Council tax bands in Harlow 2026-27
Band D council tax in Harlow is £2,298.69 a year in 2026-27, about £229.87 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Harlow
Council tax in Harlow runs from £1,532.46 a year for Band A to £4,597.38 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,532.46 | £153.25 | £127.71 | £1,149.35 |
| Band B | £1,787.87 | £178.79 | £148.99 | £1,340.90 |
| Band C | £2,043.28 | £204.33 | £170.27 | £1,532.46 |
| Band D | £2,298.69 | £229.87 | £191.56 | £1,724.02 |
| Band E | £2,809.51 | £280.95 | £234.13 | £2,107.13 |
| Band F | £3,320.33 | £332.03 | £276.69 | £2,490.25 |
| Band G | £3,831.15 | £383.12 | £319.26 | £2,873.36 |
| Band H | £4,597.38 | £459.74 | £383.12 | £3,448.04 |
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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 Harlow
Most homes in Harlow are in Bands B and C (69%). Terraced houses, about 5 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band C (83%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (10,250 homes), mostly Band C (82%). These are shares of all 40,650 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 | 6.4% |
| Band B | 20.6% |
| Band C | 48.3% |
| Band D | 12.9% |
| Band E | 7.6% |
| Band F | 3% |
| Band G | 1.1% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the East of England average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (27%, against 35%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (4%, against 11%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 20,270 | 50% | Band C (83%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 11,650 | 29% | Band B (59%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 4,280 | 11% | Band D (56%) |
| Detached houses | 3,360 | 8% | Band E (48%) |
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 Harlow goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Harlow district council | £288.90 (13%) |
| County council | £1,641.96 (71%) |
| Police | £275.31 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £92.52 (4%) |
How council tax in Harlow has changed
Band D went up by £82.26 (3.7%), from £2,216.43 in 2025-26 to £2,298.69 in 2026-27.
Band D in Harlow is £36.45 a year below the East of England average of £2,335.14, and its 3.7% rise this year was smaller 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 12.0%, less than the East of England average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Harlow is the 15th lowest of 45 councils in the East of England, and the 75th 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.
Harlow and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Epping Forest | £2,277.21 |
| Broxbourne | £2,306.43 |
| East Hertfordshire | £2,345.22 |
| Enfield | £2,267.67 |
| Brentwood | £2,233.28 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £2,390.19 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Harlow (40,650 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Forest of Dean | £2,322.07 | 41,250 |
| Mole Valley | £2,508.58 | 40,050 |
| Runnymede | £2,492.99 | 39,980 |
| Uttlesford | £2,197.25 | 41,570 |
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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