Council tax bands in Darlington 2026-27
Band D council tax in Darlington is £2,485.73 a year in 2026-27, about £248.57 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Darlington's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Darlington
Council tax in Darlington runs from £1,657.15 a year for Band A to £4,971.46 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,657.15 | £165.72 | £138.10 | £1,242.86 |
| Band B | £1,933.35 | £193.33 | £161.11 | £1,450.01 |
| Band C | £2,209.54 | £220.95 | £184.13 | £1,657.16 |
| Band D | £2,485.73 | £248.57 | £207.14 | £1,864.30 |
| Band E | £3,038.11 | £303.81 | £253.18 | £2,278.58 |
| Band F | £3,590.50 | £359.05 | £299.21 | £2,692.88 |
| Band G | £4,142.88 | £414.29 | £345.24 | £3,107.16 |
| Band H | £4,971.46 | £497.15 | £414.29 | £3,728.60 |
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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 Darlington
Most homes in Darlington are in Bands A and B (64%). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (40%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (11,180 homes), most often Band B (42%). These are shares of all 54,170 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 | 42.8% |
| Band B | 20.8% |
| Band C | 14.6% |
| Band D | 11.1% |
| Band E | 6.8% |
| Band F | 2.6% |
| Band G | 1.3% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (64%, against 68%) and about the same share in Band F and above (4%, against 3%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 16,980 | 31% | Band B (40%) |
| Terraced houses | 16,600 | 31% | Band A (76%) |
| Detached houses | 8,680 | 16% | Band D (35%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 7,490 | 14% | Band A (70%) |
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 Darlington goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Darlington council | £2,056.87 (83%) |
| Police | £300.74 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £128.12 (5%) |
£39.18 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 Darlington has changed
Band D went up by £121.26 (5.1%), from £2,364.47 in 2025-26 to £2,485.73 in 2026-27.
Band D in Darlington is £5.75 a year below the North East average of £2,491.48, and its 5.1% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North East (North East average: 4.4%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the North East average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Darlington is the 4th lowest of 12 councils in the North East, and the 80th 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.
Darlington and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Stockton-on-Tees | £2,572.10 |
| Middlesbrough | £2,548.05 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 |
| Hartlepool | £2,556.88 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £2,526.22 |
| Sunderland | £2,196.25 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Darlington (54,170 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Forest | £2,264.80 | 55,190 |
| Slough | £2,408.64 | 57,570 |
| Halton | £2,358.34 | 59,720 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £2,450.09 | 64,640 |
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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