Council tax bands in Blackburn with Darwen 2026-27
Band D council tax in Blackburn with Darwen is £2,450.09 a year in 2026-27, about £245.01 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Blackburn with Darwen's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Blackburn with Darwen
Council tax in Blackburn with Darwen runs from £1,633.39 a year for Band A to £4,900.18 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,633.39 | £163.34 | £136.12 | £1,225.04 |
| Band B | £1,905.63 | £190.56 | £158.80 | £1,429.22 |
| Band C | £2,177.86 | £217.79 | £181.49 | £1,633.40 |
| Band D | £2,450.09 | £245.01 | £204.17 | £1,837.57 |
| Band E | £2,994.55 | £299.46 | £249.55 | £2,245.91 |
| Band F | £3,539.02 | £353.90 | £294.92 | £2,654.27 |
| Band G | £4,083.48 | £408.35 | £340.29 | £3,062.61 |
| Band H | £4,900.18 | £490.02 | £408.35 | £3,675.14 |
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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 Blackburn with Darwen
Most homes in Blackburn with Darwen are in Band A (55%). Terraced houses, about 5 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (79%). The most common kind of home is a 2-bedroom terraced house (15,850 homes), mostly Band A (88%). These are shares of all 64,640 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 | 55.4% |
| Band B | 15.6% |
| Band C | 14.2% |
| Band D | 7.9% |
| Band E | 4.5% |
| Band F | 1.3% |
| Band G | 0.9% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (71%, against 60%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 29,370 | 45% | Band A (79%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 14,390 | 22% | Band C (31%) |
| Detached houses | 8,040 | 12% | Band D (38%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 7,700 | 12% | Band A (92%) |
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 Blackburn with Darwen goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen council | £2,062.96 (84%) |
| Police | £292.40 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £94.73 (4%) |
£39.30 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 Blackburn with Darwen has changed
Band D went up by £118.03 (5.1%), from £2,332.06 in 2025-26 to £2,450.09 in 2026-27.
Band D in Blackburn with Darwen is £11.74 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.1% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Blackburn with Darwen is the 17th lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 106th highest 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.
Blackburn with Darwen and other councils
Nearby councils
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Blackburn with Darwen (64,640 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough | £2,548.05 | 66,860 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £2,526.22 | 67,180 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,916.22 | 68,000 |
| Torbay | £2,456.99 | 69,010 |
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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