Council Tax Index 2018/19
Annual property taxes in the UK are low by international standards.
This table shows average Band D council tax payable annually, by council area.
Very low tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 1 | Westminster | 415 | +2.00% |
| 2 | Wandsworth | 428 | +2.00% |
Low tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 3 | Hammersmith & Fulham | 728 | Frozen |
| 4 | City of London | 806 | +0.08% |
| 5 | Kensington & Chelsea | 845 | +5.92% |
| 6 | Newham | 965 | Frozen |
| 7 | Tower Hamlets | 986 | +2.00% |
Average tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 8 | Windsor & Maidenhead | 1,008 | +4.86% |
| 9 | Southwark | 1,035 | +5.99% |
| 10 | Hackney | 1,080 | +3.00% |
| 11 | Lambeth | 1,092 | +5.99% |
| 12 | Hillingdon | 1,113 | Frozen |
| 13 | Islington | 1,135 | +5.99% |
| 14 | Greenwich | 1,135 | +5.99% |
| 15 | Ealing | 1,146 | +5.99% |
| 16 | Bromley | 1,158 | +3.99% |
| 17 | Hounslow | 1,168 | +4.00% |
| 18 | Merton | 1,174 | +2.99% |
| 19 | Barnet | 1,189 | +3.00% |
| 20 | Somerset | 1,192 | +5.99% |
| 21 | Camden | 1,194 | +4.99% |
| 22 | Barking & Dagenham | 1,200 | +5.99% |
| 23 | Hampshire | 1,201 | +5.99% |
| 24 | Brent | 1,202 | +4.99% |
| 25 | Lewisham | 1,204 | +3.99% |
| 26 | Staffordshire | 1,211 | +5.95% |
| 27 | Worcestershire | 1,212 | +4.94% |
| 28 | Essex | 1,222 | +4.99% |
| 29 | Lincolnshire | 1,231 | +4.95% |
| 30 | Gloucestershire | 1,232 | +4.49% |
| 31 | Northamptonshire | 1,236 | +5.98% |
| 32 | Kent | 1,238 | +4.99% |
| 33 | Isles of Scilly | 1,240 | +5.99% |
| 34 | Suffolk | 1,243 | +4.99% |
| 35 | Leicestershire | 1,243 | +5.99% |
| 36 | Trafford | 1,243 | +4.99% |
| 37 | North Yorkshire | 1,249 | +4.99% |
| 38 | Cambridgeshire | 1,250 | +4.99% |
| 39 | Redbridge | 1,256 | +4.99% |
| 40 | Enfield | 1,261 | +4.99% |
| 41 | Telford & Wrekin | 1,261 | +3.20% |
| 42 | Bracknell Forest | 1,266 | +5.99% |
| 43 | Stoke-on-Trent | 1,268 | +4.00% |
| 44 | Dudley | 1,272 | +4.49% |
| 45 | Derbyshire | 1,272 | +4.99% |
| 46 | Haringey | 1,282 | +3.00% |
| 47 | Doncaster | 1,287 | +3.99% |
| 48 | Thurrock | 1,288 | +4.99% |
| 49 | York | 1,288 | +3.49% |
| 50 | Wigan | 1,290 | +3.00% |
| 51 | Buckinghamshire | 1,291 | +5.99% |
| 52 | Bexley | 1,294 | +3.99% |
| 53 | Lancashire | 1,295 | +5.99% |
High tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 54 | Peterborough | 1,305 | +5.99% |
| 55 | Sutton | 1,309 | +3.99% |
| 56 | Swindon | 1,314 | +4.99% |
| 57 | Birmingham | 1,315 | +3.99% |
| 58 | West Sussex | 1,318 | +4.95% |
| 59 | Solihull | 1,320 | +3.99% |
| 60 | Hertfordshire | 1,320 | +5.99% |
| 61 | Waltham Forest | 1,321 | +4.99% |
| 62 | Norfolk | 1,323 | +5.99% |
| 63 | Southend-on-Sea | 1,323 | +4.49% |
| 64 | Manchester | 1,325 | +3.49% |
| 65 | Devon | 1,331 | +4.99% |
| 66 | Wakefield | 1,331 | +4.99% |
| 67 | Kingston-upon-Hull | 1,331 | +4.99% |
| 68 | Slough | 1,332 | +4.50% |
| 69 | Cumbria | 1,332 | +3.99% |
| 70 | Bradford | 1,333 | +5.99% |
| 71 | Shropshire | 1,335 | +5.99% |
| 72 | Portsmouth | 1,337 | +4.49% |
| 73 | Leeds | 1,340 | +4.99% |
| 74 | Milton Keynes | 1,342 | +5.99% |
