St Stephen · St Albans · 2026-27

How much is council tax in St Stephen?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,451.86St Albans also charges special expenses in part of its area (note below). St Albans Band D average: £2,419.22.
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Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work

Council tax 2026-27St StephenBand D
  • St Albans council£194.78
  • Hertfordshire County Council£1,858.19
  • Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner£280.00
  • St Stephen parish precept£118.89
Total for the year£2,451.86
Parish part
£118.89
+£6.72 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,634.57
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£245.19
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
7,056
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in St Stephen, 2026-27

Estimates: the St Albans average charge plus the parish precept. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.

BandPer yearPer month (10 payments)Ratio to D
Band A£1,634.57£163.466/9
Band B£1,907.00£190.707/9
Band C£2,179.43£217.948/9
Band D£2,451.86£245.199/9
Band E£2,996.72£299.6711/9
Band F£3,541.58£354.1613/9
Band G£4,086.43£408.6415/9
Band H£4,903.72£490.3718/9

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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 St Stephen compared

Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the St Stephen figure is an estimate

St StephenSt Stephen£2,452St Albans averageSt Albans average£2,419No parish partNo parish part£2,333England averageEngland average£2,392
St StephenSt Stephen£2,452St Albans aver…St Albans average£2,419No parish partNo parish part£2,333England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • St Stephen
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

St Stephen in 2026-27

St Stephen's local council set a precept of £838,960 for 2026-27, raised from 7,056 Band D-equivalent homes: £118.89 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £112.17, so it has risen by £6.72 (6.0%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,335.36 in 2025-26, so it is up 5.0%.

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 St Stephen, 2026-27

Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band

Band A: £1,634.57£1,635AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,907.00£1,907BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,179.43£2,179CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,451.86£2,452DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,996.72£2,997EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,541.58£3,542FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,086.43£4,086GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,903.72£4,904HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,634.57£1,635AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,907.00£1,907BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,179.43£2,179CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,451.86£2,452DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,996.72£2,997EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,541.58£3,542FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,086.43£4,086GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,903.72£4,904HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • St Stephen, each band
  • Band D, the band every charge is set from
  • England average for the band
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BandPer year10 payments of12 payments ofEngland averageRatio to D
Band A£1,634.57£163.46£136.21£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,907.00£190.70£158.92£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,179.43£217.94£181.62£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,451.86£245.19£204.32£2,391.529/9
Band E£2,996.72£299.67£249.73£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,541.58£354.16£295.13£3,454.4213/9
Band G£4,086.43£408.64£340.54£3,985.8715/9
Band H£4,903.72£490.37£408.64£4,783.0418/9
Source: worked out from MHCLG 2026-27 Band D amounts and the statutory band ratios.

Questions

What is Band D council tax in St Stephen?
About £2,451.86 for 2026-27, of which £118.89 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in St Stephen?
About £1,907.00 a year, or £190.70 a month over 10 payments.
How does St Stephen compare with the rest of St Albans?
Its parish precept adds £118.89 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