Band E council tax 2026/27: from £1,256.70 to £3,379.47 a year

Councils where Band E is the most common band

Band E is the most common band in 5 of the 347 councils that publish the count of every band: Aberdeenshire, Ceredigion, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Isles of Scilly.

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

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

City of London 36%, Isles of Scilly 28%, Ceredigion 25%, Epsom and Ewell 23%, Harrow 23%, Richmond upon Thames 23%, Wokingham 23%, Spelthorne 22%, East Dunbartonshire 22%, Kingston upon Thames 21%, Barnet 21%, East Renfrewshire 21%, St Albans 21%, Tandridge 21%, Bromley 21%, Windsor and Maidenhead 20%, Hertsmere 20%, Hart 19%, Three Rivers 19%, Bexley 19%, Elmbridge 19%, Uttlesford 19%, Broxbourne 19%, Hammersmith and Fulham 19%, Westminster 18%, Brentwood 18%, Mole Valley 18%, Redbridge 18%, Tower Hamlets 18%, Reigate and Banstead 18%, East Hertfordshire 18%, Surrey Heath 18%, Runnymede 18%, Mid Sussex 18%, Epping Forest 18%, Waverley 17%, Camden 17%, Horsham 17%, Islington 17%, Brent 17%, Wandsworth 17%, Guildford 17%, Tonbridge and Malling 17%, South Cambridgeshire 17%, Ealing 17%, Enfield 17%, Bromsgrove 17%, Harborough 17%, New Forest 16%, Rother 16%, South Oxfordshire 16%, East Hampshire 16%, Vale of White Horse 16%, Wealden 16%, Stratford-on-Avon 16%, South Hams 16%, Bracknell Forest 16%, Fareham 16%, Hillingdon 16%, Dartford 16%, Chichester 16%, Winchester 16%, Merton 15%, Buckinghamshire 15%, Maldon 15%, Dorset 15%, East Devon 15%, West Berkshire 15%, Kensington and Chelsea 15%, Sutton 15%, Test Valley 15%, West Oxfordshire 15%, Derbyshire Dales 15%.

Scotland, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band E: East Dunbartonshire 22%, East Renfrewshire 21%, Aberdeenshire 19%, South Ayrshire 18%, City of Edinburgh 17%, Highland 17%, Perth & Kinross 16%, Argyll & Bute 16%.

Wales, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band E: Ceredigion 25%, Pembrokeshire 20%, Cardiff 19%, Powys 19%, Monmouthshire 17%, Vale of Glamorgan 17%, Conwy 16%, Flintshire 16%.