Council tax bands in Central Bedfordshire 2026-27
Band D council tax in Central Bedfordshire is £2,351.85 a year in 2026-27, about £235.19 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Central Bedfordshire
Council tax in Central Bedfordshire runs from £1,567.90 a year for Band A to £4,703.70 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,567.90 | £156.79 | £130.66 | £1,175.93 |
| Band B | £1,829.22 | £182.92 | £152.44 | £1,371.92 |
| Band C | £2,090.53 | £209.05 | £174.21 | £1,567.90 |
| Band D | £2,351.85 | £235.19 | £195.99 | £1,763.89 |
| Band E | £2,874.48 | £287.45 | £239.54 | £2,155.86 |
| Band F | £3,397.12 | £339.71 | £283.09 | £2,547.84 |
| Band G | £3,919.75 | £391.98 | £326.65 | £2,939.81 |
| Band H | £4,703.70 | £470.37 | £391.98 | £3,527.77 |
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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 Central Bedfordshire
The most common band in Central Bedfordshire is Band C (27% of homes). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (48%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (26,500 homes), most often Band C (50%). These are shares of all 136,210 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 | 8.3% |
| Band B | 19% |
| Band C | 27.3% |
| Band D | 20% |
| Band E | 13.2% |
| Band F | 7.6% |
| Band G | 4.3% |
| Band H | 0.3% |
Compared with the East of England average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (27%, against 35%) and about the same share in Band F and above (12%, against 11%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 36,740 | 27% | Band C (48%) |
| Terraced houses | 34,800 | 26% | Band C (44%) |
| Detached houses | 33,380 | 25% | Band E (40%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 18,580 | 14% | Band A (46%) |
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 Central Bedfordshire goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire council | £1,931.54 (82%) |
| Police | £297.59 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £122.72 (5%) |
£36.79 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 Central Bedfordshire has changed
Band D went up by £115.30 (5.2%), from £2,236.55 in 2025-26 to £2,351.85 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £122.02 (5.1%), from £2,394.14 to £2,516.16.
Band D in Central Bedfordshire is £16.71 a year above the East of England average of £2,335.14, and its 5.2% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the East of England (East of England average: 4.7%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the East of England average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Central Bedfordshire is the 20th highest of 45 councils in the East of England, and the 120th 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.
Central Bedfordshire and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Luton | £2,439.93 |
| North Hertfordshire | £2,413.98 |
| Milton Keynes | £2,235.27 |
| Bedford | £2,431.59 |
| Stevenage | £2,391.97 |
| Dacorum | £2,381.40 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Central Bedfordshire (136,210 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton and Hove | £2,579.44 | 136,830 |
| Cumberland | £2,444.72 | 139,050 |
| South Gloucestershire | £2,550.59 | 130,400 |
| Leicester | £2,528.75 | 145,670 |
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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