Harpenden Rural · St Albans · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Harpenden Rural?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- St Albans council£194.78
- Hertfordshire County Council£1,858.19
- Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner£280.00
- Harpenden Rural parish precept£39.49
Council tax bands in Harpenden Rural, 2026-27
Estimates: the St Albans 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 | £1,581.64 | £158.16 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,845.25 | £184.53 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,108.85 | £210.88 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,372.46 | £237.25 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,899.67 | £289.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,426.89 | £342.69 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £3,954.10 | £395.41 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,744.92 | £474.49 | 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 Harpenden Rural.
St Albans also charges special expenses in part of its area (£1,262,832 in all, £19.44 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 Harpenden Rural compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Harpenden Rural figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Harpenden Rural
Harpenden Rural in 2026-27
Harpenden Rural's local council set a precept of £10,500 for 2026-27, raised from 266 Band D-equivalent homes: £39.49 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £41.03, so it has fallen by £1.54 (3.8%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,264.22 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.8%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across St Albans: £194.78 for St Albans council, £1,858.19 for Hertfordshire County Council, £280.00 for Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Council tax by band in Harpenden Rural, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Harpenden Rural, 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 | £1,581.64 | £158.16 | £131.80 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,845.25 | £184.53 | £153.77 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,108.85 | £210.88 | £175.74 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,372.46 | £237.25 | £197.71 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,899.67 | £289.97 | £241.64 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,426.89 | £342.69 | £285.57 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £3,954.10 | £395.41 | £329.51 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,744.92 | £474.49 | £395.41 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Harpenden Rural?
- About £2,372.46 for 2026-27, of which £39.49 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Harpenden Rural?
- About £1,845.25 a year, or £184.53 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Harpenden Rural compare with the rest of St Albans?
- Its parish precept adds £39.49 to a Band D bill; across St Albans parish precepts add £66.81 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in St Albans 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