Band D council tax 2026/27: from £1,028.21 to £2,765.02 a year

Councils where Band D is the most common band

Band D is the most common band in 42 of the 347 councils that publish the count of every band: Barnet, Brentwood, Bromley, Broxbourne, Camden, Cardiff, Ealing, East Hertfordshire, Elmbridge, Enfield, Epping Forest, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Havering, Hertsmere, Hillingdon, Horsham, Hounslow, Isle of Anglesey, Islington, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Monmouthshire, New Forest, Redbridge, Reigate and Banstead, Richmond upon Thames, Runnymede, Sevenoaks, Spelthorne, St Albans, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Three Rivers, Waverley, Windsor and Maidenhead, Woking, Wokingham.

Where Band D is at least 1.5 times as common as in its nation

50 councils, each compared with its own nation’s share of homes in Band D, from the largest share down:

Hillingdon 40%, Hounslow 37%, Broxbourne 34%, Spelthorne 34%, Havering 33%, Watford 33%, Hertsmere 33%, Ealing 32%, Merton 32%, Harrow 31%, Islington 30%, Redbridge 30%, Kingston upon Thames 30%, Runnymede 30%, Brent 29%, Dartford 29%, Enfield 29%, Sutton 29%, Rochford 28%, Woking 28%, Reigate and Banstead 28%, Wokingham 28%, Epsom and Ewell 28%, Bexley 28%, Hammersmith and Fulham 27%, Guildford 27%, Surrey Heath 26%, Maidstone 26%, St Albans 26%, Three Rivers 26%, Oxford 26%, Tonbridge and Malling 25%, Bromley 25%, Croydon 25%, Mid Sussex 25%, East Hertfordshire 25%, Haringey 25%, Barnet 25%, Welwyn Hatfield 25%, Windsor and Maidenhead 25%, West Berkshire 25%, Brentwood 25%, Gravesham 24%, Epping Forest 24%, Richmond upon Thames 24%, Tandridge 24%, Dacorum 24%, Slough 24%, Waverley 24%, Elmbridge 24%.

Scotland, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band D: East Dunbartonshire 18%, Orkney Islands 17%, East Renfrewshire 17%, Highland 17%, Shetland Islands 17%, City of Edinburgh 17%, Angus 16%, Perth & Kinross 16%.

Wales, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band D: Cardiff 22%, Monmouthshire 21%, Ceredigion 21%, Conwy 21%, Isle of Anglesey 20%, Vale of Glamorgan 19%, Flintshire 19%, Pembrokeshire 18%.