{"id":"uk-council-tax","title":"UK Council Tax Band D by Area (2026/27)","description":"The real Band D council tax charge (total bill including all precepts) for local authority areas in England for 2026/27, alongside the average council tax per dwelling. Published by MHCLG. Per-band charges follow the statutory A=6/9 … H=18/9 proportions fixed in law.","url":"https://gerahome.com/data/uk-council-tax","csvUrl":"https://gerahome.com/data/uk-council-tax/sample.csv","coverage":"England — billing authority areas","spatialCoverage":"England","temporalCoverage":"2026","rowCount":296,"rowUnit":"authority areas","provenance":{"source":"Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG)","sourceUrl":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2026-to-2027","publisher":"Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government","licence":"Open Government Licence v3.0","licenceUrl":"https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/","attribution":"Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG). Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.","asOf":"2026-27","modified":null},"methodology":"Band D charges and average-per-dwelling figures are copied verbatim from the MHCLG \"Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England\" release for the reference year. Band D is the total bill including all precepts (county, district, police, fire and parish). No figure is estimated; per-band charges are a legal arithmetic transform of Band D.","keyFigures":[{"label":"England average Band D","value":"£2,391.52","note":"2026/27"},{"label":"Highest Band D","value":"£2,765.02","note":"Dorset Council"},{"label":"Lowest Band D","value":"£1,028.21","note":"Wandsworth"},{"label":"Areas covered","value":"296"}],"columns":[{"name":"area","description":"Local / billing authority area"},{"name":"region","description":"English region"},{"name":"bandD","description":"Band D council tax, GBP/year (incl. precepts)"},{"name":"avgPerDwelling","description":"Average council tax per dwelling, GBP/year"}],"sampleRows":[{"area":"Dorset Council","region":"South West","bandD":2765.02,"avgPerDwelling":2458.45},{"area":"Lewes","region":"South East","bandD":2756.17,"avgPerDwelling":2321.18},{"area":"City of Nottingham UA","region":"East Midlands","bandD":2755.39,"avgPerDwelling":1549.16},{"area":"Rutland UA","region":"East Midlands","bandD":2737.58,"avgPerDwelling":2596.83},{"area":"Wealden","region":"South East","bandD":2728.43,"avgPerDwelling":2615.97},{"area":"Gateshead","region":"North East","bandD":2715.81,"avgPerDwelling":1595.39},{"area":"Bristol UA","region":"South West","bandD":2713.68,"avgPerDwelling":1825.17},{"area":"West Devon","region":"South West","bandD":2705.33,"avgPerDwelling":2268.08}],"notice":"sampleRows is a verbatim sample, not the full snapshot. Open data re-published by GeraHome; cite the original publisher above."}