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

What Band G 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 G, 2026/27 at a glance

Across 350 UK councils, the average Band G council tax for 2026/27 is £3,940. The highest is £4,608 (Dorset) and the lowest £1,714 (Wandsworth). Band G 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 G 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 G, 2026/27

1. Dorset£4,608
2. Lewes£4,594
3. Nottingham£4,592
4. Rutland£4,563
5. Wealden£4,547
6. Gateshead£4,526
7. Bristol£4,523
8. West Devon£4,509
9. Rother£4,502
10. Newark and Sherwood£4,470

Lowest Band G, 2026/27

1. Wandsworth£1,714
2. Westminster£1,749
3. City of London£2,216
4. Hammersmith and Fulham£2,533
5. Kensington and Chelsea£2,778
6. South Lanarkshire£2,876
7. Shetland Islands£2,914
8. Na h-Eileanan Siar£2,948
9. North Lanarkshire£3,044
10. Tower Hamlets£3,063

Band G council tax, every UK council ranked

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

#	Council	Nation	Band G annual	Monthly
1	Dorset	England	£4,608	£384.03
2	Lewes	England	£4,594	£382.80
3	Nottingham	England	£4,592	£382.69
4	Rutland	England	£4,563	£380.22
5	Wealden	England	£4,547	£378.95
6	Gateshead	England	£4,526	£377.20
7	Bristol	England	£4,523	£376.90
8	West Devon	England	£4,509	£375.74
9	Rother	England	£4,502	£375.13
10	Newark and Sherwood	England	£4,470	£372.51
11	Oxford	England	£4,464	£372.00
12	Hastings	England	£4,461	£371.75
13	Liverpool	England	£4,456	£371.33
14	Mid Devon	England	£4,427	£368.95
15	Eastbourne	England	£4,424	£368.65
16	Bassetlaw	England	£4,408	£367.35
17	Rushcliffe	England	£4,405	£367.12
18	Teignbridge	England	£4,405	£367.10
19	North Devon	England	£4,404	£366.97
20	Pendle	England	£4,400	£366.69
21	Walsall	England	£4,379	£364.93
22	Isle of Wight	England	£4,376	£364.69
23	Durham	England	£4,370	£364.19
24	Stockport	England	£4,365	£363.74
25	Broxtowe	England	£4,364	£363.64
26	South Hams	England	£4,359	£363.22
27	Reading	England	£4,355	£362.88
28	Gedling	England	£4,349	£362.44
29	Kingston upon Thames	England	£4,349	£362.39
30	Ashfield	England	£4,348	£362.33
31	Waverley	England	£4,341	£361.79
32	Oldham	England	£4,337	£361.42
33	Torridge	England	£4,336	£361.31
34	Rochdale	England	£4,335	£361.23
35	Mansfield	England	£4,334	£361.16
36	Croydon	England	£4,333	£361.10
37	Woking	England	£4,330	£360.84
38	South Oxfordshire	England	£4,329	£360.77
39	Northumberland	England	£4,328	£360.69
40	East Devon	England	£4,326	£360.48
41	Tandridge	England	£4,325	£360.40
42	Salford	England	£4,324	£360.34
43	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£4,323	£360.22
44	Cornwall	England	£4,318	£359.85
45	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£4,316	£359.70
46	Surrey Heath	England	£4,309	£359.05
47	Sefton	England	£4,305	£358.78
48	Cherwell	England	£4,305	£358.74
49	Brighton and Hove	England	£4,301	£358.41
50	Vale of White Horse	England	£4,296	£357.98
51	Preston	England	£4,293	£357.74
52	Herefordshire	England	£4,291	£357.55
53	Wiltshire	England	£4,286	£357.19
54	West Oxfordshire	England	£4,278	£356.52
55	Reigate and Banstead	England	£4,278	£356.47
56	Somerset	England	£4,268	£355.64
57	Hartlepool	England	£4,267	£355.58
58	Bolsover	England	£4,266	£355.47
59	Elmbridge	England	£4,263	£355.24
60	Huntingdonshire	England	£4,261	£355.06
61	Bury	England	£4,259	£354.88
62	South Gloucestershire	England	£4,251	£354.25
63	Burnley	England	£4,249	£354.09
64	Middlesbrough	England	£4,249	£354.05
65	Adur	England	£4,247	£353.93
66	Guildford	England	£4,246	£353.79
67	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£4,241	£353.40
68	North Yorkshire	England	£4,241	£353.38
69	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£4,237	£353.08
70	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£4,236	£352.97
71	Wolverhampton	England	£4,232	£352.64
72	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£4,231	£352.60
73	Fenland	England	£4,230	£352.46
74	South Cambridgeshire	England	£4,227	£352.26
75	North Warwickshire	England	£4,220	£351.68
76	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£4,219	£351.56
77	Epsom and Ewell	England	£4,218	£351.51
