Council tax bands in Guildford 2026-27
Band D council tax in Guildford is £2,501.18 a year in 2026-27, about £250.12 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Guildford
Council tax in Guildford runs from £1,667.45 a year for Band A to £5,002.36 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,667.45 | £166.75 | £138.95 | £1,250.59 |
| Band B | £1,945.36 | £194.54 | £162.11 | £1,459.02 |
| Band C | £2,223.27 | £222.33 | £185.27 | £1,667.45 |
| Band D | £2,501.18 | £250.12 | £208.43 | £1,875.88 |
| Band E | £3,057.00 | £305.70 | £254.75 | £2,292.75 |
| Band F | £3,612.82 | £361.28 | £301.07 | £2,709.62 |
| Band G | £4,168.63 | £416.86 | £347.39 | £3,126.47 |
| Band H | £5,002.36 | £500.24 | £416.86 | £3,751.77 |
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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 Guildford
The most common band in Guildford is Band D (27% of homes). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band D (53%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (11,630 homes), mostly Band D (59%). These are shares of all 63,190 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 | 3.7% |
| Band B | 6% |
| Band C | 20.4% |
| Band D | 26.9% |
| Band E | 16.9% |
| Band F | 11% |
| Band G | 12.1% |
| Band H | 3% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (10%, against 25%) and more homes in Band F and above (26%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 16,860 | 27% | Band D (53%) |
| Detached houses | 15,770 | 25% | Band G (39%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 14,440 | 23% | Band C (48%) |
| Terraced houses | 9,340 | 15% | Band D (45%) |
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 Guildford goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Guildford district council | £210.19 (8%) |
| County council | £1,938.42 (78%) |
| Police | £352.57 (14%) |
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Guildford has changed
Band D went up by £113.16 (4.7%), from £2,388.02 in 2025-26 to £2,501.18 in 2026-27.
Band D in Guildford is £75.89 a year above the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 4.7% rise this year was smaller than most councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 14.8%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Guildford is the 21st highest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 69th 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.
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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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