West Midlands council tax by area (2026/27)
Across West Midlands, the average Band D council tax is £2,400 a year for 2026/27 — £8 above the England average Band D of £2,392. It ranges from £2,145 (Dudley) to £2,627 (Walsall) across 30 billing authorities. West Midlands ranks 6 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
£2,400
across 30 areas
GCTI (region avg)
100
100 = England average
Region rank
6/9
1 = most expensive region
West Midlands’s average Band D council tax is £8 above the England average Band D of £2,392. The cheapest area is Dudley (£2,145) and the most expensive is Walsall (£2,627).
All 30 areas in West Midlands, 2026/27
| Area | Band D | GCTI |
|---|---|---|
| Walsall | £2,627 | 110 |
| Herefordshire UA | £2,574 | 108 |
| Wolverhampton | £2,539 | 106 |
| North Warwickshire | £2,532 | 106 |
| Shropshire UA | £2,528 | 106 |
| Coventry | £2,517 | 105 |
| Wyre Forest | £2,512 | 105 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | £2,502 | 105 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £2,484 | 104 |
| Rugby | £2,483 | 104 |
| Bromsgrove | £2,479 | 104 |
| Redditch | £2,463 | 103 |
| Warwick | £2,462 | 103 |
| Malvern Hills | £2,451 | 102 |
| Worcester | £2,406 | 101 |
| Cannock Chase | £2,376 | 99 |
| Wychavon | £2,373 | 99 |
| Birmingham | £2,363 | 99 |
| Lichfield | £2,352 | 98 |
| East Staffordshire | £2,351 | 98 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £2,338 | 98 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,334 | 98 |
| South Staffordshire | £2,314 | 97 |
| Stafford | £2,303 | 96 |
| Tamworth | £2,301 | 96 |
| Telford and the Wrekin UA | £2,256 | 94 |
| Sandwell | £2,244 | 94 |
| Solihull | £2,197 | 92 |
| Stoke-on-Trent UA | £2,183 | 91 |
| Dudley | £2,145 | 90 |
| 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).
West Midlands council tax — FAQ
What is the average council tax in West Midlands for 2026/27?
The average Band D council tax across the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands is £2,400 a year for 2026/27 — £8 above 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 West Midlands?
In West Midlands for 2026/27, Walsall has the highest Band D charge at £2,627 and Dudley the lowest at £2,145 — a difference of £483 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.