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Band D council tax total bill (incl. GLA/police/fire/combined authority)

Context only: shown on council pages but not scored, so councils are listed from highest to lowest, not ranked. The median of the 130 is £2,435.01.

Line 17. What a Band D resident actually pays; not all of it is set by the council.

Band D council tax total bill (incl. GLA/police/fire/combined authority) by council
CouncilBand D council tax total bill (incl. GLA/police/fire/combined authority)Type
Dorset£2,765.02Unitary council
Nottingham£2,755.39Unitary council
Rutland£2,737.58Unitary council
Gateshead£2,715.81Metropolitan borough
Bristol, City of£2,713.68Unitary council
Liverpool£2,673.59Metropolitan borough
Walsall£2,627.48Metropolitan borough
Isle of Wight£2,625.79Unitary council
County Durham£2,622.15Unitary council
Stockport£2,618.90Metropolitan borough
Reading£2,612.77Unitary council
Kingston upon Thames£2,609.20London borough
Oldham£2,602.23Metropolitan borough
Rochdale£2,600.83Metropolitan borough
Croydon£2,599.91London borough
Northumberland£2,596.94Unitary council
Salford£2,594.45Metropolitan borough
Cornwall£2,590.93Unitary council
Stockton-on-Tees£2,589.83Unitary council
Sefton£2,583.22Metropolitan borough
Brighton and Hove£2,580.54Unitary council
Herefordshire, County of£2,574.37Unitary council
Wiltshire£2,571.78Unitary council
Somerset£2,560.59Unitary council
Hartlepool£2,560.20Unitary council
Bury£2,555.15Metropolitan borough
South Gloucestershire£2,550.59Unitary council
Middlesbrough£2,549.16Unitary council
Redcar and Cleveland£2,544.48Unitary council
North Yorkshire£2,544.34Unitary council
Newcastle upon Tyne£2,542.19Metropolitan borough
Wolverhampton£2,538.99Metropolitan borough
Leicester£2,528.75Unitary council
Shropshire£2,528.18Unitary council
Buckinghamshire£2,526.58Unitary council
Cheshire West and Chester£2,517.33Unitary council
Coventry£2,516.72Metropolitan borough
Central Bedfordshire£2,516.16Unitary council
Blackpool£2,513.22Unitary council
Cumberland£2,511.32Unitary council
Harrow£2,511.07London borough
Sheffield£2,510.16Metropolitan borough
Westmorland and Furness£2,507.99Unitary council
West Berkshire£2,505.37Unitary council
Wirral£2,500.59Metropolitan borough
Wokingham£2,497.70Unitary council
Darlington£2,493.83Unitary council
North Somerset£2,491.22Unitary council
Knowsley£2,488.25Metropolitan borough
West Northamptonshire£2,486.66Unitary council
Richmond upon Thames£2,486.10London borough
North East Lincolnshire£2,483.85Unitary council
Bedford£2,471.74Unitary council
Torbay£2,470.25Unitary council
East Riding of Yorkshire£2,466.08Unitary council
North Tyneside£2,461.77Metropolitan borough
Blackburn with Darwen£2,455.27Unitary council
Cheshire East£2,454.87Unitary council
Warrington£2,447.61Unitary council
Tameside£2,447.21Metropolitan borough
Plymouth£2,441.85Unitary council
Kirklees£2,441.07Metropolitan borough
Luton£2,439.93Unitary council
Swindon£2,438.10Unitary council
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£2,435.58Unitary council
South Tyneside£2,434.43Metropolitan borough
Havering£2,424.66London borough
North Northamptonshire£2,423.96Unitary council
Calderdale£2,420.15Metropolitan borough
Slough£2,414.44Unitary council
St. Helens£2,403.38Metropolitan borough
Bolton£2,399.74Metropolitan borough
Waltham Forest£2,386.96London borough
Bath and North East Somerset£2,383.42Unitary council
Rotherham£2,381.53Metropolitan borough
Southampton£2,381.48Unitary council
Sutton£2,378.64London borough
Milton Keynes£2,372.21Unitary council
Halton£2,366.61Unitary council
Bexley£2,366.36London borough
Birmingham£2,362.90Metropolitan borough
Bradford£2,360.73Metropolitan borough
North Lincolnshire£2,348.46Unitary council
Medway£2,328.55Unitary council
Barnsley£2,325.96Metropolitan borough
Haringey£2,313.78London borough
Manchester£2,312.04Metropolitan borough
Derby£2,306.00Unitary council
Wakefield£2,296.89Metropolitan borough
Kingston upon Hull, City of£2,295.04Unitary council
Redbridge£2,294.58London borough
Peterborough£2,293.47Unitary council
Portsmouth£2,291.71Unitary council
Trafford£2,291.70Metropolitan borough
York£2,287.15Unitary council
Leeds£2,283.73Metropolitan borough
Enfield£2,267.67London borough
Southend-on-Sea£2,265.17Unitary council
Bracknell Forest£2,264.80Unitary council
Telford and Wrekin£2,256.26Unitary council
Thurrock£2,254.68Unitary council
Sandwell£2,244.46Metropolitan borough
Lewisham£2,237.33London borough
Brent£2,235.27London borough
Camden£2,207.55London borough
Barking and Dagenham£2,198.51London borough
Solihull£2,197.26Metropolitan borough
Sunderland£2,197.14Metropolitan borough
Hounslow£2,185.56London borough
Stoke-on-Trent£2,183.12Unitary council
Doncaster£2,167.75Metropolitan borough
Wigan£2,152.68Metropolitan borough
Merton£2,146.76London borough
Dudley£2,144.84Metropolitan borough
Bromley£2,140.04London borough
Ealing£2,138.53London borough
Barnet£2,132.60London borough
Islington£2,108.15London borough
Greenwich£2,107.86London borough
Hackney£2,060.30London borough
Lambeth£2,047.11London borough
Hillingdon£2,045.46London borough
Southwark£1,967.26London borough
Windsor and Maidenhead£1,952.62Unitary council
Newham£1,944.23London borough
Tower Hamlets£1,837.78London borough
Kensington and Chelsea£1,666.65London borough
Hammersmith and Fulham£1,519.51London borough
Westminster£1,049.55London borough
Wandsworth£1,028.21London borough

Period: 2026-27. Source: MHCLG — Council Tax levels set by local authorities. How we score

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