London council tax by area (2026/27)
Across London, the average Band D council tax is £2,090 a year for 2026/27 — £301 below the England average Band D of £2,392. It ranges from £1,028 (Wandsworth) to £2,609 (Kingston upon Thames) across 33 billing authorities. London ranks 9 of 9 English regions. Source: MHCLG, 2026/27.
Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG). As of . Updated annually · last updated .
Avg Band D
£2,090
across 33 areas
GCTI (region avg)
87
100 = England average
Region rank
9/9
1 = most expensive region
London’s average Band D council tax is £301 below the England average Band D of £2,392. The cheapest area is Wandsworth (£1,028) and the most expensive is Kingston upon Thames (£2,609).
All 33 areas in London, 2026/27
| Area | Band D | GCTI |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston upon Thames | £2,609 | 109 |
| Croydon | £2,600 | 109 |
| Harrow | £2,511 | 105 |
| Richmond upon Thames | £2,486 | 104 |
| Havering | £2,425 | 101 |
| Waltham Forest | £2,387 | 100 |
| Sutton | £2,379 | 99 |
| Bexley | £2,366 | 99 |
| Haringey | £2,314 | 97 |
| Redbridge | £2,295 | 96 |
| Enfield | £2,268 | 95 |
| Lewisham | £2,237 | 94 |
| Brent | £2,235 | 93 |
| Camden | £2,208 | 92 |
| Barking & Dagenham | £2,199 | 92 |
| Hounslow | £2,186 | 91 |
| Merton | £2,147 | 90 |
| Bromley | £2,140 | 89 |
| Ealing | £2,139 | 89 |
| Barnet | £2,133 | 89 |
| Islington | £2,108 | 88 |
| Greenwich | £2,108 | 88 |
| Hackney | £2,060 | 86 |
| Lambeth | £2,047 | 86 |
| Hillingdon | £2,045 | 86 |
| Southwark | £1,967 | 82 |
| Newham | £1,944 | 81 |
| Tower Hamlets | £1,838 | 77 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | £1,667 | 70 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | £1,520 | 64 |
| City of London | £1,330 | 56 |
| Westminster | £1,050 | 44 |
| Wandsworth | £1,028 | 43 |
| England average | £2,392 | 100 |
Band D is the standard reference charge (total including county, police, fire and any adult-social-care precepts). The region average is an unweighted mean of member authorities’ Band D charges. Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG).
London council tax — FAQ
What is the average council tax in London for 2026/27?
The average Band D council tax across the 33 billing authorities in London is £2,090 a year for 2026/27 — £301 below the England average Band D of £2,392. That is an unweighted mean of each authority's published Band D charge. Source: MHCLG.
Where is council tax cheapest and most expensive in London?
In London for 2026/27, Kingston upon Thames has the highest Band D charge at £2,609 and Wandsworth the lowest at £1,028 — a difference of £1,581 a year at Band D. Source: MHCLG.
What is the Gera Council Tax Index?
The Gera Council Tax Index (GCTI) re-expresses each authority’s real 2026/27 Band D charge as a ratio to the England average Band D (£2,391.52), indexed so that 100 = the England average. GCTI = round(area Band D ÷ England Band D × 100). A GCTI of 110 means the Band D bill in that area is 10% above the England average; 92 means 8% below. The national rank orders all 296 English billing authorities by Band D charge (rank 1 = the highest). Both are pure, reproducible re-expressions of the published MHCLG figures shown on the page — anyone can recompute them.
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Method & sources
The Gera Council Tax Index (GCTI) re-expresses each authority’s real 2026/27 Band D charge as a ratio to the England average Band D (£2,391.52), indexed so that 100 = the England average. GCTI = round(area Band D ÷ England Band D × 100). A GCTI of 110 means the Band D bill in that area is 10% above the England average; 92 means 8% below. The national rank orders all 296 English billing authorities by Band D charge (rank 1 = the highest). Both are pure, reproducible re-expressions of the published MHCLG figures shown on the page — anyone can recompute them.
Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3). Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG). The region average is an unweighted mean of published per-authority Band D charges. Full methodology.