Band C Council Tax 2026/27 — Every UK Council, Ranked

What Band C council tax costs in 2026/27 across all 350 UK billing authorities, ranked highest to lowest. Each figure is derived from the council's official Band D charge using the statutory band proportions.

Band C, 2026/27 at a glance

Across 350 UK councils, the average Band C council tax for 2026/27 is £2,077. The highest is £2,458 (Dorset) and the lowest £914 (Wandsworth). Band C is a fixed statutory fraction of each council's Band D charge. Sources: MHCLG, Welsh Government, gov.scot official releases (OGL v3.0); rates last verified 4 July 2026.

This ranks the Band C charge in each council — it doesn't tell you which band a home is in. A specific property's band is on the official register only: check the exact band free on the VOA register → (England & Wales) or the Scottish Assessors portal (Scotland).

Highest Band C, 2026/27

1. Dorset£2,458
2. Lewes£2,450
3. Nottingham£2,449
4. Rutland£2,433
5. Wealden£2,425
6. Gateshead£2,414
7. Bristol£2,412
8. West Devon£2,405
9. Rother£2,401
10. Newark and Sherwood£2,384

Lowest Band C, 2026/27

1. Wandsworth£914
2. Westminster£933
3. City of London£1,182
4. South Lanarkshire£1,305
5. Shetland Islands£1,323
6. Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,338
7. Hammersmith and Fulham£1,351
8. North Lanarkshire£1,382
9. Fife£1,399
10. Dumfries & Galloway£1,403

Band C council tax, every UK council ranked

Highest to lowest, 2026/27. Monthly is the annual charge divided by 12.

