Council tax bands in Leeds 2026-27
Band D council tax in Leeds is £2,271.51 a year in 2026-27, about £227.15 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Leeds' parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Leeds
Council tax in Leeds runs from £1,514.34 a year for Band A to £4,543.02 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,514.34 | £151.43 | £126.20 | £1,135.75 |
| Band B | £1,766.73 | £176.67 | £147.23 | £1,325.05 |
| Band C | £2,019.12 | £201.91 | £168.26 | £1,514.34 |
| Band D | £2,271.51 | £227.15 | £189.29 | £1,703.63 |
| Band E | £2,776.29 | £277.63 | £231.36 | £2,082.22 |
| Band F | £3,281.07 | £328.11 | £273.42 | £2,460.80 |
| Band G | £3,785.85 | £378.59 | £315.49 | £2,839.39 |
| Band H | £4,543.02 | £454.30 | £378.59 | £3,407.27 |
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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 Leeds
Most homes in Leeds are in Bands A and B (59%). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (35%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (80,650 homes), most often Band C (42%). These are shares of all 380,760 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 | 37.8% |
| Band B | 21.3% |
| Band C | 19.5% |
| Band D | 10.2% |
| Band E | 6.1% |
| Band F | 2.8% |
| Band G | 2% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (59%, against 62%) and about the same share in Band F and above (5%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 113,350 | 30% | Band C (35%) |
| Terraced houses | 101,030 | 27% | Band A (57%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 97,410 | 26% | Band A (56%) |
| Detached houses | 42,530 | 11% | Band E (32%) |
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 Leeds goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Leeds council | £1,903.74 (84%) |
| Police | £278.28 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £89.49 (4%) |
£36.24 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 Leeds has changed
Band D went up by £110.61 (5.1%), from £2,160.90 in 2025-26 to £2,271.51 in 2026-27.
Band D in Leeds is £82.77 a year below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average: 4.9%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 16.0%, close to the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in Leeds is the 4th lowest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 64th 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.
Leeds and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Wakefield | £2,259.40 |
| Bradford | £2,333.05 |
| Kirklees | £2,430.19 |
| North Yorkshire | £2,488.80 |
| Calderdale | £2,401.96 |
| York | £2,269.91 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Leeds (380,760 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | £2,353.17 | 469,460 |
| Sheffield | £2,505.32 | 263,910 |
| Manchester | £2,312.04 | 257,700 |
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 | 243,740 |
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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