Council Tax Index 2026/27

Annual property taxes in the UK are low by international standards.

This table shows the average Band D council tax payable annually for a dwelling occupied by 2 adults, broken down by council for England, Wales & Scotland.

Very low tax (3)

Rank	Council	Tax £
1	Wandsworth	1,028
2	Westminster	1,050
3	City of London	1,330

Low tax (24)

Rank	Council	Tax £
4	South Lanarkshire	1,468
5	Shetland Islands	1,488
6	Na h-Eileanan Siar	1,506
7	Hammersmith and Fulham	1,520
8	North Lanarkshire	1,555
9	Fife	1,574
10	Dumfries & Galloway	1,579
11	Angus	1,599
12	Scottish Borders	1,619
13	East Renfrewshire	1,620
14	City of Edinburgh	1,626
15	West Lothian	1,628
16	Highland	1,634
17	Kensington and Chelsea	1,667
18	Orkney Islands	1,669
19	Perth & Kinross	1,674
20	Inverclyde	1,674
21	West Dunbartonshire	1,682
22	Clackmannanshire	1,684
23	North Ayrshire	1,686
24	Aberdeenshire	1,686
25	Renfrewshire	1,691
26	South Ayrshire	1,695
27	East Lothian	1,698

Average tax (135)

Rank	Council	Tax £
28	Glasgow City	1,706
29	Falkirk	1,715
30	East Ayrshire	1,717
31	Dundee City	1,730
32	Moray	1,731
33	Aberdeen City	1,748
34	East Dunbartonshire	1,752
35	Stirling	1,753
36	Argyll & Bute	1,783
37	Midlothian	1,816
38	Tower Hamlets	1,838
39	Newham	1,944
40	Windsor and Maidenhead	1,953
41	Southwark	1,967
42	Cardiff	2,013
43	Hillingdon	2,045
44	Lambeth	2,047
45	Isles of Scilly	2,048
46	Hackney	2,060
47	Caerphilly	2,083
48	Newport	2,088
49	Greenwich	2,108
50	Islington	2,108
51	Barnet	2,133
52	Ealing	2,139
53	Bromley	2,140
54	Dudley	2,145
55	Merton	2,147
56	Wigan	2,153
57	Torfaen	2,156
58	Pembrokeshire	2,166
59	Doncaster	2,168
60	Stoke-on-Trent	2,183
61	Hounslow	2,186
62	Sunderland	2,197
63	Solihull	2,197
64	Barking and Dagenham	2,199
65	Camden	2,208
66	Vale of Glamorgan	2,232
67	Brent	2,235
68	Lewisham	2,237
69	Swansea	2,238
70	Sandwell	2,244
71	Thurrock	2,255
72	Basingstoke and Deane	2,255
73	Telford and Wrekin	2,256
74	Brentwood	2,258
75	South Kesteven	2,260
76	Isle of Anglesey	2,261
77	Bracknell Forest	2,265
78	Southend-on-Sea	2,265
79	Enfield	2,268
80	Tendring	2,270
81	Fareham	2,271
82	East Lindsey	2,276
83	Epping Forest	2,277
84	South Holland	2,278
85	Braintree	2,280
86	Colchester	2,283
87	Leeds	2,284
88	York	2,287
89	Rhondda Cynon Taf	2,289
90	Trafford	2,292
91	Portsmouth	2,292
92	Peterborough	2,293
93	Redbridge	2,295
94	Kingston upon Hull	2,295
95	Wakefield	2,297
96	Harlow	2,299
97	Chelmsford	2,300
98	Tamworth	2,301
99	Stafford	2,303
100	Test Valley	2,306
101	Derby	2,306
102	Broxbourne	2,306
103	Boston	2,309
104	Wrexham	2,309
105	Manchester	2,312
106	South Staffordshire	2,314
107	Haringey	2,314
108	Mid Suffolk	2,317
109	Castle Point	2,319
110	Havant	2,320
111	Rushmoor	2,320
112	Lincoln	2,323
113	Barnsley	2,326
114	Basildon	2,327
115	Maldon	2,328
116	Medway	2,329
117	Uttlesford	2,334
118	Newcastle-under-Lyme	2,334
119	East Suffolk	2,335
120	North Kesteven	2,338
121	Staffordshire Moorlands	2,338
122	Denbighshire	2,339
123	Chesterfield	2,339
124	South Derbyshire	2,340
125	Tewkesbury	2,341
126	Babergh	2,342
127	Eastleigh	2,342
128	East Hampshire	2,344
129	Gosport	2,344
130	North Lincolnshire	2,348
131	Carmarthenshire	2,351
132	East Staffordshire	2,351
133	West Suffolk	2,351
134	Powys	2,352
135	Lichfield	2,352
136	West Lindsey	2,354
137	Gloucester	2,356
138	Winchester	2,360
139	Erewash	2,361
140	Bradford	2,361
141	Birmingham	2,363
142	Rochford	2,363
143	Bexley	2,366
144	Halton	2,367
145	Cheltenham	2,370
146	Milton Keynes	2,372
147	Wychavon	2,373
148	Dartford	2,375
149	Cannock Chase	2,376
150	Flintshire	2,376
151	Sutton	2,379
152	Southampton	2,381
153	Rotherham	2,382
154	Hinckley and Bosworth	2,383
155	Bath and North East Somerset	2,383
156	High Peak	2,385
157	Ribble Valley	2,387
158	Waltham Forest	2,387
159	Harborough	2,390
160	Cotswold	2,392
161	Stevenage	2,392
162	Bolton	2,400