#	Council	Nation	Band C annual	Monthly
1	Dorset	England	£2,458	£204.82
2	Lewes	England	£2,450	£204.16
3	Nottingham	England	£2,449	£204.10
4	Rutland	England	£2,433	£202.78
5	Wealden	England	£2,425	£202.11
6	Gateshead	England	£2,414	£201.17
7	Bristol	England	£2,412	£201.01
8	West Devon	England	£2,405	£200.39
9	Rother	England	£2,401	£200.07
10	Newark and Sherwood	England	£2,384	£198.67
11	Oxford	England	£2,381	£198.40
12	Hastings	England	£2,379	£198.27
13	Liverpool	England	£2,377	£198.04
14	Mid Devon	England	£2,361	£196.77
15	Eastbourne	England	£2,359	£196.61
16	Bassetlaw	England	£2,351	£195.92
17	Rushcliffe	England	£2,350	£195.80
18	Teignbridge	England	£2,349	£195.79
19	North Devon	England	£2,349	£195.72
20	Pendle	England	£2,347	£195.57
21	Walsall	England	£2,336	£194.63
22	Isle of Wight	England	£2,334	£194.50
23	Durham	England	£2,331	£194.23
24	Stockport	England	£2,328	£193.99
25	Broxtowe	England	£2,327	£193.94
26	South Hams	England	£2,325	£193.72
27	Reading	England	£2,322	£193.54
28	Gedling	England	£2,320	£193.30
29	Kingston upon Thames	England	£2,319	£193.27
30	Ashfield	England	£2,319	£193.24
31	Waverley	England	£2,315	£192.95
32	Oldham	England	£2,313	£192.76
33	Torridge	England	£2,312	£192.70
34	Rochdale	England	£2,312	£192.65
35	Mansfield	England	£2,311	£192.62
36	Croydon	England	£2,311	£192.59
37	Woking	England	£2,309	£192.45
38	South Oxfordshire	England	£2,309	£192.41
39	Northumberland	England	£2,308	£192.37
40	East Devon	England	£2,307	£192.26
41	Tandridge	England	£2,307	£192.21
42	Salford	England	£2,306	£192.18
43	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£2,305	£192.12
44	Cornwall	England	£2,303	£191.92
45	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£2,302	£191.84
46	Surrey Heath	England	£2,298	£191.49
47	Sefton	England	£2,296	£191.35
48	Cherwell	England	£2,296	£191.33
49	Brighton and Hove	England	£2,294	£191.15
50	Vale of White Horse	England	£2,291	£190.92
51	Preston	England	£2,290	£190.80
52	Herefordshire	England	£2,288	£190.69
53	Wiltshire	England	£2,286	£190.50
54	West Oxfordshire	England	£2,282	£190.14
55	Reigate and Banstead	England	£2,281	£190.12
56	Somerset	England	£2,276	£189.67
57	Hartlepool	England	£2,276	£189.64
58	Bolsover	England	£2,275	£189.59
59	Elmbridge	England	£2,274	£189.46
60	Huntingdonshire	England	£2,272	£189.36
61	Bury	England	£2,271	£189.27
62	South Gloucestershire	England	£2,267	£188.93
63	Burnley	England	£2,266	£188.85
64	Middlesbrough	England	£2,266	£188.83
65	Adur	England	£2,265	£188.76
66	Guildford	England	£2,264	£188.69
67	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£2,262	£188.48
68	North Yorkshire	England	£2,262	£188.47
69	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£2,260	£188.31
70	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£2,259	£188.25
71	Wolverhampton	England	£2,257	£188.07
72	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£2,257	£188.06
73	Fenland	England	£2,256	£187.98
74	South Cambridgeshire	England	£2,254	£187.87
75	North Warwickshire	England	£2,251	£187.56
76	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£2,250	£187.50
77	Epsom and Ewell	England	£2,250	£187.47
78	Leicester	England	£2,248	£187.31
79	Shropshire	England	£2,247	£187.27
80	Buckinghamshire	England	£2,246	£187.15
81	Spelthorne	England	£2,246	£187.14
82	Sevenoaks	England	£2,242	£186.84
83	Rossendale	England	£2,240	£186.66
84	Mole Valley	England	£2,240	£186.66
85	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£2,238	£186.47
86	Coventry	England	£2,237	£186.42
87	Central Bedfordshire	England	£2,237	£186.38
88	Blackpool	England	£2,234	£186.16
89	Wyre Forest	England	£2,233	£186.11
90	Cumberland	England	£2,232	£186.02
91	Harrow	England	£2,232	£186.01
92	Sheffield	England	£2,231	£185.94
93	Westmorland and Furness	England	£2,229	£185.78
94	West Berkshire	England	£2,227	£185.58
95	Norwich	England	£2,225	£185.44
96	Lancaster	England	£2,225	£185.42
97	Maidstone	England	£2,225	£185.38
98	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£2,224	£185.35
99	Wirral	England	£2,223	£185.23
100	Wokingham	England	£2,220	£185.01
101	Exeter	England	£2,218	£184.84
102	Darlington	England	£2,217	£184.73
103	Runnymede	England	£2,216	£184.67
104	Stroud	England	£2,215	£184.55
105	North Somerset	England	£2,214	£184.53
106	Thanet	England	£2,214	£184.51
107	Blaby	England	£2,214	£184.46
108	Knowsley	England	£2,212	£184.31
109	Arun	England	£2,211	£184.24
110	West Northamptonshire	England	£2,210	£184.20
111	Richmond upon Thames	England	£2,210	£184.16
112	East Cambridgeshire	England	£2,209	£184.09
113	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£2,208	£184.01
114	Fylde	England	£2,208	£184.00
115	North East Lincolnshire	England	£2,208	£183.99
116	Rugby	England	£2,207	£183.93
117	South Norfolk	England	£2,207	£183.92
118	Bromsgrove	England	£2,203	£183.60
119	Bridgend	Wales	£2,203	£183.55
120	Mid Sussex	England	£2,199	£183.28
121	Conwy	Wales	£2,198	£183.17
122	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£2,197	£183.10