78	Leicester	England	£4,215	£351.22
79	Shropshire	England	£4,214	£351.14
80	Buckinghamshire	England	£4,211	£350.91
81	Spelthorne	England	£4,211	£350.89
82	Sevenoaks	England	£4,204	£350.33
83	Rossendale	England	£4,200	£350.00
84	Mole Valley	England	£4,200	£349.98
85	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£4,196	£349.63
86	Coventry	England	£4,195	£349.54
87	Central Bedfordshire	England	£4,194	£349.47
88	Blackpool	England	£4,189	£349.06
89	Wyre Forest	England	£4,187	£348.95
90	Cumberland	England	£4,186	£348.79
91	Harrow	England	£4,185	£348.76
92	Sheffield	England	£4,184	£348.63
93	Westmorland and Furness	England	£4,180	£348.33
94	West Berkshire	England	£4,176	£347.97
95	Norwich	England	£4,172	£347.70
96	Lancaster	England	£4,172	£347.67
97	Maidstone	England	£4,171	£347.58
98	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£4,170	£347.52
99	Wirral	England	£4,168	£347.30
100	Wokingham	England	£4,163	£346.90
101	Exeter	England	£4,159	£346.58
102	Darlington	England	£4,156	£346.37
103	Runnymede	England	£4,155	£346.25
104	Stroud	England	£4,152	£346.02
105	North Somerset	England	£4,152	£346.00
106	Thanet	England	£4,152	£345.96
107	Blaby	England	£4,150	£345.86
108	Knowsley	England	£4,147	£345.59
109	Arun	England	£4,145	£345.45
110	West Northamptonshire	England	£4,144	£345.37
111	Richmond upon Thames	England	£4,144	£345.29
112	East Cambridgeshire	England	£4,142	£345.16
113	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£4,140	£345.02
114	Fylde	England	£4,140	£344.99
115	North East Lincolnshire	England	£4,140	£344.98
116	Rugby	England	£4,138	£344.87
117	South Norfolk	England	£4,138	£344.84
118	Bromsgrove	England	£4,131	£344.26
119	Bridgend	Wales	£4,130	£344.17
120	Mid Sussex	England	£4,124	£343.65
121	Conwy	Wales	£4,121	£343.45
122	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£4,120	£343.31
123	Bedford	England	£4,120	£343.30
124	Torbay	England	£4,117	£343.09
125	Chichester	England	£4,116	£343.01
126	Gwynedd	Wales	£4,115	£342.88
127	Ipswich	England	£4,114	£342.81
128	Cambridge	England	£4,112	£342.64
129	North East Derbyshire	England	£4,111	£342.58
130	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£4,110	£342.51
131	Hyndburn	England	£4,110	£342.50
132	Redditch	England	£4,105	£342.08
133	North Tyneside	England	£4,103	£341.91
134	Dover	England	£4,103	£341.91
135	Warwick	England	£4,103	£341.88
136	Wyre	England	£4,101	£341.74
137	North Norfolk	England	£4,100	£341.66
138	West Lancashire	England	£4,094	£341.14
139	Worthing	England	£4,094	£341.13
140	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£4,092	£341.01
141	Cheshire East	England	£4,091	£340.95
142	East Hertfordshire	England	£4,091	£340.94
143	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£4,087	£340.59
144	Malvern Hills	England	£4,085	£340.41
145	North Hertfordshire	England	£4,081	£340.07
146	Warrington	England	£4,079	£339.95
147	Tameside	England	£4,079	£339.89
148	Watford	England	£4,078	£339.82
149	Tunbridge Wells	England	£4,077	£339.74
150	Derbyshire Dales	England	£4,075	£339.54
151	Breckland	England	£4,073	£339.40
152	Forest of Dean	England	£4,072	£339.36
153	South Ribble	England	£4,071	£339.26
154	Plymouth	England	£4,070	£339.15
155	Kirklees	England	£4,068	£339.04
156	Horsham	England	£4,068	£339.03
157	Luton	England	£4,067	£338.88
158	Swindon	England	£4,064	£338.63
159	Broadland	England	£4,063	£338.58
160	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£4,059	£338.28
161	South Tyneside	England	£4,057	£338.12
162	Chorley	England	£4,050	£337.53
163	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£4,050	£337.52
164	Melton	England	£4,049	£337.45
165	Havering	England	£4,041	£336.76
166	North Northamptonshire	England	£4,040	£336.66
167	Three Rivers	England	£4,037	£336.43
168	Calderdale	England	£4,034	£336.13
169	New Forest	England	£4,033	£336.08
170	Ceredigion	Wales	£4,032	£336.03
171	Canterbury	England	£4,032	£336.02
172	St Albans	England	£4,032	£336.00
173	Crawley	England	£4,031	£335.90
174	North West Leicestershire	England	£4,030	£335.86
175	Monmouthshire	Wales	£4,028	£335.63
176	Slough	England	£4,024	£335.34
177	Great Yarmouth	England	£4,024	£335.33
