Council Tax Index 2025/26

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 998
2 Westminster 1,019
3 City of London 1,274

Low tax (27)

Rank Council Tax £
4 South Lanarkshire 1,379
5 Shetland Islands 1,387
6 Na h-Eileanan Siar 1,388
7 Hammersmith & Fulham 1,451
8 North Lanarkshire 1,453
9 Dumfries & Galloway 1,455
10 Angus 1,462
11 Scottish Borders 1,492
12 Fife 1,499
13 West Lothian 1,515
14 Highland 1,527
15 East Renfrewshire 1,528
16 Aberdeenshire 1,533
17 Perth & Kinross 1,537
18 Inverclyde 1,551
19 North Ayrshire 1,554
20 West Dunbartonshire 1,560
21 City of Edinburgh 1,564
22 South Ayrshire 1,569
23 Renfrewshire 1,573
24 Moray 1,574
25 Orkney Islands 1,575
26 Falkirk 1,577
27 East Lothian 1,579
28 Kensington & Chelsea 1,592
29 Clackmannanshire 1,594
30 East Dunbartonshire 1,600

Average tax (144)

Rank Council Tax £
31 Dundee City 1,605
32 East Ayrshire 1,606
33 Glasgow City 1,611
34 Stirling 1,612
35 Argyll & Bute 1,626
36 Aberdeen City 1,636
37 Midlothian 1,666
38 Tower Hamlets 1,755
39 Windsor & Maidenhead 1,824
40 Newham 1,856
41 Southwark 1,878
42 Cardiff 1,926
43 Isles of Scilly 1,950
44 Hillingdon 1,952
45 Lambeth 1,954
46 Caerphilly 1,956
47 Hackney 1,967
48 Newport 1,984
49 Greenwich 2,012
50 Islington 2,012
51 Wigan 2,031
52 Barnet 2,036
53 Dudley 2,039
54 Ealing 2,041
55 Bromley 2,042
56 Torfaen 2,060
57 Pembrokeshire 2,060
58 Stoke-on-Trent 2,078
59 Hounslow 2,086
60 Solihull 2,088
61 Sunderland 2,093
62 Vale of Glamorgan 2,094
63 Merton 2,094
64 Barking & Dagenham 2,098
65 Camden 2,107
66 Doncaster 2,111
67 Trafford 2,123
68 Brent 2,133
69 Sandwell 2,133
70 Lewisham 2,135
71 Swansea 2,143
72 Isle of Anglesey 2,144
73 Thurrock 2,145
74 Telford & Wrekin 2,146
75 Basingstoke & Deane 2,148
76 Southend-on-Sea 2,155
77 Bracknell Forest 2,155
78 Enfield 2,164
79 Fareham 2,165
80 Brentwood 2,167
81 Leeds 2,172
82 York 2,175
83 Tendring 2,178
84 Portsmouth 2,181
85 Kingston-upon-Hull 2,183
86 Manchester 2,183
87 Peterborough 2,186
88 Wakefield 2,186
89 Epping Forest 2,187
90 South Kesteven 2,187
91 Redbridge 2,190
92 Rhondda Cynon Taf 2,190
93 Colchester 2,192
94 Wrexham 2,193
95 Braintree 2,195
96 Derby 2,196
97 Test Valley 2,197
98 Broxbourne 2,198
99 Wychavon 2,201
100 East Lindsey 2,202
101 South Holland 2,205
102 Chelmsford 2,207
103 Medway 2,207
104 Haringey 2,208
105 Mid Suffolk 2,208
106 Tamworth 2,210
107 Stafford 2,211
108 Rushmoor 2,213
109 Havant 2,213
110 Harlow 2,216
111 Denbighshire 2,217
112 South Staffordshire 2,220
113 East Suffolk 2,222
114 Tewkesbury 2,227
115 Castle Point 2,227
116 Eastleigh 2,228
117 East Hampshire 2,232
118 South Derbyshire 2,232
119 Carmarthenshire 2,232
120 Maldon 2,233
121 Chesterfield 2,233
122 Babergh 2,233
123 Worcester 2,234
124 Powys 2,234
125 Gosport 2,236
126 Boston 2,237
127 Uttlesford 2,237
128 North Lincolnshire 2,238
129 Staffordshire Moorlands 2,240
130 Barnsley 2,241
131 West Suffolk 2,243
132 Basildon 2,245
133 Newcastle-under-Lyme 2,245
134 Birmingham 2,245
135 Bradford 2,246
136 Gloucester 2,246
137 Flintshire 2,246
138 Halton 2,249
139 Winchester 2,251
140 East Staffordshire 2,257
141 Milton Keynes 2,258
142 Bexley 2,258
143 Cheltenham 2,258
144 Lichfield 2,259
145 Erewash 2,260
146 Lincoln 2,261
147 North Kesteven 2,261
148 Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 2,265
149 Bath & North East Somerset 2,266
150 Southampton 2,266
151 Bolton 2,267
152 Rochford 2,268
153 Sutton 2,270
154 High Peak 2,276
155 Cotswold 2,277
156 Monmouthshire 2,277
157 Waltham Forest 2,278
158 West Lindsey 2,280
159 Dartford 2,281
160 Malvern Hills 2,281
161 Stevenage 2,281
162 Warrington 2,281
163 Cannock Chase 2,282
164 Rotherham 2,283
165 Hart 2,285
166 St Helens 2,289
167 Hertsmere 2,289
168 Redditch 2,289
169 Dacorum 2,294
170 North Somerset 2,295
171 Ceredigion 2,296
172 Amber Valley 2,298
173 Slough 2,299
174 Ribble Valley 2,300

