural	£45.80	+£1.91	£2,445.83	702
Wem Urban	£222.85	+£17.70	£2,622.88	2,055
West Felton	£43.24	+£6.72	£2,443.27	614
Westbury	£43.39	+£0.36	£2,443.42	524
Weston Rhyn	£38.40	+£0.18	£2,438.43	937
Weston under Redcastle	£63.22	+£1.43	£2,463.25	124
Wheathill	£64.31	+£0.94	£2,464.34	84
Whitchurch Rural	£42.65	+£2.28	£2,442.68	692
Whitchurch Urban	£167.92	+£7.72	£2,567.95	3,694
Whittington	£63.72	+£1.82	£2,463.75	1,036
Whitton no precept	none	—	£2,400.03	59
Whixall	£42.24	+£1.80	£2,442.27	336
Wistanstow	£38.73	+£0.91	£2,438.76	336
Withington	£70.22	+£7.69	£2,470.25	107
Woore	£50.35	+£0.30	£2,450.38	621
Worfield	£44.23	+£7.37	£2,444.26	950
Worthen with Shelve	£42.36	+£2.43	£2,442.39	856
Wroxeter and Uppington	£31.27	+£0.67	£2,431.30	166
Acton Round grouped with Morville	£30.70	—	£2,430.73	—
Aston Eyre grouped with Morville	£30.70	—	£2,430.73	—
Bucknell grouped with Bedstone	£100.95	—	£2,500.98	—
Burwarton grouped with Aston Botterell	£69.88	—	£2,469.91	—
Cleobury North grouped with Aston Botterell	£69.88	—	£2,469.91	—
Colebatch grouped with Mainstone	£29.11	—	£2,429.14	—
Deuxhill grouped with Billinglsey	£57.85	—	£2,457.88	—
Glazeley grouped with Billinglsey	£57.85	—	£2,457.88	—
Heath grouped with Abdon	£8.54	—	£2,408.57	—
Hope Bowdler grouped with Eaton under Heywood	£33.58	—	£2,433.61	—
Middleton Scriven grouped with Billinglsey	£57.85	—	£2,457.88	—
Monkhopton grouped with Morville	£30.70	—	£2,430.73	—
More grouped with Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst	£22.07	—	£2,422.10	—
Neen Sollars grouped with Milson	£75.49	—	£2,475.52	—
Norbury grouped with Myndtown	£17.29	—	£2,417.32	—
Oswestry (Trefonen) grouped with Oswestry Rural	£32.62	—	£2,432.65	—
Ratlinghope grouped with Myndtown	£17.29	—	£2,417.32	—
Romsley grouped with Alveley	£64.37	—	£2,464.40	—
Rudge grouped with Worfield	£44.23	—	£2,444.26	—
Selattyn and Gobowen (2) grouped with Selattyn and Gobowen	£92.53	—	£2,492.56	—
Shipton grouped with Easthope	£31.85	—	£2,431.88	—
Sidbury grouped with Stottesdon	£123.51	—	£2,523.54	—
Stanton Long grouped with Easthope	£31.85	—	£2,431.88	—
Stoke St. Milborough grouped with Hopton Cangeford	£14.06	—	£2,414.09	—
Upton Cressett grouped with Morville	£30.70	—	£2,430.73	—
Wentnor grouped with Myndtown	£17.29	—	£2,417.32	—

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 Shropshire?: £2,528.18 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,400.03.
How much is Band A council tax in Shropshire?: £1,685.45 a year, or £168.55 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in Shropshire?: Band D is up 9.0% (£209.38) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +9.9%.
Is Shropshire cheaper than average?: Shropshire ranks 221 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