178	Ashford	England	£4,017	£334.74
179	Dacorum	England	£4,014	£334.52
180	Gravesham	England	£4,014	£334.48
181	Amber Valley	England	£4,013	£334.40
182	Oadby and Wigston	England	£4,011	£334.28
183	Hertsmere	England	£4,010	£334.14
184	Worcester	England	£4,010	£334.14
185	Swale	England	£4,009	£334.12
186	Charnwood	England	£4,009	£334.12
187	St Helens	England	£4,006	£333.80
188	Hart	England	£4,000	£333.34
189	Bolton	England	£4,000	£333.30
190	Stevenage	England	£3,987	£332.22
191	Cotswold	England	£3,986	£332.17
192	Harborough	England	£3,983	£331.93
193	Waltham Forest	England	£3,978	£331.52
194	Ribble Valley	England	£3,978	£331.46
195	High Peak	England	£3,974	£331.20
196	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£3,972	£331.03
197	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£3,971	£330.92
198	Rotherham	England	£3,969	£330.77
199	Southampton	England	£3,969	£330.76
200	Sutton	England	£3,964	£330.37
201	Flintshire	Wales	£3,960	£330.02
202	Cannock Chase	England	£3,960	£329.98
203	Dartford	England	£3,959	£329.88
204	Wychavon	England	£3,955	£329.61
205	Milton Keynes	England	£3,954	£329.47
206	Cheltenham	England	£3,949	£329.10
207	Halton	England	£3,944	£328.70
208	Bexley	England	£3,944	£328.66
209	Rochford	England	£3,939	£328.26
210	Birmingham	England	£3,938	£328.18
211	Bradford	England	£3,935	£327.88
212	Erewash	England	£3,934	£327.87
213	Winchester	England	£3,933	£327.74
214	Gloucester	England	£3,926	£327.20
215	West Lindsey	England	£3,924	£326.98
216	Lichfield	England	£3,920	£326.65
217	Powys	Wales	£3,920	£326.63
218	West Suffolk	England	£3,919	£326.59
219	East Staffordshire	England	£3,919	£326.58
220	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£3,919	£326.56
221	North Lincolnshire	England	£3,914	£326.18
222	Gosport	England	£3,907	£325.60
223	East Hampshire	England	£3,907	£325.54
224	Eastleigh	England	£3,904	£325.31
225	Babergh	England	£3,903	£325.22
226	Tewkesbury	England	£3,901	£325.07
227	South Derbyshire	England	£3,899	£324.95
228	Chesterfield	England	£3,899	£324.93
229	Denbighshire	Wales	£3,898	£324.87
230	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£3,897	£324.75
231	North Kesteven	England	£3,896	£324.70
232	East Suffolk	England	£3,891	£324.28
233	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£3,890	£324.20
234	Uttlesford	England	£3,890	£324.14
235	Medway	England	£3,881	£323.41
236	Maldon	England	£3,881	£323.38
237	Basildon	England	£3,879	£323.23
238	Barnsley	England	£3,877	£323.05
239	Lincoln	England	£3,872	£322.65
240	Havant	England	£3,867	£322.26
241	Rushmoor	England	£3,867	£322.26
242	Castle Point	England	£3,864	£322.03
243	Mid Suffolk	England	£3,861	£321.79
244	Haringey	England	£3,856	£321.36
245	South Staffordshire	England	£3,856	£321.34
246	Manchester	England	£3,853	£321.12
247	Wrexham	Wales	£3,848	£320.68
248	Boston	England	£3,848	£320.66
249	Broxbourne	England	£3,844	£320.34
250	Derby	England	£3,843	£320.28
251	Test Valley	England	£3,843	£320.21
252	Stafford	England	£3,838	£319.82
253	Tamworth	England	£3,835	£319.55
254	Chelmsford	England	£3,834	£319.47
255	Harlow	England	£3,831	£319.26
256	Wakefield	England	£3,828	£319.01
257	Kingston upon Hull	England	£3,825	£318.76
258	Redbridge	England	£3,824	£318.69
259	Peterborough	England	£3,822	£318.54
260	Portsmouth	England	£3,820	£318.29
261	Trafford	England	£3,820	£318.29
262	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£3,816	£317.98
263	York	England	£3,812	£317.66
264	Leeds	England	£3,806	£317.18
265	Colchester	England	£3,805	£317.06
266	Braintree	England	£3,801	£316.71
267	South Holland	England	£3,797	£316.42
268	Epping Forest	England	£3,795	£316.28
269	East Lindsey	England	£3,793	£316.09
270	Fareham	England	£3,784	£315.35
271	Tendring	England	£3,783	£315.23
272	Enfield	England	£3,779	£314.95
273	Southend-on-Sea	England	£3,775	£314.61
274	Bracknell Forest	England	£3,775	£314.56
275	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£3,768	£313.99
276	South Kesteven	England	£3,767	£313.89
277	Brentwood	England	£3,764	£313.63
278	Telford and Wrekin	England	£3,760	£313.37
279	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£3,759	£313.22
280	Thurrock	England	£3,758	£313.15