High tax (152)

Rank Council Tax £
175 North Northamptonshire 2,302
176 Calderdale 2,302
177 Bromsgrove 2,303
178 New Forest 2,303
179 Hinckley & Bosworth 2,304
180 Great Yarmouth 2,305
181 Swale 2,306
182 St Albans 2,306
183 Three Rivers 2,306
184 Crawley 2,306
185 South Tyneside 2,311
186 Ashford 2,311
187 Tameside 2,312
188 Gravesham 2,313
189 Havering 2,314
190 Swindon 2,318
191 King's Lynn & West Norfolk 2,319
192 Shropshire 2,319
193 Luton 2,320
194 Conwy 2,321
195 Horsham 2,322
196 Canterbury 2,322
197 Kirklees 2,322
198 Harborough 2,325
199 Plymouth 2,325
200 Forest of Dean 2,327
201 Wyre Forest 2,327
202 Charnwood 2,328
203 Broadland 2,328
204 Breckland 2,329
205 Oadby & Wigston 2,330
206 Derbyshire Dales 2,332
207 Cheshire East 2,333
208 North Hertfordshire 2,333
209 Welwyn Hatfield 2,333
210 North Tyneside 2,336
211 Blackburn with Darwen 2,337
212 North West Leicestershire 2,338
213 East Hertfordshire 2,340
214 Gwynedd 2,340
215 North Norfolk 2,341
216 Chorley 2,343
217 Worthing 2,343
218 Watford 2,343
219 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,344
220 Chichester 2,346
221 Tunbridge Wells 2,347
222 Torbay 2,351
223 Melton 2,351
224 Bedford 2,351
225 South Ribble 2,352
226 North East Derbyshire 2,355
227 Cambridge 2,355
228 Mid Sussex 2,356
229 Warwick 2,357
230 Bridgend 2,358
231 Ipswich 2,359
232 West Lancashire 2,362
233 West Northamptonshire 2,363
234 Dover 2,364
235 Wyre 2,366
236 South Norfolk 2,368
237 Stroud 2,369
238 North East Lincolnshire 2,371
239 Arun 2,371
240 Knowsley 2,371
241 Darlington 2,372
242 Richmond-upon-Thames 2,372
243 East Cambridgeshire 2,374
244 Tonbridge & Malling 2,375
245 Wokingham 2,376
246 Rugby 2,378
247 Exeter 2,380
248 Stratford-on-Avon 2,380
249 Hyndburn 2,380
250 Runnymede 2,380
251 Wirral 2,382
252 West Berkshire 2,383
253 Fylde 2,388
254 Sheffield 2,389
255 Westmorland and Furness 2,389
256 Thanet 2,391
257 Norwich 2,392
258 Cheshire West and Chester 2,392
259 Blackpool 2,392
260 Cumberland 2,394
261 Central Bedfordshire 2,394
262 Harrow 2,396
263 Nuneaton & Bedworth 2,398
264 Buckinghamshire 2,402
265 Maidstone 2,404
266 Mole Valley 2,406
267 Blaby 2,407
268 Lancaster 2,408
269 Leicester 2,408
270 Spelthorne 2,413
271 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,413
272 Coventry 2,414
273 Wolverhampton 2,414
274 South Cambridgeshire 2,415
275 Bury 2,415
276 Epsom & Ewell 2,417
277 North Yorkshire 2,418
278 Sevenoaks 2,419
279 Rossendale 2,424
280 Redcar & Cleveland 2,424
281 South Gloucestershire 2,428
282 Blaenau Gwent 2,428
283 Guildford 2,429
284 North Warwickshire 2,432
285 Adur 2,433
286 Fenland 2,433
287 Folkestone & Hythe 2,437
288 Somerset 2,439
289 Huntingdonshire 2,440
290 Neath Port Talbot 2,441
291 Elmbridge 2,443
292 Wiltshire 2,443