| 75 | North Somerset | 1,342 | +5.99% |
| 76 | Croydon | 1,343 | +4.99% |
| 77 | Sandwell | 1,348 | +4.99% |
| 78 | Bath & North East Somerset | 1,348 | +4.95% |
| 79 | Sunderland | 1,359 | +4.99% |
| 80 | Warwickshire | 1,364 | +4.99% |
| 81 | Havering | 1,364 | +3.50% |
| 82 | Medway | 1,374 | +5.99% |
| 83 | Derby | 1,376 | +5.99% |
| 84 | Halton | 1,378 | +5.00% |
| 85 | East Sussex | 1,393 | +5.99% |
| 86 | Warrington | 1,395 | +5.98% |
| 87 | Harrow | 1,395 | +3.49% |
| 88 | Poole | 1,400 | +5.99% |
| 89 | St Helens | 1,404 | +5.99% |
| 90 | Cheshire East | 1,404 | +5.99% |
| 91 | Dorset | 1,406 | +5.99% |
| 92 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,406 | +5.98% |
| 93 | Surrey | 1,411 | +5.99% |
| 94 | Richmond-upon-Thames | 1,413 | +3.99% |
| 95 | Tameside | 1,413 | +4.99% |
| 96 | Wiltshire | 1,415 | +5.99% |
| 97 | Nottinghamshire | 1,419 | +4.99% |
| 98 | Barnsley | 1,420 | +4.49% |
| 99 | Oxfordshire | 1,426 | +5.99% |
| 100 | North Lincolnshire | 1,429 | +4.97% |
| 101 | Wokingham | 1,434 | +5.49% |
| 102 | Luton | 1,435 | +5.85% |
| 103 | Bournemouth | 1,439 | +5.99% |
| 104 | South Gloucestershire | 1,441 | +5.99% |
| 105 | Knowsley | 1,442 | +5.99% |
| 106 | Herefordshire | 1,444 | +4.90% |
| 107 | Calderdale | 1,446 | +5.99% |
| 108 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1,448 | +4.99% |
Very high tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 109 | Bolton | 1,454 | +4.99% |
| 110 | Torbay | 1,459 | +5.99% |
| 111 | West Berkshire | 1,462 | +5.99% |
| 112 | Darlington | 1,462 | +5.99% |
| 113 | Kirklees | 1,466 | +5.99% |
| 114 | Blackburn with Darwen | 1,466 | +5.99% |
| 115 | Cornwall | 1,469 | +4.99% |
| 116 | Plymouth | 1,470 | +4.47% |
| 117 | Bedford | 1,471 | +3.75% |
| 118 | Kingston-upon-Thames | 1,477 | Frozen |
| 119 | Rotherham | 1,478 | +5.99% |
| 120 | Wirral | 1,479 | +5.99% |
| 121 | North East Lincolnshire | 1,486 | +4.98% |
| 122 | Central Bedfordshire | 1,486 | +4.49% |
| 123 | Southampton | 1,491 | +5.99% |
| 124 | Bury | 1,507 | +5.94% |
| 125 | Leicester | 1,507 | +6.00% |
| 126 | South Tyneside | 1,508 | +4.95% |
| 127 | Blackpool | 1,511 | +5.99% |
| 128 | Sheffield | 1,514 | +5.99% |
| 129 | Durham | 1,515 | +4.99% |
| 130 | Salford | 1,517 | +4.99% |
| 131 | Redcar & Cleveland | 1,517 | +3.99% |
| 132 | Rochdale | 1,521 | +4.99% |
| 133 | North Tyneside | 1,523 | +4.99% |
| 134 | Sefton | 1,525 | +5.99% |
| 135 | Wolverhampton | 1,540 | +3.99% |
| 136 | Stockton-on-Tees | 1,544 | +5.90% |
| 137 | Brighton & Hove | 1,549 | +5.99% |
| 138 | Isle of Wight Council | 1,553 | +5.99% |
| 139 | Oldham | 1,562 | +3.99% |
| 140 | Middlesbrough | 1,566 | +4.99% |
| 141 | Coventry | 1,574 | +4.95% |
| 142 | Reading | 1,580 | +6.00% |
| 143 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1,581 | +4.95% |
| 144 | Stockport | 1,598 | +4.99% |
| 145 | Liverpool | 1,602 | +5.99% |
| 146 | Hartlepool | 1,622 | +4.90% |
| 147 | Rutland | 1,624 | +4.99% |
| 148 | Bristol | 1,626 | +4.99% |
| 149 | Northumberland | 1,634 | +4.85% |
| 150 | Walsall | 1,649 | +4.99% |
| 151 | Gateshead | 1,687 | +4.99% |
| 152 | Nottingham | 1,688 | +5.99% |
Source: GOV.uk