High tax (153)

Rank	Council	Tax £
163	Hart	2,400
164	St Helens	2,403
165	Charnwood	2,406
166	Swale	2,406
167	Worcester	2,406
168	Hertsmere	2,406
169	Oadby and Wigston	2,407
170	Amber Valley	2,408
171	Gravesham	2,408
172	Dacorum	2,409
173	Ashford	2,410
174	Great Yarmouth	2,414
175	Slough	2,414
176	Monmouthshire	2,417
177	North West Leicestershire	2,418
178	Crawley	2,418
179	St Albans	2,419
180	Canterbury	2,419
181	Ceredigion	2,419
182	New Forest	2,420
183	Calderdale	2,420
184	Three Rivers	2,422
185	North Northamptonshire	2,424
186	Havering	2,425
187	Melton	2,430
188	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	2,430
189	Chorley	2,430
190	South Tyneside	2,434
191	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2,436
192	Broadland	2,438
193	Swindon	2,438
194	Luton	2,440
195	Horsham	2,441
196	Kirklees	2,441
197	Plymouth	2,442
198	South Ribble	2,443
199	Forest of Dean	2,443
200	Breckland	2,444
201	Derbyshire Dales	2,445
202	Tunbridge Wells	2,446
203	Watford	2,447
204	Tameside	2,447
205	Warrington	2,448
206	North Hertfordshire	2,449
207	Malvern Hills	2,451
208	Welwyn Hatfield	2,452
209	East Hertfordshire	2,455
210	Cheshire East	2,455
211	Blackburn with Darwen	2,455
212	Worthing	2,456
213	West Lancashire	2,456
214	North Norfolk	2,460
215	Wyre	2,461
216	Warwick	2,462
217	Dover	2,462
218	North Tyneside	2,462
219	Redditch	2,463
220	Hyndburn	2,466
221	East Riding of Yorkshire	2,466
222	North East Derbyshire	2,467
223	Cambridge	2,467
224	Ipswich	2,468
225	Gwynedd	2,469
226	Chichester	2,470
227	Torbay	2,470
228	Bedford	2,472
229	Tonbridge and Malling	2,472
230	Conwy	2,473
231	Mid Sussex	2,474
232	Bridgend	2,478
233	Bromsgrove	2,479
234	South Norfolk	2,483
235	Rugby	2,483
236	North East Lincolnshire	2,484
237	Fylde	2,484
238	Stratford-on-Avon	2,484
239	East Cambridgeshire	2,485
240	Richmond upon Thames	2,486
241	West Northamptonshire	2,487
242	Arun	2,487
243	Knowsley	2,488
244	Blaby	2,490
245	Thanet	2,491
246	North Somerset	2,491
247	Stroud	2,491
248	Runnymede	2,493
249	Darlington	2,494
250	Exeter	2,495
251	Wokingham	2,498
252	Wirral	2,501
253	Nuneaton and Bedworth	2,502
254	Maidstone	2,503
255	Lancaster	2,503
256	Norwich	2,503
257	West Berkshire	2,505
258	Westmorland and Furness	2,508
259	Sheffield	2,510
260	Harrow	2,511
261	Cumberland	2,511
262	Wyre Forest	2,512
263	Blackpool	2,513
264	Central Bedfordshire	2,516
265	Coventry	2,517
266	Cheshire West and Chester	2,517
267	Mole Valley	2,520
268	Rossendale	2,520
269	Sevenoaks	2,522
270	Spelthorne	2,526
271	Buckinghamshire	2,527
272	Shropshire	2,528
273	Leicester	2,529
274	Epsom and Ewell	2,531
275	Blaenau Gwent	2,531
276	North Warwickshire	2,532
277	South Cambridgeshire	2,536
278	Fenland	2,538
279	Folkestone and Hythe	2,539
280	Wolverhampton	2,539
281	Neath Port Talbot	2,541
282	Newcastle upon Tyne	2,542
283	North Yorkshire	2,544
284	Redcar and Cleveland	2,544
285	Guildford	2,547
286	Adur	2,548
287	Middlesbrough	2,549
288	Burnley	2,549
289	South Gloucestershire	2,551
290	Bury	2,555
291	Huntingdonshire	2,556
292	Elmbridge	2,558
293	Bolsover	2,559
294	Hartlepool	2,560
295	Somerset	2,561
296	Reigate and Banstead	2,567
297	West Oxfordshire	2,567
298	Wiltshire	2,572
299	Herefordshire	2,574
300	Preston	2,576
301	Vale of White Horse	2,577
302	Brighton and Hove	2,581
303	Cherwell	2,583
304	Sefton	2,583
305	Surrey Heath	2,585
306	Stockton-on-Tees	2,590
307	Cornwall	2,591
308	Merthyr Tydfil	2,594
309	Salford	2,594
310	Tandridge	2,595
311	East Devon	2,595
312	Northumberland	2,597
313	South Oxfordshire	2,598
314	Woking	2,598
315	Croydon	2,600

