Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Lewisham council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,237.33 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,491.55; the dearest, H, pays £4,474.66. 36% of Lewisham’s 134,770 homes are in Band C.
Band D costs £2,237.33 a year: £223.73 over 10 payments or £186.44 over 12. 21% of Lewisham’s homes are in this band.
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C
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G
H
Lewisham, street by band. Walls rise to the yearly charge (one scale for all councils); each house is as wide as its band’s share of homes (all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency). Narrow bands are kept visible.
Too narrow to draw to scale, so shown at a minimum width: Band F 2%, Band G 1%, Band H 0.1% of homes.
Every band in Lewisham
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,491.55
£149.16
£124.30
7%
£1,740.15
£174.02
£145.01
27%
£1,988.74
£198.87
£165.73
36%
£2,237.33
£223.73
£186.44
21%
£2,734.51
£273.45
£227.88
6%
£3,231.70
£323.17
£269.31
2%
£3,728.88
£372.89
£310.74
1%
£4,474.66
£447.47
£372.89
0.1%
These are averages for the whole council area, parish charges included: your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your parish. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.
About Lewisham’s figures
For Band D, Lewisham charges more than the London average but less than England's. Its 2026/27 figure, £2,237.33, is 5.8% more than the £2,113.85 simple mean of the London boroughs, yet 7.2% short of the simple English mean of £2,410.97. Within the capital that makes it 12th.
Most homes in the borough are in the lower middle of the scale. Bands B and C hold 85,150 homes, 63.2% of the 134,770 in the borough, with Band C alone at 35.9%. Band D holds 20.7%; Band H, just 190 homes. For the two commonest bands the 2026/27 bills are £1,740.15 and £1,988.74, while the 8,100 Band E homes pay £2,734.51. Band A, with 9,210 homes (6.8%), is charged £1,491.55. Above Band D the numbers thin out quickly: Band F has 2,820 homes and Band G 1,360, so the four highest bands, E to H, hold 12,470 homes between them, fewer than Band D on its own.
Each Band D bill divides between the borough, which keeps £1,726.82 (77.2%), and the Greater London Authority, which receives £510.51 (22.8%). That London-wide figure does not vary from borough to borough, and it is where policing and fire cover for London appear on the bill. No parish precept applies in Lewisham.
The 2025/26 Band D was £2,135.13, so the rise amounts to £102.20 (4.8%). Lewisham's return gives a base of 93,758 in Band D equivalents and a 96% collection assumption.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Lewisham it is £2,237.33 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 29 of them charge less than Lewisham.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where Lewisham’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 36%, is in Band C. Bands A to C together hold 70% of the 134,770 homes, and bands E to H hold 9%.
Homes are counted as: all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency.
Check your own band
The letter is printed on your council tax bill. To look up any home, use the official services: England and Wales or Scotland. Band by Band cannot tell you the band of an address.