Council tax bands in Birmingham 2026-27
Band D council tax in Birmingham is £2,353.17 a year in 2026-27, about £235.32 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Birmingham's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Birmingham
Council tax in Birmingham runs from £1,568.78 a year for Band A to £4,706.34 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,568.78 | £156.88 | £130.73 | £1,176.59 |
| Band B | £1,830.24 | £183.02 | £152.52 | £1,372.68 |
| Band C | £2,091.71 | £209.17 | £174.31 | £1,568.78 |
| Band D | £2,353.17 | £235.32 | £196.10 | £1,764.88 |
| Band E | £2,876.10 | £287.61 | £239.68 | £2,157.07 |
| Band F | £3,399.02 | £339.90 | £283.25 | £2,549.27 |
| Band G | £3,921.95 | £392.20 | £326.83 | £2,941.46 |
| Band H | £4,706.34 | £470.63 | £392.20 | £3,529.76 |
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How bands work: every band is a fixed fraction of Band D, set in law (Band A is 6/9 of Band D and Band H 18/9), rounded here to the penny. A home's band comes from its value on 1 April 1991: Band A up to £40,000, Band H over £320,000. Payments are the yearly charge divided by 10 or 12. Other bands may differ by a penny from your council's table because of how councils round.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, local authority level data (Table 10, Data_Billing), published 25 March 2026.
Homes by band in Birmingham
Most homes in Birmingham are in Bands A and B (64%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band A (44%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (108,140 homes), most often Band A (44%). These are shares of all 469,460 homes on the list, not the band of any one home: a home's own band is on GOV.UK.
| Band | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Band A | 35.2% |
| Band B | 28.3% |
| Band C | 18.4% |
| Band D | 9.6% |
| Band E | 5% |
| Band F | 2% |
| Band G | 1.3% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the West Midlands average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (64%, against 54%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (3%, against 7%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 156,940 | 33% | Band A (44%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 138,330 | 30% | Band A (60%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 121,670 | 26% | Band C (41%) |
| Detached houses | 35,180 | 8% | Band E (32%) |
Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, 31 March 2026 (CTSOP3.0, band by property type), published 24 September 2026. VOA counts are rounded to the nearest 10; property types with fewer than 500 homes are not shown.
Where Band D council tax in Birmingham goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Birmingham council | £2,023.48 (86%) |
| Police | £244.50 (10%) |
| Fire and rescue | £85.19 (4%) |
£38.55 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Birmingham has changed
Band D went up by £116.17 (5.2%), from £2,237.00 in 2025-26 to £2,353.17 in 2026-27.
Band D in Birmingham is £6.97 a year below the West Midlands average of £2,360.14, and its 5.2% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the West Midlands (West Midlands average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 23.5%, more than the West Midlands average rise of 17.2%.
Band D in Birmingham is the 15th lowest of 30 councils in the West Midlands, and the 123rd lowest of 296 councils in England, ranked by the Band D figure on each council's page.
Averages are weighted by number of homes and use each council's Band D as shown on its page.
Birmingham and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Sandwell | £2,244.46 |
| Solihull | £2,172.96 |
| Walsall | £2,627.48 |
| Dudley | £2,144.84 |
| Bromsgrove | £2,439.70 |
| North Warwickshire | £2,465.32 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Birmingham (469,460 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds | £2,271.51 | 380,760 |
| Sheffield | £2,505.32 | 263,910 |
| Manchester | £2,312.04 | 257,700 |
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 | 243,740 |
Band D as shown on each council's page: the basic charge, or where no home pays that alone, Band D including special expenses or the average including parish charges. Similar councils are the same type of council, nearest in number of homes (Valuation Office Agency, 31 March 2026).
Finding a home's band
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