Rankings · 2026-27

Which council has the highest council tax?

Band DDorset£2,765.02 · South West

Area averages set by councils for 2026-27 (MHCLG). Real bills vary by parish, band and discount. How the figures work

All 296 councils that send bills in England. Band D is the area average including parish precepts.

Highest council tax: the top 12

Band D

Band D

Source: MHCLG council tax statistics 2026-27.

The list

No.	Council	Region	Band D
1	Dorset	South West	£2,765.02
2	Lewes	South East	£2,756.17
3	Nottingham	East Midlands	£2,755.39
4	Rutland	East Midlands	£2,737.58
5	Wealden	South East	£2,728.43
6	Gateshead	North East	£2,715.81
7	Bristol	South West	£2,713.68
8	West Devon	South West	£2,705.33
9	Rother	South East	£2,700.95
10	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	£2,682.10
11	Oxford	South East	£2,678.40
12	Hastings	South East	£2,676.58
13	Liverpool	North West	£2,673.59
14	Mid Devon	South West	£2,656.41
15	Eastbourne	South East	£2,654.28
16	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£2,644.95
17	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£2,643.27
18	Teignbridge	South West	£2,643.12
19	North Devon	South West	£2,642.21
20	Pendle	North West	£2,640.18
21	Walsall	West Midlands	£2,627.48
22	Isle of Wight	South East	£2,625.79
23	Durham	North East	£2,622.15
24	Stockport	North West	£2,618.90
25	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£2,618.21
26	South Hams	South West	£2,615.22
27	Reading	South East	£2,612.77
28	Gedling	East Midlands	£2,609.55
29	Kingston upon Thames	London	£2,609.20
30	Ashfield	East Midlands	£2,608.76
31	Waverley	South East	£2,604.87
32	Oldham	North West	£2,602.23
33	Torridge	South West	£2,601.42
34	Rochdale	North West	£2,600.83
35	Mansfield	East Midlands	£2,600.38
36	Croydon	London	£2,599.91
37	Woking	South East	£2,598.04
38	South Oxfordshire	South East	£2,597.57
39	Northumberland	North East	£2,596.94
40	East Devon	South West	£2,595.46
41	Tandridge	South East	£2,594.85
42	Salford	North West	£2,594.45
43	Cornwall	South West	£2,590.93
44	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£2,589.83
45	Surrey Heath	South East	£2,585.16
46	Sefton	North West	£2,583.22
47	Cherwell	South East	£2,582.96
48	Brighton and Hove	South East	£2,580.54
49	Vale of White Horse	South East	£2,577.44
50	Preston	North West	£2,575.74
51	Herefordshire	West Midlands	£2,574.37
52	Wiltshire	South West	£2,571.78
53	West Oxfordshire	South East	£2,566.95
54	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£2,566.61
55	Somerset	South West	£2,560.59
56	Hartlepool	North East	£2,560.20
57	Bolsover	East Midlands	£2,559.41
58	Elmbridge	South East	£2,557.75
59	Huntingdonshire	East of England	£2,556.40
60	Bury	North West	£2,555.15
61	South Gloucestershire	South West	£2,550.59
62	Burnley	North West	£2,549.42
63	Middlesbrough	North East	£2,549.16
64	Adur	South East	£2,548.28
65	Guildford	South East	£2,547.30
66	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	£2,544.48
67	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	£2,544.34
68	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£2,542.19
69	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£2,538.99
70	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£2,538.75
71	Fenland	East of England	£2,537.74
72	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£2,536.25
73	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	£2,532.10
74	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£2,530.84
75	Leicester	East Midlands	£2,528.75
76	Shropshire	West Midlands	£2,528.18
77	Buckinghamshire	South East	£2,526.58
78	Spelthorne	South East	£2,526.44
79	Sevenoaks	South East	£2,522.36
80	Rossendale	North West	£2,519.97
81	Mole Valley	South East	£2,519.86
82	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	£2,517.33
83	Coventry	West Midlands	£2,516.72
84	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	£2,516.16
85	Blackpool	North West	£2,513.22
86	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£2,512.47
87	Cumberland	North West	£2,511.32
88	Harrow	London	£2,511.07
89	Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	£2,510.16
90	Westmorland and Furness	North West	£2,507.99
91	West Berkshire	South East	£2,505.37
92	Norwich	East of England	£2,503.44
93	Lancaster	North West	£2,503.19
94	Maidstone	South East	£2,502.59
95	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	£2,502.16
96	Wirral	North West	£2,500.59
97	Wokingham	South East	£2,497.70
98	Exeter	South West	£2,495.36
99	Darlington	North East	£2,493.83
100	Runnymede	South East	£2,492.99

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Data: MHCLG, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method