123	Bedford	England	£2,197	£183.09
124	Torbay	England	£2,196	£182.98
125	Chichester	England	£2,195	£182.94
126	Gwynedd	Wales	£2,194	£182.87
127	Ipswich	England	£2,194	£182.83
128	Cambridge	England	£2,193	£182.74
129	North East Derbyshire	England	£2,193	£182.71
130	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£2,192	£182.67
131	Hyndburn	England	£2,192	£182.67
132	Redditch	England	£2,189	£182.44
133	North Tyneside	England	£2,188	£182.35
134	Dover	England	£2,188	£182.35
135	Warwick	England	£2,188	£182.34
136	Wyre	England	£2,187	£182.26
137	North Norfolk	England	£2,187	£182.22
138	West Lancashire	England	£2,183	£181.94
139	Worthing	England	£2,183	£181.94
140	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£2,182	£181.87
141	Cheshire East	England	£2,182	£181.84
142	East Hertfordshire	England	£2,182	£181.84
143	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£2,180	£181.65
144	Malvern Hills	England	£2,179	£181.55
145	North Hertfordshire	England	£2,176	£181.37
146	Warrington	England	£2,176	£181.30
147	Tameside	England	£2,175	£181.27
148	Watford	England	£2,175	£181.24
149	Tunbridge Wells	England	£2,174	£181.20
150	Derbyshire Dales	England	£2,173	£181.09
151	Breckland	England	£2,172	£181.01
152	Forest of Dean	England	£2,172	£180.99
153	South Ribble	England	£2,171	£180.94
154	Plymouth	England	£2,171	£180.88
155	Kirklees	England	£2,170	£180.82
156	Horsham	England	£2,170	£180.82
157	Luton	England	£2,169	£180.74
158	Swindon	England	£2,167	£180.60
159	Broadland	England	£2,167	£180.58
160	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£2,165	£180.41
161	South Tyneside	England	£2,164	£180.33
162	Chorley	England	£2,160	£180.02
163	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£2,160	£180.01
164	Melton	England	£2,160	£179.98
165	Havering	England	£2,155	£179.60
166	North Northamptonshire	England	£2,155	£179.55
167	Three Rivers	England	£2,153	£179.43
168	Calderdale	England	£2,151	£179.27
169	New Forest	England	£2,151	£179.24
170	Ceredigion	Wales	£2,151	£179.22
171	Canterbury	England	£2,151	£179.21
172	St Albans	England	£2,150	£179.20
173	Crawley	England	£2,150	£179.15
174	North West Leicestershire	England	£2,150	£179.13
175	Monmouthshire	Wales	£2,148	£179.00
176	Slough	England	£2,146	£178.85
177	Great Yarmouth	England	£2,146	£178.85
178	Ashford	England	£2,142	£178.53
179	Dacorum	England	£2,141	£178.41
180	Gravesham	England	£2,141	£178.39
181	Amber Valley	England	£2,140	£178.35
182	Oadby and Wigston	England	£2,139	£178.29
183	Hertsmere	England	£2,139	£178.21
184	Worcester	England	£2,138	£178.21
185	Swale	England	£2,138	£178.20
186	Charnwood	England	£2,138	£178.20
187	St Helens	England	£2,136	£178.03
188	Hart	England	£2,133	£177.78
189	Bolton	England	£2,133	£177.76
190	Stevenage	England	£2,126	£177.18
191	Cotswold	England	£2,126	£177.16
192	Harborough	England	£2,124	£177.03
193	Waltham Forest	England	£2,122	£176.81
194	Ribble Valley	England	£2,121	£176.78
195	High Peak	England	£2,120	£176.64
196	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£2,119	£176.55
197	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£2,118	£176.49
198	Rotherham	England	£2,117	£176.41
199	Southampton	England	£2,117	£176.41
200	Sutton	England	£2,114	£176.20
201	Flintshire	Wales	£2,112	£176.01
202	Cannock Chase	England	£2,112	£175.99
203	Dartford	England	£2,111	£175.94
204	Wychavon	England	£2,110	£175.79
205	Milton Keynes	England	£2,109	£175.72
206	Cheltenham	England	£2,106	£175.52
207	Halton	England	£2,104	£175.30
208	Bexley	England	£2,103	£175.29
209	Rochford	England	£2,101	£175.07
210	Birmingham	England	£2,100	£175.03
211	Bradford	England	£2,098	£174.87
212	Erewash	England	£2,098	£174.86
213	Winchester	England	£2,098	£174.80
214	Gloucester	England	£2,094	£174.51
215	West Lindsey	England	£2,093	£174.39
216	Lichfield	England	£2,091	£174.21
217	Powys	Wales	£2,090	£174.20
218	West Suffolk	England	£2,090	£174.18
219	East Staffordshire	England	£2,090	£174.17
220	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£2,090	£174.16
221	North Lincolnshire	England	£2,088	£173.96
222	Gosport	England	£2,084	£173.65
223	East Hampshire	England	£2,083	£173.62
224	Eastleigh	England	£2,082	£173.50
225	Babergh	England	£2,081	£173.45
226	Tewkesbury	England	£2,080	£173.37
227	South Derbyshire	England	£2,080	£173.30
228	Chesterfield	England	£2,080	£173.30
229	Denbighshire	Wales	£2,079	£173.26
230	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£2,078	£173.20
231	North Kesteven	England	£2,078	£173.17
232	East Suffolk	England	£2,075	£172.95
233	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£2,075	£172.91
234	Uttlesford	England	£2,075	£172.88
235	Medway	England	£2,070	£172.49
236	Maldon	England	£2,070	£172.47
237	Basildon	England	£2,069	£172.39
238	Barnsley	England	£2,068	£172.29
239	Lincoln	England	£2,065	£172.08
240	Havant	England	£2,062	£171.87
241	Rushmoor	England	£2,062	£171.87
242	Castle Point	England	£2,061	£171.75
243	Mid Suffolk	England	£2,059	£171.62
