Council Tax Index 2020/21
Annual property taxes in the UK are low by international standards.
This table shows the average Band D council tax payable annually in councils in England, Wales & Scotland.
Note: These figures include adult social care and the Greater London Authority precept (if applicable) but exclude any parish precepts.
Very low tax
Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
1 | Westminster | 781 | +3.45% |
2 | Wandsworth | 800 | +3.99% |
Low tax
Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
3 | Windsor & Maidenhead | 1,077 | +3.99% |
4 | Hammersmith & Fulham | 1,124 | +3.99% |
5 | Western Isles | 1,194 | +4.84% |
6 | South Lanarkshire | 1,203 | +3.00% |
7 | Shetland | 1,206 | +4.84% |
8 | Angus | 1,207 | +3.00% |
9 | Orkney | 1,208 | +4.84% |
10 | City of London | 1,212 | +3.99% |
11 | North Lanarkshire | 1,221 | +4.84% |
12 | Dumfries & Galloway | 1,223 | +4.84% |
13 | Falkirk | 1,226 | +4.84% |
14 | Borders | 1,254 | +4.84% |
15 | Kensington & Chelsea | 1,254 | +3.90% |
16 | West Lothian | 1,276 | +4.84% |
17 | Fife | 1,281 | +4.84% |
18 | Northamptonshire | 1,285 | +3.99% |
19 | Hampshire | 1,286 | +3.99% |
20 | Somerset | 1,289 | +3.99% |
21 | East Renfrewhire | 1,290 | +4.84% |
22 | West Dunbartonshire | 1,294 | +4.84% |
23 | Staffordshire | 1,296 | +3.99% |
24 | Aberdeenshire | 1,301 | +4.84% |
25 | East Lothian | 1,303 | +4.84% |
26 | Clackmannanshire | 1,305 | +3.00% |
27 | East Dunbartonshire | 1,309 | +3.95% |
28 | Worcestershire | 1,311 | +3.99% |
29 | Wigan | 1,316 | +2.00% |
30 | Perth & Kinross | 1,318 | +4.28% |
31 | Essex | 1,321 | +3.99% |
32 | Moray | 1,323 | +4.84% |
33 | Isles of Scilly (R) | 1,328 | +3.99% |
34 | Inverclyde | 1,332 | +3.00% |
35 | Highland | 1,332 | +4.84% |
36 | Thurrock | 1,333 | +3.49% |
37 | Lincolnshire | 1,338 | +3.50% |
38 | Edinburgh | 1,339 | +4.79% |
39 | North Ayrshire | 1,343 | +4.84% |
40 | Suffolk | 1,344 | +3.98% |
41 | Leicestershire | 1,344 | +3.99% |
42 | Trafford | 1,344 | +3.99% |
43 | Stirling | 1,344 | +4.84% |
44 | South Ayrshire | 1,345 | +4.84% |
45 | Gloucestershire | 1,345 | +3.99% |
46 | Derbyshire | 1,349 | +2.00% |
Average tax
Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
47 | Kent | 1,351 | +3.99% |
48 | Telford & Wrekin | 1,353 | +3.99% |
49 | Bracknell Forest | 1,356 | +3.99% |
50 | Stoke-on-Trent | 1,358 | +3.99% |
51 | Cambridgeshire | 1,359 | +3.59% |
52 | North Yorkshire | 1,363 | +3.99% |
53 | Argyll & Bute | 1,368 | +4.50% |
54 | Renfrewshire | 1,374 | +4.64% |
55 | East Ayrshire | 1,375 | +4.84% |
56 | Aberdeen | 1,377 | +4.00% |
57 | Dundee | 1,379 | +4.80% |
58 | Dudley | 1,382 | +3.99% |
59 | Newham | 1,383 | +3.99% |
60 | York | 1,383 | +3.99% |
61 | Glasgow | 1,387 | +4.64% |
62 | Tower Hamlets | 1,392 | +3.99% |
63 | Peterborough | 1,398 | +3.99% |
64 | Lancashire | 1,400 | +3.99% |
65 | Doncaster | 1,405 | +3.99% |
66 | Midlothian | 1,409 | +4.84% |
67 | Solihull | 1,411 | +3.90% |
68 | Basingstoke & Deane | 1,412 | +4.00% |
69 | Hertfordshire | 1,414 | +3.99% |
