Council tax bands in Dudley 2026-27
Band D council tax in Dudley is £2,144.84 a year in 2026-27, about £214.48 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Dudley
Council tax in Dudley runs from £1,429.89 a year for Band A to £4,289.68 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,429.89 | £142.99 | £119.16 | £1,072.42 |
| Band B | £1,668.21 | £166.82 | £139.02 | £1,251.16 |
| Band C | £1,906.52 | £190.65 | £158.88 | £1,429.89 |
| Band D | £2,144.84 | £214.48 | £178.74 | £1,608.63 |
| Band E | £2,621.47 | £262.15 | £218.46 | £1,966.10 |
| Band F | £3,098.10 | £309.81 | £258.18 | £2,323.57 |
| Band G | £3,574.73 | £357.47 | £297.89 | £2,681.05 |
| Band H | £4,289.68 | £428.97 | £357.47 | £3,217.26 |
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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 Dudley
Most homes in Dudley are in Bands A and B (59%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (38%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (46,070 homes), most often Band C (39%). These are shares of all 142,700 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 | 30.6% |
| Band B | 28.3% |
| Band C | 21.9% |
| Band D | 11.5% |
| Band E | 5.1% |
| Band F | 1.8% |
| Band G | 0.7% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the West Midlands average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (59%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 60,800 | 43% | Band B (38%) |
| Terraced houses | 26,240 | 18% | Band B (49%) |
| Detached houses | 24,370 | 17% | Band D (41%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 21,530 | 15% | Band A (83%) |
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 Dudley goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Dudley council | £1,815.15 (85%) |
| Police | £244.50 (11%) |
| Fire and rescue | £85.19 (4%) |
£34.57 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Dudley has changed
Band D went up by £106.27 (5.2%), from £2,038.57 in 2025-26 to £2,144.84 in 2026-27.
Band D in Dudley is £215.30 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 16.3%, close to the West Midlands average rise of 17.2%.
Band D in Dudley is the 2nd lowest of 30 councils in the West Midlands, and the 21st 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.
Dudley and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Sandwell | £2,244.46 |
| Wolverhampton | £2,538.99 |
| Birmingham | £2,353.17 |
| Walsall | £2,627.48 |
| Wyre Forest | £2,432.60 |
| Bromsgrove | £2,439.70 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Dudley (142,700 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | £2,540.66 | 141,750 |
| Doncaster | £2,124.95 | 145,790 |
| Salford | £2,594.45 | 138,900 |
| Sunderland | £2,196.25 | 135,520 |
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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