Council Tax Index 2019/20
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 | 434 | +4.10% |
| 2 | Wandsworth | 450 | +4.99% |
Low tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 3 | Hammersmith & Fulham | 762 | +4.70% |
| 4 | City of London | 846 | +4.99% |
| 5 | Kensington & Chelsea | 887 | +4.99% |
| 6 | Newham | 1,011 | +4.80% |
| 7 | Tower Hamlets | 1,020 | +3.40% |
| 8 | Windsor & Maidenhead | 1,036 | +2.77% |
Average tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 9 | Southwark | 1,066 | +2.99% |
| 10 | Lambeth | 1,125 | +2.99% |
| 11 | Hackney | 1,134 | +4.99% |
| 12 | Hillingdon | 1,140 | +2.40% |
| 13 | Islington | 1,169 | +2.99% |
| 14 | Greenwich | 1,169 | +2.99% |
| 15 | Ealing | 1,192 | +3.99% |
| 16 | Bromley | 1,216 | +4.99% |
| 17 | Barnet | 1,225 | +2.99% |
| 18 | Hounslow | 1,226 | +4.99% |
| 19 | Merton | 1,232 | +4.99% |
| 20 | Barking & Dagenham | 1,236 | +2.99% |
| 21 | Northamptonshire | 1,236 | +4.99% |
| 22 | Hampshire | 1,237 | +2.99% |
| 23 | Somerset | 1,240 | +3.99% |
| 24 | Camden | 1,242 | +3.99% |
| 25 | Staffordshire | 1,246 | +2.95% |
| 26 | Worcestershire | 1,261 | +3.99% |
| 27 | Brent | 1,262 | +4.99% |
| 28 | Lewisham | 1,264 | +4.99% |
| 29 | Essex | 1,270 | +3.99% |
| 30 | Isles of Scilly | 1,277 | +2.99% |
| 31 | Thurrock | 1,288 | Frozen |
| 32 | Wigan | 1,290 | Frozen |
| 33 | Suffolk | 1,292 | +3.99% |
| 34 | Leicestershire | 1,292 | +3.99% |
| 35 | Trafford | 1,292 | +3.99% |
| 36 | Lincolnshire | 1,292 | +4.95% |
| 37 | Gloucestershire | 1,294 | +4.99% |
| 38 | Kent | 1,299 | +4.99% |
| 39 | Telford & Wrekin | 1,302 | +3.20% |
| 40 | Bracknell Forest | 1,304 | +2.99% |
| 41 | Stoke-on-Trent | 1,306 | +2.99% |
| 42 | Redbridge | 1,306 | +3.99% |
| 43 | North Yorkshire | 1,311 | +4.99% |
| 44 | Enfield | 1,311 | +3.99% |
| 45 | Cambridgeshire | 1,312 | +4.98% |
| 46 | Haringey | 1,320 | +2.99% |
| 47 | Derbyshire | 1,323 | +3.99% |
| 48 | Dudley | 1,329 | +4.49% |
| 49 | Buckinghamshire | 1,330 | +2.99% |
| 50 | York | 1,330 | +3.25% |
| 51 | Peterborough | 1,344 | +2.99% |
| 52 | Lancashire | 1,347 | +3.99% |
High tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 53 | Doncaster | 1,351 | +4.99% |
| 54 | Solihull | 1,358 | +2.90% |
| 55 | Bexley | 1,358 | +4.99% |
| 56 | Hertfordshire | 1,360 | +2.99% |
| 57 | Norfolk | 1,362 | +2.99% |
| 58 | Swindon | 1,366 | +3.99% |
| 59 | Slough | 1,367 | +2.63% |
| 60 | Manchester | 1,371 | +3.49% |
| 61 | Kingston-upon-Hull | 1,371 | +2.99% |
| 62 | Bradford | 1,373 | +2.99% |
| 63 | Waltham Forest | 1,373 | +3.99% |
| 64 | Sutton | 1,374 | +4.99% |
| 65 | North Somerset | 1,379 | +2.75% |
| 66 | Birmingham | 1,381 | +4.99% |
| 67 | Milton Keynes | 1,382 | +2.99% |
| 68 | Southend-on-Sea | 1,382 | +4.49% |
| 69 | West Sussex | 1,384 | +4.99% |
| 70 | Devon | 1,384 | +3.99% |
| 71 | Wakefield | 1,384 | +3.99% |
| 72 | Cumbria | 1,385 | +3.99% |
| 73 | Shropshire | 1,388 | +3.99% |
| 74 | Leeds | 1,393 | +3.99% |
| 75 | Croydon | 1,396 | +3.99% |
| 76 | Portsmouth | 1,397 | +4.49% |
| 77 | Bath & North East Somerset | 1,401 | +3.95% |