70 | South Staffordshire | 1,416 | +4.02% |
71 | Eastleigh | 1,416 | +3.65% |
72 | Norfolk | 1,417 | +3.98% |
73 | Slough | 1,419 | +3.84% |
74 | East Hampshire | 1,420 | +3.80% |
75 | Swindon | 1,421 | +3.99% |
76 | Manchester | 1,425 | +3.99% |
77 | Kingston-upon-Hull | 1,426 | +3.99% |
78 | Bradford | 1,428 | +3.99% |
79 | Milton Keynes | 1,430 | +3.49% |
80 | Wychavon | 1,432 | +3.66% |
81 | North Somerset | 1,434 | +3.99% |
82 | East Northamptonshire | 1,434 | +3.94% |
83 | Birmingham | 1,436 | +3.99% |
84 | Southend-on-Sea | 1,437 | +3.99% |
85 | West Sussex | 1,439 | +3.99% |
86 | Test Valley | 1,439 | +3.91% |
87 | Devon | 1,439 | +3.99% |
88 | Wakefield | 1,440 | +3.99% |
89 | Cumbria | 1,441 | +3.99% |
90 | Southwark | 1,441 | +3.99% |
91 | Wellingborough | 1,441 | +3.90% |
92 | Shropshire | 1,444 | +3.99% |
93 | Pembrokeshire | 1,445 | +4.94% |
94 | Leeds | 1,449 | +3.99% |
95 | Winchester | 1,449 | +3.87% |
96 | Fareham | 1,451 | +3.89% |
97 | Daventry | 1,451 | +3.89% |
98 | Portsmouth | 1,452 | +3.99% |
99 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,452 | +0.27% |
100 | Somerset West & Taunton | 1,454 | +3.89% |
101 | Stafford | 1,455 | +3.76% |
102 | Sedgemoor | 1,456 | +3.89% |
103 | Bath & North East Somerset | 1,457 | +3.98% |
104 | Mendip | 1,457 | +3.88% |
105 | Sandwell | 1,457 | +3.99% |
106 | South Somerset | 1,461 | +3.87% |
107 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 1,462 | +3.75% |
108 | Hart | 1,463 | +3.86% |
109 | New Forest | 1,464 | +3.86% |
110 | Tewkesbury | 1,469 | +4.01% |
111 | Sunderland | 1,470 | +3.99% |
112 | Caerphilly | 1,471 | +5.12% |
113 | Medway | 1,472 | +3.99% |
114 | Epping Forest | 1,473 | +3.58% |
115 | Derby | 1,474 | +3.99% |
116 | Malvern Hills | 1,474 | +3.90% |
117 | Corby | 1,475 | +3.48% |
118 | Halton | 1,476 | +3.99% |
119 | Lichfield | 1,476 | +3.85% |
120 | Hambleton | 1,477 | +4.03% |
121 | Newport | 1,478 | +6.95% |
122 | Tamworth | 1,478 | +3.85% |
123 | Uttlesford | 1,478 | +3.92% |
124 | Hinckley & Bosworth | 1,479 | +3.82% |
125 | Cotswold | 1,479 | +3.98% |
126 | South Northamptonshire | 1,481 | +3.81% |
127 | East Lindsey | 1,485 | +3.50% |
128 | East Staffordshire | 1,485 | +3.81% |
129 | Warwickshire | 1,489 | +3.99% |
130 | Kettering | 1,490 | +3.44% |
131 | East Sussex | 1,492 | +3.99% |
132 | Charnwood | 1,493 | +3.94% |
133 | Warrington | 1,493 | +3.98% |
134 | Tendring | 1,494 | +3.87% |
135 | Rushmoor | 1,495 | +3.77% |
136 | Havant | 1,495 | +3.77% |
137 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 1,497 | +3.80% |
138 | East Cambridgeshire | 1,501 | +3.25% |
139 | South Kesteven | 1,502 | +3.46% |
140 | Lambeth | 1,502 | +3.99% |
141 | Worcester | 1,502 | +3.82% |
142 | St Helens | 1,504 | +3.99% |
143 | Cheshire East | 1,504 | +3.99% |
144 | Huntingdonshire | 1,505 | +3.49% |
145 | Braintree | 1,506 | +3.84% |
146 | North Kesteven | 1,508 | +3.44% |
147 | South Cambridgeshire | 1,509 | +3.58% |
148 | Surrey | 1,511 | +3.99% |
149 | Breckland | 1,512 | +4.08% |
