Band A council tax 2026/27: from £685.47 to £1,843.35 a year

Councils where Band A is the most common band

Band A is the most common band in 106 of the 347 councils that publish the count of every band: Amber Valley, Angus, Ashfield, Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Birmingham, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolsover, Bolton, Boston, Bradford, Broxtowe, Burnley, Bury, Calderdale, Chesterfield, Chorley, Coventry, Cumberland, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, Dudley, Dundee City, Durham, East Ayrshire, East Lindsey, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Staffordshire, Erewash, Falkirk, Fenland, Gateshead, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Halton, Hartlepool, Hastings, Hyndburn, Inverclyde, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, Kingston upon Hull, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lancaster, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Manchester, Mansfield, Middlesbrough, Moray, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Newark and Sherwood, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Ayrshire, North East Derbyshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lanarkshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Norwich, Nottingham, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Oldham, Pendle, Peterborough, Plymouth, Preston, Redcar and Cleveland, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rochdale, Rossendale, Rotherham, Salford, Sandwell, Scottish Borders, Sefton, Sheffield, South Holland, South Kesteven, South Lanarkshire, South Tyneside, Southampton, St Helens, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Tameside, Telford and Wrekin, Torridge, Wakefield, Walsall, Warrington, West Lancashire, West Lindsey, Westmorland and Furness, Wigan, Wirral, Wolverhampton.

Where Band A is at least 1.5 times as common as in its nation

83 councils, each compared with its own nation’s share of homes in Band A, from the largest share down:

Kingston upon Hull 66%, South Tyneside 63%, Nottingham 62%, Lincoln 61%, Pendle 60%, Leicester 60%, Burnley 60%, Sunderland 59%, Liverpool 59%, Stoke-on-Trent 59%, Gateshead 58%, Sheffield 58%, Hyndburn 58%, Blaenau Gwent 58%, Bolsover 57%, Doncaster 57%, Barnsley 56%, Durham 56%, Blackburn with Darwen 55%, Newcastle upon Tyne 55%, Manchester 54%, Mansfield 54%, Knowsley 53%, Rochdale 53%, Chesterfield 53%, Rotherham 52%, Ashfield 52%, Hartlepool 52%, Oldham 51%, Merthyr Tydfil 51%, Derby 51%, Bolton 51%, North East Lincolnshire 51%, Wolverhampton 50%, Tameside 50%, Rossendale 50%, Middlesbrough 50%, North Tyneside 49%, Bassetlaw 49%, Boston 48%, Wakefield 48%, Salford 47%, Calderdale 46%, Cumberland 46%, Inverclyde 46%, North Lincolnshire 46%, Halton 46%, Wigan 45%, Kirklees 44%, Blackpool 44%, Walsall 44%, St Helens 44%, Preston 43%, Sandwell 43%, Northumberland 43%, Darlington 43%, Newcastle-under-Lyme 43%, East Ayrshire 42%, Rhondda Cynon Taf 42%, Great Yarmouth 41%, Erewash 41%, Norwich 41%, Bradford 41%, Newark and Sherwood 41%, Coventry 41%, Wirral 40%, Redcar and Cleveland 40%, Plymouth 39%, North East Derbyshire 39%, Peterborough 39%, East Lindsey 38%, Stockton-on-Tees 38%, Leeds 38%, Amber Valley 37%, South Holland 37%, West Lindsey 37%, Bury 36%, Fenland 36%, Dundee City 36%, Lancaster 35%, North Lanarkshire 31%, Na h-Eileanan Siar 31%, North Ayrshire 30%.

Scotland, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band A: Inverclyde 46%, East Ayrshire 42%, Dundee City 36%, North Lanarkshire 31%, Na h-Eileanan Siar 31%, North Ayrshire 30%, Falkirk 28%, Scottish Borders 27%.

Wales, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band A: Blaenau Gwent 58%, Merthyr Tydfil 51%, Rhondda Cynon Taf 42%, Neath Port Talbot 21%, Caerphilly 19%, Bridgend 16%, Swansea 15%, Gwynedd 15%.