Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Coventry council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,516.72 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,677.81; the dearest, H, pays £5,033.44. 41% of Coventry’s 154,040 homes are in Band A.
Band D costs £2,516.72 a year: £251.67 over 10 payments or £209.73 over 12. 7% of Coventry’s homes are in this band.
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B
C
D
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G
H
Coventry, street by band. Walls rise to the yearly charge (one scale for all councils); each house is as wide as its band’s share of homes (all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency). Narrow bands are kept visible.
Too narrow to draw to scale, so shown at a minimum width: Band F 2%, Band G 1.0%, Band H 0.1% of homes.
Every band in Coventry
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,677.81
£167.78
£139.82
41%
£1,957.45
£195.75
£163.12
29%
£2,237.08
£223.71
£186.42
17%
£2,516.72
£251.67
£209.73
7%
£3,075.99
£307.60
£256.33
3%
£3,635.26
£363.53
£302.94
2%
£4,194.53
£419.45
£349.54
1.0%
£5,033.44
£503.34
£419.45
0.1%
These are averages for the whole council area, parish charges included: your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your parish. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.
About Coventry’s figures
Coventry's Band D went up more slowly than most of England's this year. The 2026/27 charge is £2,516.72, against £2,413.68 in 2025/26, so the increase is £103.04, or 4.3%. The simple average rise across the country's 296 councils was 4.8%; ranked by percentage increase, Coventry comes 226th.
Two of Coventry's precepts match Birmingham's to the penny: £244.50 for the police and £85.19 for fire and rescue. The city council's own element, £2,186.40, accounts for 86.9% of Band D. Coventry has 3 parishes, yet their precepts average only £0.63 once spread across the city.
Despite the smaller rise, the level remains above average. Coventry is 83rd of 296 English councils for Band D, 4.4% higher than the simple mean of £2,410.97.
The city's 154,040 homes lean heavily towards the bottom of the scale. Band A holds 63,390 of them (41.2%) and Band B 44,550 (28.9%): together, 70.1%. Band D accounts for only 7.1%. In 2026/27 a Band A bill is £1,677.81 and a Band B bill £1,957.45; the city's 180 Band H homes pay £5,033.44.
Coventry's return to government gives a tax base of 91,413 Band D equivalents and assumes 98% of the tax will be collected. The band of an individual home is not set by the council: it comes from the Valuation Office Agency. By the number of homes on that agency's list, Coventry is the 28th largest council in England.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Coventry it is £2,516.72 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 213 of them charge less than Coventry.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where Coventry’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 41%, is in Band A. Bands A to C together hold 87% of the 154,040 homes, and bands E to H hold 6%.
Homes are counted as: all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency.
Check your own band
The letter is printed on your council tax bill. To look up any home, use the official services: England and Wales or Scotland. Band by Band cannot tell you the band of an address.