293 West Oxfordshire 2,444
294 Bolsover 2,448
295 Herefordshire 2,449
296 Salford 2,452
297 Burnley 2,456
298 Brighton & Hove 2,457
299 Vale of White Horse 2,457
300 Rochdale 2,458
301 Reigate & Banstead 2,459
302 Oldham 2,459
303 Cornwall 2,460
304 Sefton 2,461
305 East Devon 2,461
306 Cherwell 2,464
307 Merthyr Tydfil 2,464
308 Northumberland 2,465
309 Surrey Heath 2,468
310 Stockton-on-Tees 2,469
311 Tandridge 2,472
312 South Oxfordshire 2,474
313 Stockport 2,475
314 Preston 2,478
315 Torridge 2,479
316 Croydon 2,480
317 Woking 2,482
318 Waverley 2,484
319 Reading 2,487
320 Middlesbrough 2,488
321 Kingston-upon-Thames 2,489
322 South Hams 2,492
323 Isle of Wight Council 2,493
324 Walsall 2,498
325 Mansfield 2,498
326 Hartlepool 2,499

Very high tax (24)

Rank Council Tax £
327 Ashfield 2,507
328 Gedling 2,507
329 Teignbridge 2,513
330 North Devon 2,515
331 Broxtowe 2,516
332 Mid Devon 2,521
333 Rushcliffe 2,532
334 Eastbourne 2,532
335 Pendle 2,535
336 Bassetlaw 2,540
337 Liverpool 2,546
338 Durham 2,551
339 Hastings 2,554
340 Oxford 2,557
341 Rother 2,561
342 West Devon 2,574
343 Gateshead 2,578
344 Newark & Sherwood 2,582
345 Bristol 2,584
346 Wealden 2,608
347 Lewes 2,627
348 Dorset Council 2,630
349 Nottingham 2,656
350 Rutland 2,671

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 2025-12-15, 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?

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 "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry, and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data provided by Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities.

How do you know the square footage of properties?

We match the Land Registry data to EPC data provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. 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?

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 2025-12-15, 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?

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 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?

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?

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?

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 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?

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 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?

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.

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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?

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 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?

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?

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.