Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Newham council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £1,944.23 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,296.15; the dearest, H, pays £3,888.46. 42% of Newham’s 134,040 homes are in Band C.
Band D costs £1,944.23 a year: £194.42 over 10 payments or £162.02 over 12. 21% of Newham’s homes are in this band.
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B
C
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G
H
Newham, 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 0.2%, Band H under 0.1% of homes.
Every band in Newham
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,296.15
£129.62
£108.01
4%
£1,512.18
£151.22
£126.02
26%
£1,728.20
£172.82
£144.02
42%
£1,944.23
£194.42
£162.02
21%
£2,376.28
£237.63
£198.02
6%
£2,808.33
£280.83
£234.03
2%
£3,240.38
£324.04
£270.03
0.2%
£3,888.46
£388.85
£324.04
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 Newham’s figures
Band C accounts for 42.2% of Newham's housing: 56,630 out of the 134,040 homes on the official valuation list for the borough. No other band comes close. Band B, the runner-up, has 25.6% and Band D 20.5%. Higher up, the bands are close to empty: Band G has 240 properties, Band H just 40.
For that dominant Band C, the 2026/27 charge is £1,728.20 a year, and a Band B home pays £1,512.18. Band D, used for comparisons between councils, costs £1,944.23, which makes Newham the 7th cheapest council in England on that measure, 19.4% cheaper than the simple mean of English councils. Just 5 London boroughs ask less.
Of every Newham Band D bill, £510.51 is the Greater London Authority's, a 26.3% share; the capital's police and fire services are counted within that sum. The remaining £1,433.72 is Newham's own element, and no parish precepts exist.
Between 2025/26 and 2026/27 Band D climbed £88.27, from £1,855.96, which works out at 4.8%. Newham's base of 95,874 Band D equivalents ranks 15th in size among the London boroughs, and the collection rate written into it is 96%. From Band A at £1,296.15 to Band H at £3,888.46, the gap across the full scale is £2,592.31.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Newham it is £1,944.23 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 6 of them charge less than Newham.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where Newham’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 42%, is in Band C. Bands A to C together hold 72% of the 134,040 homes, and bands E to H hold 7%.
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.