150 | Hackney | 1,512 | +3.99% |
151 | Blaby | 1,512 | +3.89% |
152 | Harborough | 1,512 | +3.55% |
153 | Mid Suffolk | 1,513 | +3.72% |
154 | Babergh | 1,513 | +3.88% |
155 | South Derbyshire | 1,514 | +1.99% |
156 | East Suffolk | 1,515 | +3.87% |
157 | Wiltshire | 1,515 | +3.99% |
158 | Hillingdon | 1,515 | +3.80% |
159 | Brentwood | 1,515 | +3.82% |
160 | Bolton | 1,516 | +2.00% |
161 | Northampton | 1,516 | +3.72% |
162 | North West Leicestershire | 1,517 | +3.58% |
163 | Cannock Chase | 1,517 | +3.69% |
164 | Colchester | 1,517 | +3.81% |
165 | Gosport | 1,517 | +3.72% |
166 | Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole | 1,518 | +2.80% |
167 | Ashford | 1,519 | +3.89% |
168 | Chesterfield | 1,519 | +2.12% |
169 | Chelmsford | 1,520 | +3.80% |
170 | West Suffolk | 1,521 | +3.85% |
171 | Amber Valley | 1,521 | +2.11% |
172 | Maldon | 1,523 | +3.80% |
173 | South Holland | 1,526 | +3.41% |
174 | Oxfordshire | 1,527 | +3.99% |
175 | Tameside | 1,528 | +3.99% |
176 | North Lincolnshire | 1,528 | +3.89% |
177 | Forest of Dean | 1,529 | +3.85% |
178 | Wyre Forest | 1,530 | +3.75% |
179 | Swale | 1,530 | +3.86% |
180 | Bolsover | 1,530 | +2.10% |
181 | Dartford | 1,532 | +3.76% |
182 | Nottinghamshire | 1,535 | +3.99% |
183 | Tunbridge Wells | 1,535 | +3.85% |
184 | Luton | 1,537 | +3.99% |
185 | Bromsgrove | 1,539 | +3.73% |
186 | North East Derbyshire | 1,539 | +1.75% |
187 | Craven | 1,540 | +3.86% |
188 | Cardiff | 1,541 | +4.76% |
189 | Barnsley | 1,541 | +3.90% |
190 | Erewash | 1,541 | +2.08% |
191 | Wokingham | 1,543 | +3.99% |
192 | Dover | 1,543 | +3.82% |
193 | South Gloucestershire | 1,543 | +3.99% |
194 | Knowsley | 1,544 | +3.99% |
195 | High Peak | 1,544 | +1.99% |
196 | Broadland | 1,546 | +3.99% |
197 | Selby | 1,546 | +3.85% |
198 | Greenwich | 1,548 | +3.99% |
199 | Islington | 1,548 | +3.99% |
200 | Calderdale | 1,548 | +3.99% |
201 | Buckinghamshire | 1,551 | +3.99% |
202 | Melton | 1,552 | +3.79% |
203 | Broxbourne | 1,552 | +3.97% |
204 | Gloucester | 1,552 | +3.79% |
205 | Redditch | 1,555 | +3.69% |
206 | West Lindsey | 1,556 | +3.29% |
207 | Rochford | 1,556 | +3.71% |
208 | Ribble Valley | 1,556 | +3.92% |
209 | Stroud | 1,558 | +3.77% |
210 | Gravesham | 1,559 | +3.78% |
211 | Cheltenham | 1,559 | +3.77% |
212 | Central Bedfordshire | 1,560 | +3.95% |
213 | King's Lynn & West Norfolk | 1,561 | +3.93% |
214 | Cambridge | 1,562 | +3.45% |
215 | Torbay | 1,563 | +3.99% |
216 | Derbyshire Dales | 1,563 | +2.05% |
217 | West Berkshire | 1,565 | +3.99% |
218 | Bedford | 1,566 | +3.85% |
219 | Darlington | 1,566 | +3.98% |
220 | Southampton | 1,566 | +2.00% |
221 | Tonbridge & Malling | 1,566 | +3.77% |
222 | Ryedale | 1,566 | +3.80% |
223 | Boston | 1,567 | +3.30% |
224 | Canterbury | 1,567 | +3.76% |
225 | Rotherham | 1,568 | +2.99% |
226 | Kirklees | 1,570 | +3.99% |
227 | Blackburn with Darwen | 1,570 | +3.99% |
228 | North Norfolk | 1,571 | +3.92% |
229 | Ealing | 1,571 | +3.99% |
230 | Sevenoaks | 1,571 | +3.75% |
231 | South Norfolk | 1,572 | +3.92% |