281	Sandwell	England	£3,741	£311.73
282	Swansea	Wales	£3,730	£310.87
283	Lewisham	England	£3,729	£310.74
284	Brent	England	£3,725	£310.45
285	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£3,719	£309.94
286	Camden	England	£3,679	£306.60
287	Barking and Dagenham	England	£3,664	£305.35
288	Solihull	England	£3,662	£305.18
289	Sunderland	England	£3,662	£305.16
290	Hounslow	England	£3,643	£303.55
291	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£3,639	£303.21
292	Doncaster	England	£3,613	£301.08
293	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£3,610	£300.85
294	Torfaen	Wales	£3,593	£299.40
295	Wigan	England	£3,588	£298.98
296	Merton	England	£3,578	£298.16
297	Dudley	England	£3,575	£297.89
298	Bromley	England	£3,567	£297.23
299	Ealing	England	£3,564	£297.02
300	Midlothian	Scotland	£3,557	£296.39
301	Barnet	England	£3,554	£296.19
302	Islington	England	£3,514	£292.80
303	Greenwich	England	£3,513	£292.76
304	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	£3,492	£291.03
305	Newport	Wales	£3,481	£290.07
306	Caerphilly	Wales	£3,471	£289.29
307	Hackney	England	£3,434	£286.15
308	Stirling	Scotland	£3,433	£286.06
309	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£3,430	£285.86
310	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£3,422	£285.19
311	Isles of Scilly	England	£3,413	£284.44
312	Lambeth	England	£3,412	£284.32
313	Hillingdon	England	£3,409	£284.09
314	Moray	Scotland	£3,390	£282.51
315	Dundee City	Scotland	£3,387	£282.28
316	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£3,363	£280.25
317	Falkirk	Scotland	£3,359	£279.89
318	Cardiff	Wales	£3,355	£279.61
319	Glasgow City	Scotland	£3,341	£278.41
320	East Lothian	Scotland	£3,325	£277.04
321	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£3,319	£276.61
322	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£3,311	£275.89
323	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£3,302	£275.15
324	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£3,301	£275.12
325	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£3,297	£274.77
326	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£3,293	£274.42
327	Southwark	England	£3,279	£273.23
328	Inverclyde	Scotland	£3,278	£273.16
329	Perth & Kinross	Scotland	£3,278	£273.16
330	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£3,269	£272.38
331	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£3,254	£271.20
332	Newham	England	£3,240	£270.03
333	Highland	Scotland	£3,200	£266.66
334	West Lothian	Scotland	£3,187	£265.61
335	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£3,184	£265.36
336	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£3,173	£264.40
337	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£3,170	£264.13
338	Angus	Scotland	£3,131	£260.89
339	Dumfries & Galloway	Scotland	£3,092	£257.63
340	Fife	Scotland	£3,082	£256.82
341	Tower Hamlets	England	£3,063	£255.25
342	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£3,044	£253.70
343	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£2,948	£245.69
344	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£2,914	£242.82
345	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£2,876	£239.65
346	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£2,778	£231.48
347	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£2,533	£211.04
348	City of London	England	£2,216	£184.66
349	Westminster	England	£1,749	£145.77
350	Wandsworth	England	£1,714	£142.81

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 G 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 G 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 G council tax — FAQ

It depends on the council. Across 350 UK councils the average Band G charge for 2026/27 is £3,940, ranging from £1,714 (Wandsworth) to £4,608 (Dorset). Band G 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 G is 15/9 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 G 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.

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Council tax checker — bands in your postcode

Guide

Challenge your council tax band — evidence guide