Council tax bands in Bradford 2026-27
Band D council tax in Bradford is £2,333.05 a year in 2026-27, about £233.31 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Bradford's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Bradford
Council tax in Bradford runs from £1,555.37 a year for Band A to £4,666.10 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,555.37 | £155.54 | £129.61 | £1,166.53 |
| Band B | £1,814.59 | £181.46 | £151.22 | £1,360.94 |
| Band C | £2,073.82 | £207.38 | £172.82 | £1,555.37 |
| Band D | £2,333.05 | £233.31 | £194.42 | £1,749.79 |
| Band E | £2,851.51 | £285.15 | £237.63 | £2,138.63 |
| Band F | £3,369.96 | £337.00 | £280.83 | £2,527.47 |
| Band G | £3,888.42 | £388.84 | £324.04 | £2,916.32 |
| Band H | £4,666.10 | £466.61 | £388.84 | £3,499.58 |
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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 Bradford
Most homes in Bradford are in Bands A and B (62%). Terraced houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (55%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (48,590 homes), most often Band C (40%). These are shares of all 225,210 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 | 41.3% |
| Band B | 20.9% |
| Band C | 18.7% |
| Band D | 8.5% |
| Band E | 6% |
| Band F | 2.8% |
| Band G | 1.7% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are about the same share in Bands A and B (62%, against 62%) and about the same share in Band F and above (5%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 81,360 | 36% | Band A (55%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 65,190 | 29% | Band C (34%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 36,860 | 16% | Band A (74%) |
| Detached houses | 23,640 | 11% | Band E (35%) |
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 Bradford goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Bradford council | £1,965.28 (84%) |
| Police | £278.28 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £89.49 (4%) |
£37.44 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 Bradford has changed
Band D went up by £113.40 (5.1%), from £2,219.65 in 2025-26 to £2,333.05 in 2026-27.
Band D in Bradford is £21.23 a year below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average: 4.9%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 20.6%, more than the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in Bradford is the 7th highest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 105th 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.
Bradford and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Calderdale | £2,401.96 |
| Pendle | £2,505.59 |
| Kirklees | £2,430.19 |
| Leeds | £2,271.51 |
| Burnley | £2,540.32 |
| Rossendale | £2,516.04 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Bradford (225,210 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 | 243,740 |
| Manchester | £2,312.04 | 257,700 |
| Sheffield | £2,505.32 | 263,910 |
| Wakefield | £2,259.40 | 165,780 |
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).
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