232 | Herefordshire | 1,573 | +3.87% |
233 | Oadby & Wigston | 1,574 | +3.73% |
234 | Plymouth | 1,575 | +3.99% |
235 | Wrexham | 1,575 | +6.38% |
236 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1,581 | +3.99% |
237 | Great Yarmouth | 1,583 | +3.89% |
238 | Richmondshire | 1,583 | +3.76% |
239 | Castle Point | 1,584 | +3.66% |
240 | Wirral | 1,584 | +3.99% |
241 | East Devon | 1,586 | +3.95% |
242 | Cornwall | 1,588 | +3.99% |
243 | East Hertfordshire | 1,588 | +3.88% |
244 | Thanet | 1,589 | +3.71% |
245 | North East Lincolnshire | 1,591 | +3.98% |
246 | Chorley | 1,591 | +3.45% |
247 | Three Rivers | 1,593 | +3.87% |
248 | Horsham | 1,596 | +3.79% |
249 | St Albans | 1,596 | +3.86% |
250 | Hertsmere | 1,596 | +3.86% |
251 | Bromley | 1,597 | +3.99% |
252 | Exeter | 1,599 | +3.91% |
253 | Basildon | 1,600 | +3.29% |
254 | Scarborough | 1,603 | +3.71% |
255 | Harlow | 1,604 | +3.64% |
256 | Chichester | 1,605 | +3.90% |
257 | Wyre | 1,605 | +3.80% |
258 | Barnet | 1,606 | +3.99% |
259 | Hounslow | 1,607 | +3.99% |
260 | West Lancashire | 1,608 | +3.79% |
261 | Torridge | 1,608 | +3.89% |
262 | Mid Sussex | 1,609 | +3.88% |
263 | South Hams | 1,609 | +3.89% |
264 | Harrogate | 1,609 | +3.70% |
265 | Fylde | 1,611 | +3.73% |
266 | Bury | 1,612 | +3.94% |
267 | Merton | 1,614 | +3.99% |
268 | Leicester | 1,614 | +4.00% |
269 | Teignbridge | 1,614 | +3.88% |
270 | Allerdale | 1,616 | +3.67% |
271 | Barking & Dagenham | 1,617 | +3.99% |
272 | Maidstone | 1,617 | +3.66% |
273 | Lincoln | 1,618 | +3.22% |
274 | Blackpool | 1,618 | +3.99% |
275 | Fenland | 1,619 | +3.01% |
276 | Folkestone & Hythe | 1,619 | +3.65% |
277 | Dacorum | 1,620 | +3.80% |
278 | Sheffield | 1,621 | +3.99% |
279 | South Ribble | 1,623 | +3.72% |
280 | Camden | 1,624 | +3.99% |
281 | Arun | 1,626 | +3.85% |
282 | North Devon | 1,627 | +3.84% |
283 | South Tyneside | 1,629 | +3.95% |
284 | Vale of Glamorgan | 1,629 | +4.99% |
285 | Welwyn Hatfield | 1,629 | +3.66% |
286 | Stevenage | 1,630 | +3.78% |
287 | North Tyneside | 1,631 | +3.99% |
288 | West Oxfordshire | 1,631 | +4.06% |
289 | Lancaster | 1,632 | +3.74% |
290 | Stratford-on-Avon | 1,633 | +3.95% |
291 | Sefton | 1,633 | +3.99% |
292 | Eden | 1,637 | +3.83% |
293 | Salford | 1,640 | +3.99% |
294 | Redcar & Cleveland | 1,640 | +3.99% |
295 | South Lakeland | 1,641 | +3.75% |
296 | Isle of Anglesey | 1,642 | +4.45% |
297 | Brent | 1,645 | +3.99% |
298 | Rochdale | 1,645 | +3.99% |
299 | Lewisham | 1,646 | +3.99% |
300 | Crawley | 1,648 | +3.79% |
301 | Mid Devon | 1,648 | +3.79% |
302 | North Hertfordshire | 1,649 | +3.73% |
High tax
Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
303 | Copeland | 1,651 | +3.73% |
304 | Stockton-on-Tees | 1,651 | +3.90% |
305 | Hyndburn | 1,651 | +3.69% |
306 | South Oxfordshire | 1,653 | +4.00% |
307 | Durham | 1,654 | +3.99% |
308 | Carlisle | 1,658 | +3.78% |
309 | Brighton & Hove | 1,659 | +3.99% |
310 | Warwick (R) | 1,661 | +3.89% |
311 | Ceredigion | 1,661 | +4.09% |
312 | Cherwell | 1,661 | +3.98% |
313 | Isle of Wight Council | 1,663 | +3.99% |