244	Haringey	England	£2,057	£171.39
245	South Staffordshire	England	£2,057	£171.38
246	Manchester	England	£2,055	£171.26
247	Wrexham	Wales	£2,052	£171.03
248	Boston	England	£2,052	£171.02
249	Broxbourne	England	£2,050	£170.85
250	Derby	England	£2,050	£170.81
251	Test Valley	England	£2,049	£170.78
252	Stafford	England	£2,047	£170.57
253	Tamworth	England	£2,045	£170.43
254	Chelmsford	England	£2,045	£170.38
255	Harlow	England	£2,043	£170.27
256	Wakefield	England	£2,042	£170.14
257	Kingston upon Hull	England	£2,040	£170.00
258	Redbridge	England	£2,040	£169.97
259	Peterborough	England	£2,039	£169.89
260	Portsmouth	England	£2,037	£169.76
261	Trafford	England	£2,037	£169.76
262	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£2,035	£169.59
263	York	England	£2,033	£169.42
264	Leeds	England	£2,030	£169.17
265	Colchester	England	£2,029	£169.10
266	Braintree	England	£2,027	£168.91
267	South Holland	England	£2,025	£168.76
268	Epping Forest	England	£2,024	£168.68
269	East Lindsey	England	£2,023	£168.58
270	Fareham	England	£2,018	£168.19
271	Tendring	England	£2,017	£168.12
272	Enfield	England	£2,016	£167.98
273	Southend-on-Sea	England	£2,013	£167.79
274	Bracknell Forest	England	£2,013	£167.76
275	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£2,010	£167.46
276	South Kesteven	England	£2,009	£167.41
277	Brentwood	England	£2,007	£167.27
278	Telford and Wrekin	England	£2,006	£167.13
279	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£2,005	£167.05
280	Thurrock	England	£2,004	£167.01
281	Sandwell	England	£1,995	£166.26
282	Swansea	Wales	£1,990	£165.80
283	Lewisham	England	£1,989	£165.73
284	Brent	England	£1,987	£165.58
285	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£1,984	£165.30
286	Camden	England	£1,962	£163.52
287	Barking and Dagenham	England	£1,954	£162.85
288	Solihull	England	£1,953	£162.76
289	Sunderland	England	£1,953	£162.75
290	Hounslow	England	£1,943	£161.89
291	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£1,941	£161.71
292	Doncaster	England	£1,927	£160.57
293	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£1,925	£160.46
294	Torfaen	Wales	£1,916	£159.68
295	Wigan	England	£1,913	£159.46
296	Merton	England	£1,908	£159.02
297	Dudley	England	£1,907	£158.88
298	Bromley	England	£1,902	£158.52
299	Ealing	England	£1,901	£158.41
300	Barnet	England	£1,896	£157.97
301	Islington	England	£1,874	£156.16
302	Greenwich	England	£1,874	£156.14
303	Newport	Wales	£1,856	£154.70
304	Caerphilly	Wales	£1,851	£154.29
305	Hackney	England	£1,831	£152.61
306	Isles of Scilly	England	£1,820	£151.70
307	Lambeth	England	£1,820	£151.64
308	Hillingdon	England	£1,818	£151.52
309	Cardiff	Wales	£1,789	£149.12
310	Southwark	England	£1,749	£145.72
311	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£1,736	£144.64
312	Newham	England	£1,728	£144.02
313	Tower Hamlets	England	£1,634	£136.13
314	Midlothian	Scotland	£1,614	£134.53
315	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	£1,585	£132.10
316	Stirling	Scotland	£1,558	£129.84
317	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,557	£129.75
318	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£1,553	£129.45
319	Moray	Scotland	£1,539	£128.23
320	Dundee City	Scotland	£1,538	£128.13
321	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,526	£127.21
322	Falkirk	Scotland	£1,525	£127.04
323	Glasgow City	Scotland	£1,516	£126.37
324	East Lothian	Scotland	£1,509	£125.75
325	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,507	£125.55
326	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£1,503	£125.23
327	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£1,499	£124.89
328	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,499	£124.88
329	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£1,497	£124.72
330	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,495	£124.56
331	Inverclyde	Scotland	£1,488	£123.99
332	Perth & Kinross	Scotland	£1,488	£123.99
333	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£1,484	£123.63
334	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£1,481	£123.46
335	Highland	Scotland	£1,452	£121.04
336	West Lothian	Scotland	£1,447	£120.56
337	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£1,445	£120.45
338	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£1,440	£120.01
339	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£1,439	£119.89
340	Angus	Scotland	£1,421	£118.42
341	Dumfries & Galloway	Scotland	£1,403	£116.94
342	Fife	Scotland	£1,399	£116.57
343	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,382	£115.15
344	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£1,351	£112.56
345	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£1,338	£111.52
346	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£1,323	£110.21
347	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,305	£108.78
348	City of London	England	£1,182	£98.49
349	Westminster	England	£933	£77.74
350	Wandsworth	England	£914	£76.16