Very high tax (35)

Rank	Council	Tax £
316	Mansfield	2,600
317	Rochdale	2,601
318	Torridge	2,601
319	Oldham	2,602
320	Waverley	2,605
321	Ashfield	2,609
322	Kingston upon Thames	2,609
323	Gedling	2,610
324	Reading	2,613
325	South Hams	2,615
326	Broxtowe	2,618
327	Stockport	2,619
328	Durham	2,622
329	Isle of Wight	2,626
330	Walsall	2,627
331	Pendle	2,640
332	North Devon	2,642
333	Teignbridge	2,643
334	Rushcliffe	2,643
335	Bassetlaw	2,645
336	Eastbourne	2,654
337	Mid Devon	2,656
338	Liverpool	2,674
339	Hastings	2,677
340	Oxford	2,678
341	Newark and Sherwood	2,682
342	Rother	2,701
343	West Devon	2,705
344	Bristol	2,714
345	Gateshead	2,716
346	Wealden	2,728
347	Rutland	2,738
348	Nottingham	2,755
349	Lewes	2,756
350	Dorset	2,765

Source: GOV.uk

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Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

Averages shown are the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How do you know the square footage of properties?

We use proprietary technology to read the square footage of properties from agent floorplans. Although we cannot determine the square footage for all properties, we can usually get sufficient coverage. Agents are sometimes known to inflate square footage, and this should be borne in mind as a weakness of this data.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry.

How often is the data updated?

Once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.

What time period does the data cover?

You can customise the time period using the filter at the top of the view. The default time period is up to 9 months back from today's date. The latest data covers the period up to 2026-02-27, although some sales that took place before this date may still be added in the coming months.

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

What are the statistics used?

Where does the raw data come from?

Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry, and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data provided by MHCLG.

How do you know the square footage of properties?

We match the Land Registry data to EPC data provided by MHCLG. Due to the fact that not all properties sold have had an EPC and vagaries of addressing in the UK, we are not able to determine the square footage of all properties, but we can usually get sufficient coverage.

How often is the data updated?