314 | Vale of White Horse | 1,664 | +3.97% |
315 | Carmarthenshire | 1,667 | +4.99% |
316 | Pendle | 1,671 | +3.67% |
317 | Oldham | 1,673 | +2.99% |
318 | West Devon | 1,676 | +3.73% |
319 | Rossendale | 1,677 | +3.66% |
320 | Flintshire | 1,679 | +4.68% |
321 | Barrow-in-Furness | 1,681 | +3.72% |
322 | Runnymede | 1,681 | +3.89% |
323 | Wolverhampton | 1,682 | +3.99% |
324 | Worthing | 1,682 | +3.71% |
325 | Conwy | 1,682 | +4.91% |
326 | Rugby | 1,684 | +3.83% |
327 | Coventry | 1,685 | +3.94% |
328 | Norwich | 1,686 | +3.66% |
329 | Watford | 1,688 | +3.67% |
330 | Guildford | 1,688 | +3.88% |
331 | Wealden | 1,689 | +3.83% |
332 | Torfaen | 1,690 | +4.31% |
333 | Redbridge | 1,690 | +3.99% |
334 | Stockport | 1,691 | +2.99% |
335 | Powys | 1,692 | +4.86% |
336 | Reading | 1,692 | +3.99% |
337 | Rushcliffe | 1,694 | +3.92% |
338 | Rother | 1,694 | +3.81% |
339 | Dorset Council | 1,695 | +3.99% |
340 | Mole Valley | 1,695 | +3.86% |
341 | Enfield | 1,696 | +3.99% |
342 | Swansea | 1,696 | +4.81% |
343 | Waverley | 1,697 | +3.76% |
344 | North Warwickshire | 1,701 | +3.79% |
345 | Lewes | 1,702 | +3.80% |
346 | Gedling | 1,703 | +3.90% |
347 | Broxtowe | 1,703 | +3.90% |
348 | Haringey | 1,705 | +3.99% |
349 | Burnley | 1,706 | +3.63% |
350 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1,708 | +3.95% |
351 | Middlesbrough | 1,710 | +3.99% |
352 | Ipswich | 1,713 | +3.55% |
353 | Bassetlaw | 1,713 | +3.87% |
354 | Newark & Sherwood | 1,714 | +3.87% |
355 | Epsom & Ewell | 1,714 | +3.81% |
356 | Liverpool | 1,716 | +3.99% |
357 | Spelthorne | 1,716 | +3.67% |
358 | Monmouthshire | 1,717 | +5.38% |
359 | Preston | 1,721 | +3.62% |
360 | Mansfield | 1,725 | +3.85% |
361 | Ashfield | 1,725 | +3.85% |
362 | Nuneaton & Bedworth | 1,728 | +3.73% |
363 | Denbighshire | 1,729 | +4.34% |
364 | Tandridge | 1,732 | +3.78% |
365 | Elmbridge | 1,737 | +3.76% |
366 | Surrey Heath | 1,739 | +3.76% |
367 | Reigate & Banstead | 1,743 | +3.75% |
368 | Adur | 1,744 | +3.64% |
369 | Eastbourne | 1,744 | +3.70% |
370 | Bexley | 1,745 | +3.99% |
Very high tax
Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
371 | Hartlepool | 1,751 | +3.90% |
372 | Woking | 1,756 | +3.72% |
373 | Bristol | 1,758 | +3.99% |
374 | Waltham Forest | 1,760 | +3.99% |
375 | Sutton | 1,761 | +3.99% |
376 | Northumberland | 1,761 | +3.85% |
377 | Hastings | 1,763 | +3.68% |
378 | Gwynedd | 1,769 | +4.10% |
379 | Rutland | 1,773 | +3.99% |
380 | Walsall | 1,783 | +3.99% |
381 | Croydon | 1,784 | +3.99% |
382 | Havering | 1,796 | +3.95% |
383 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1,799 | +3.31% |
384 | Nottingham | 1,808 | +3.99% |
385 | Gateshead | 1,824 | +3.99% |
386 | Oxford | 1,841 | +3.65% |
387 | Harrow | 1,855 | +3.99% |
388 | Bridgend | 1,862 | +4.78% |
389 | Richmond-upon-Thames | 1,872 | +3.80% |
390 | Neath Port Talbot | 1,935 | +4.21% |
391 | Merthyr Tydfil | 1,944 | +5.11% |
392 | Kingston-upon-Thames | 1,945 | +3.99% |
393 | Blaenau Gwent | 2,009 | +4.23% |
Source: GOV.uk