| 78 | Sandwell | 1,401 | +3.99% |
| 79 | Havering | 1,408 | +3.25% |
| 80 | Sunderland | 1,414 | +3.99% |
| 81 | Medway | 1,415 | +2.99% |
| 82 | Derby | 1,417 | +2.99% |
| 83 | Halton | 1,419 | +2.99% |
| 84 | Warwickshire | 1,432 | +5.00% |
| 85 | East Sussex | 1,435 | +2.99% |
| 86 | Warrington | 1,436 | +2.98% |
| 87 | St Helens | 1,446 | +2.99% |
| 88 | Cheshire East | 1,446 | +2.99% |
| 89 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,449 | +2.99% |
| 90 | Surrey | 1,454 | +2.99% |
| 91 | Wiltshire | 1,457 | +2.99% |
| 92 | Harrow | 1,464 | +4.99% |
| 93 | Oxfordshire | 1,469 | +2.99% |
| 94 | Tameside | 1,469 | +3.99% |
| 95 | North Lincolnshire | 1,471 | +2.91% |
| 96 | Nottinghamshire | 1,476 | +3.99% |
| 97 | Luton | 1,478 | +2.99% |
| 98 | Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (b) | 1,479 | +2.28% |
| 99 | Richmond-upon-Thames | 1,483 | +4.99% |
| 100 | Barnsley | 1,483 | +4.49% |
| 101 | Wokingham | 1,484 | +3.49% |
| 102 | South Gloucestershire | 1,484 | +2.99% |
| 103 | Knowsley | 1,485 | +2.99% |
| 104 | Bolton | 1,486 | +2.25% |
| 105 | Calderdale | 1,489 | +2.99% |
Very high tax
| Rank | Council | Tax £ | Change |
| 106 | Central Bedfordshire | 1,501 | +1.00% |
| 107 | Torbay | 1,503 | +2.99% |
| 108 | West Berkshire | 1,505 | +2.99% |
| 109 | Darlington | 1,506 | +2.99% |
| 110 | Bedford | 1,508 | +2.49% |
| 111 | Kirklees | 1,510 | +2.99% |
| 112 | Blackburn with Darwen | 1,510 | +2.99% |
| 113 | Plymouth | 1,514 | +2.99% |
| 114 | Herefordshire | 1,515 | +4.90% |
| 115 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1,520 | +4.99% |
| 116 | Rotherham | 1,522 | +2.99% |
| 117 | Wirral | 1,523 | +2.99% |
| 118 | Cornwall | 1,527 | +3.99% |
| 119 | North East Lincolnshire | 1,530 | +2.98% |
| 120 | Southampton | 1,536 | +2.99% |
| 121 | Bury | 1,551 | +2.94% |
| 122 | Kingston-upon-Thames | 1,551 | +4.99% |
| 123 | Leicester | 1,552 | +3.00% |
| 124 | Blackpool | 1,556 | +2.99% |
| 125 | Sheffield | 1,559 | +2.99% |
| 126 | South Tyneside | 1,567 | +3.95% |
| 127 | North Tyneside | 1,568 | +2.99% |
| 128 | Sefton | 1,570 | +2.99% |
| 129 | Salford | 1,577 | +3.99% |
| 130 | Redcar & Cleveland | 1,577 | +3.99% |
| 131 | Rochdale | 1,582 | +3.99% |
| 132 | Stockton-on-Tees | 1,589 | +2.90% |
| 133 | Durham | 1,591 | +4.99% |
| 134 | Brighton & Hove | 1,596 | +2.99% |
| 135 | Isle of Wight Council | 1,599 | +2.99% |
| 136 | Wolverhampton | 1,617 | +4.99% |
| 137 | Coventry | 1,621 | +2.94% |
| 138 | Oldham | 1,624 | +3.99% |
| 139 | Reading | 1,627 | +2.99% |
| 140 | Dorset Council (b) | 1,630 | +2.99% |
| 141 | Stockport | 1,642 | +2.75% |
| 142 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1,643 | +3.95% |
| 143 | Middlesbrough | 1,645 | +4.99% |
| 144 | Liverpool | 1,650 | +2.99% |
| 145 | Hartlepool | 1,685 | +3.90% |
| 146 | Bristol | 1,691 | +3.99% |
| 147 | Northumberland | 1,696 | +3.80% |
| 148 | Rutland | 1,705 | +4.99% |
| 149 | Walsall | 1,714 | +3.99% |
| 150 | Nottingham | 1,739 | +2.99% |
| 151 | Gateshead | 1,754 | +3.99% |
Source: GOV.uk