English & Welsh figures include an area-average parish/community precept; Scottish figures exclude water and sewerage (set by Scottish Water), so a real Scottish bill is higher than shown. Band D is the official published figure; Band C is derived from the statutory proportions (Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5; Scottish E–H per SSI 2016/368) and rounded to the nearest pound. Rates last verified 4 July 2026.

Methodology and sources

Band D figures for all 350 UK billing authorities are parsed from the official machine-readable 2026/27 releases — nothing is hand-typed. Band C is derived by multiplying each council's Band D by the statutory proportion for that band: in England and Wales the ladder runs 6/9 (Band A) to 18/9 (Band H); Scotland keeps 6/9–9/9 for A–D but uses raised multipliers for E–H (Band E is 473/360 of Band D, Band H 882/360) from April 2017. All sources are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rates last verified 4 July 2026; re-ingested each April.

Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 — MHCLG
Council Tax levels: April 2026 to March 2027 — Welsh Government
Council Tax datasets (Band D rates by year) — Scottish Government
Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5 (band proportions) — legislation.gov.uk
Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 — legislation.gov.uk

Band C council tax — FAQ

It depends on the council. Across 350 UK councils the average Band C charge for 2026/27 is £2,077, ranging from £914 (Wandsworth) to £2,458 (Dorset). Band C is a fixed statutory fraction of each council's Band D charge — the full ranked table is on this page. Sources: MHCLG, Welsh Government and Scottish Government 2026/27 releases (OGL v3.0).

Councils publish one number — the Band D charge — and every other band is a fixed proportion of it, set in law. In England and Wales Band C is 8/9 of Band D (Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5). Scotland uses the same A–D ladder but higher E–H multipliers since April 2017 (SSI 2016/368), so Scottish Band E–H charges here use those raised proportions.

This page can't tell you your band, and no postcode tool can honestly. A specific home's band is on the official register: the VOA's 'Check your Council Tax band' service (England and Wales) or the Scottish Assessors portal (Scotland), both free. This page shows what Band C costs in each council once you know the band.

Broadly, with two caveats. English and Welsh figures include an area-average parish or community precept, so an individual bill varies slightly by parish. Scottish figures exclude water and sewerage charges, which are added to the same bill by Scottish Water — so a real Scottish bill is higher than the figure shown. The ranking is indicative rather than perfectly like-for-like.

Other bands & tools

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