Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Milton Keynes council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,372.21 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,581.47; the dearest, H, pays £4,744.42. 28% of Milton Keynes’ 128,300 homes are in Band B.
Band D costs £2,372.21 a year: £237.22 over 10 payments or £197.68 over 12. 13% of Milton Keynes’ homes are in this band.
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B
C
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E
F
G
H
Milton Keynes, 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 G 3%, Band H 0.1% of homes.
Every band in Milton Keynes
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,581.47
£158.15
£131.79
14%
£1,845.05
£184.51
£153.75
28%
£2,108.63
£210.86
£175.72
26%
£2,372.21
£237.22
£197.68
13%
£2,899.37
£289.94
£241.61
11%
£3,426.53
£342.65
£285.54
6%
£3,953.68
£395.37
£329.47
3%
£4,744.42
£474.44
£395.37
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 Milton Keynes’ figures
Parish precepts make up a noticeable part of council tax in Milton Keynes. The area has 48 parishes, and averaged across all its homes their precepts add £136.94 to Band D: 5.8% of the 2026/27 total of £2,372.21. Only 14 councils in England have a higher average parish charge, although by sheer number of parishes Milton Keynes ranks a more modest 69th.
Since the published Band D folds those precepts into one average, a bill in any one parish can sit slightly either side of it. Strip them out and the council keeps £1,847.53, the police precept is £298.28 and fire and rescue receive £89.46.
Overall, Milton Keynes lands 196th among 296 English councils on Band D, 1.6% beneath the simple mean of English councils, £2,410.97. Back in 2025/26 the figure was £2,257.98; since then it has climbed £114.23, or 5.1%.
Homes are concentrated in the second and third bands. Band B is the commonest, with 36,330 of the 128,300 homes (28.3%), followed by Band C on 25.6% and Band A on 14.1%; their 2026/27 bills are £1,845.05, £2,108.63 and £1,581.47. The three dearest bands, F to H, hold 10,730 homes, and the very top band costs £4,744.42.
Milton Keynes declares 101,827 Band D equivalents as its base and assumes 99.2% collection, a rate surpassed by 23 English councils.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Milton Keynes it is £2,372.21 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 100 of them charge less than Milton Keynes.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where Milton Keynes’ homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 28%, is in Band B. Bands A to C together hold 68% of the 128,300 homes, and bands E to H hold 19%.
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.