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