The private paid data is updated once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month. The energy performance certificate database is updated monthly.

What time period does the data cover?

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

What are the statistics used?

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

Where does the raw data come from?

Room let listings on SpareRoom, the UK's biggest room letting website.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from SpareRoom, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded. Yields are calculated by comparing only properties with the same number of bedrooms, e.g. 3-bedroom properties for rent with 3-bedroom properties for sale.

What is the yield calculation used?

The calculation used is (average_weekly_asking_rent * 52 / average_asking_price), expressed as a percentage. It is a top-line gross yield, meaning no expenses are considered.

What are the statistics used?

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from Zoopla, Rightmove or Spareroom, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Yields are calculated by comparing only properties with the same number of bedrooms, e.g. 3-bedroom properties for rent with 3-bedroom properties for sale. For the SpareRoom data, hypothetical properties consisting of two to six average double rooms with shared bathrooms are used to derived average rent. For all sources, listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What is the yield calculation used?

The calculation used is (average_weekly_asking_rent * 52 / average_asking_price), expressed as a percentage. It is a top-line gross yield, meaning no expenses are considered.

What are the statistics used?

Where does the raw data come from?

Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry.

How often is the data updated?

Once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.

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What time period does the data cover?

The data covers transactions in the last six years

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

What are the statistics used?

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The listings data is updated in near real-time. The Land Registry data is updated once per month when released, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.

What time period does the data cover?

The price paid data shown goes back to January 2015. The listings data is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the calculations used?

Average sales per month are for the last 3 finalised months. Turnover is average sales per month divided by total for sale. Inventory is 100 divided by turnover.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

Where does the raw data come from?

We receive data on the extent and corporate ownership of all land titles in England & Wales from the Land Registry.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated once per month when released, typically in the first few days of each calendar month.

What time period does the data cover?

This is an ownership snapshot - the data represents ownership as recorded by the Land Registry at the last monthly export.

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

Where does the raw data come from?

We source different expert forecasts Savills, Knight Frank, OBR

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated annually when new forecasts are released, typically towards the beginning of the year.

How is the raw data processed?

We calculate a consensus forecast using a simple mean average.

Where does the raw data come from?

Quoting rent data is a proprietary data set based on the 2026 Valuation Office Agency (VOA) rateable values, combined with floor area data from MHCLG, adjusted for current market conditions.

What does "Quoting Rent" mean?

Quoting Rent reflects the estimated headline rent a property would achieve, based on official valuations adjusted for current conditions. This is the "face value" rent before any incentives such as rent-free periods, stepped rents or capital contributions are taken into account.

How is the floor area determined?

Floor areas are derived from MCHLG data. We use NIA (Net Internal Area) for retail, offices and leisure; GIA (Gross Internal Area) for industrial.

How often is the data updated?

The VOA data is based on the 2026 rating list, which is turn is based on 2024 comparables. This will be updated when a newer rating list is available. MCHLG data is updated regularly as new certificates are issued.

How is the raw data processed?

Multiple data sources are matched and reconciled. Properties are grouped by type, and outliers are excluded from averages.

What are the statistics used?

Averages shown are the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter.

Where does the raw data come from?

This tab combines data from multiple sources. The bedroom distribution comes from property listings on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com. Internal area and energy scores come from Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data provided by MHCLG. Property type data comes from the Office for National Statistics Census.

How often is the data updated?

The bedroom distribution from listings is updated in near real-time. The EPC data is updated monthly. The Census data is updated when new census results are released.

What time period does the data cover?

The bedroom distribution is a real-time market snapshot of currently listed properties. The EPC data covers certificates issued since the scheme began. The Census data is from the most recent census.

How is the raw data processed?

For listings data, duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled. Listings with obvious errors are discarded. EPC and Census data is aggregated to the selected area.

Where does the raw data come from?

Tenure type and occupancy data comes from the Office for National Statistics Census.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated when new census results are released, typically every 10 years.

What time period does the data cover?

The data is from the most recent census.

How is the raw data processed?

Census data is aggregated to the selected area. National averages are provided for comparison.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Agent names are normalised across sources. Listings are grouped by agent and ranked by number of live listings.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Agent names are normalised across sources. Listings are grouped by agent and ranked by number of live listings.

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