Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Liverpool council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,673.59 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,782.39; the dearest, H, pays £5,347.18. 59% of Liverpool’s 243,740 homes are in Band A.
Band D costs £2,673.59 a year: £267.36 over 10 payments or £222.80 over 12. 6% of Liverpool’s homes are in this band.
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Liverpool, 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 E 2%, Band F 1.0%, Band G 0.7%, Band H under 0.1% of homes.
Every band in Liverpool
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,782.39
£178.24
£148.53
59%
£2,079.46
£207.95
£173.29
19%
£2,376.52
£237.65
£198.04
12%
£2,673.59
£267.36
£222.80
6%
£3,267.72
£326.77
£272.31
2%
£3,861.85
£386.19
£321.82
1.0%
£4,455.98
£445.60
£371.33
0.7%
£5,347.18
£534.72
£445.60
under 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 Liverpool’s figures
Few English councils charge more for Band D than Liverpool. The 2026/27 figure, £2,673.59, puts Liverpool 13th of 296 and 10.9% above the simple mean of English councils, £2,410.97. A year earlier it was £2,546.45, which makes this year's increase £127.14, or 5.0%.
Where the money goes is set out in the government's Table 10. The city council itself takes £2,254.37 (84.3%). Alongside it sit three smaller precepts: £293.97 for policing, £101.25 for the fire authority and £24.00 for a combined authority. No parish councils exist within the city, so nothing is averaged in at that level.
Band D is a reference point rather than a common case in Liverpool. Out of 243,740 homes on the valuation list, 144,540 sit in Band A, which is 59.3% and the 9th largest such share anywhere in England, while Band D itself accounts for only 5.8% of local properties. For a Band A household the annual charge is £1,782.39; Band B costs £2,079.46, and the handful of Band H homes £5,347.18.
One more figure catches the eye in Liverpool's return: a collection rate of 94%. Only 1 council in England assumed a lower rate when setting its tax base, which in Liverpool amounts to 122,886 Band D equivalents, set against 243,740 homes, the 9th largest housing stock of any English council.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Liverpool it is £2,673.59 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 283 of them charge less than Liverpool.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where Liverpool’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 59%, is in Band A. Bands A to C together hold 90% of the 243,740 homes, and bands E to H hold 4%.
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.