Council tax bands in Horsham 2026-27
Average Band D council tax in Horsham, including parish charges, is £2,441.01 a year in 2026-27, about £244.10 a month over 10 payments.
Every home in Horsham is in a parish that charges, so no home pays the basic charge of £2,352.37 alone.
Every band in Horsham
On average, council tax in Horsham runs from £1,627.34 a year for Band A to £4,882.02 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,627.34 | £162.73 | £135.61 | £1,220.50 |
| Band B | £1,898.56 | £189.86 | £158.21 | £1,423.92 |
| Band C | £2,169.79 | £216.98 | £180.82 | £1,627.34 |
| Band D | £2,441.01 | £244.10 | £203.42 | £1,830.76 |
| Band E | £2,983.46 | £298.35 | £248.62 | £2,237.60 |
| Band F | £3,525.90 | £352.59 | £293.83 | £2,644.43 |
| Band G | £4,068.35 | £406.84 | £339.03 | £3,051.26 |
| Band H | £4,882.02 | £488.20 | £406.84 | £3,661.52 |
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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 Horsham
The most common band in Horsham is Band D (22% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band G (35%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (9,840 homes), mostly Band D (54%). These are shares of all 67,020 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 | 3.6% |
| Band B | 10.2% |
| Band C | 21% |
| Band D | 21.6% |
| Band E | 17.5% |
| Band F | 12.8% |
| Band G | 12.1% |
| Band H | 1.3% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (14%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 18,620 | 28% | Band G (35%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 14,250 | 21% | Band D (47%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 12,580 | 19% | Band B (47%) |
| Terraced houses | 12,490 | 19% | Band C (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 Horsham goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Horsham district council, with special expenses (average) | £187.71 (8%) |
| County council | £1,890.36 (77%) |
| Police | £281.91 (12%) |
| Parish and town councils (average) | £81.03 (3%) |
The parish share is the average across every parish; each parish sets its own.
How council tax in Horsham has changed
The average Band D including parish charges went up by £119.47 (5.2%), from £2,321.54 in 2025-26 to £2,441.01 in 2026-27.
Band D in Horsham is £15.72 a year above the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 5.2% rise this year was bigger 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 15.8%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Horsham is the 32nd highest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 112th 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.
Horsham and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Adur | £2,526.26 |
| Crawley | £2,418.46 |
| Worthing | £2,456.13 |
| Mid Sussex | £2,474.26 |
| Brighton and Hove | £2,579.44 |
| Waverley | £2,604.87 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Horsham (67,020 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Breckland | £2,311.65 | 66,740 |
| Lancaster | £2,461.07 | 67,460 |
| Vale of White Horse | £2,471.75 | 66,150 |
| Swale | £2,356.32 | 67,910 |
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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