Council tax bands in Luton 2026-27
Band D council tax in Luton is £2,439.93 a year in 2026-27, about £243.99 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Luton
Council tax in Luton runs from £1,626.62 a year for Band A to £4,879.86 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,626.62 | £162.66 | £135.55 | £1,219.96 |
| Band B | £1,897.72 | £189.77 | £158.14 | £1,423.29 |
| Band C | £2,168.83 | £216.88 | £180.74 | £1,626.62 |
| Band D | £2,439.93 | £243.99 | £203.33 | £1,829.95 |
| Band E | £2,982.14 | £298.21 | £248.51 | £2,236.61 |
| Band F | £3,524.34 | £352.43 | £293.70 | £2,643.26 |
| Band G | £4,066.55 | £406.66 | £338.88 | £3,049.91 |
| Band H | £4,879.86 | £487.99 | £406.66 | £3,659.89 |
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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 Luton
Most homes in Luton are in Bands B and C (60%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band B (72%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (20,180 homes), mostly Band C (61%). These are shares of all 85,570 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 | 25.2% |
| Band B | 32.9% |
| Band C | 26.7% |
| Band D | 9.4% |
| Band E | 4.1% |
| Band F | 1.3% |
| Band G | 0.3% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the East of England average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (58%, against 35%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 11%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 25,080 | 29% | Band B (72%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 24,860 | 29% | Band C (57%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 23,880 | 28% | Band A (79%) |
| Detached houses | 7,230 | 8% | Band E (39%) |
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 Luton goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Luton council | £2,019.62 (83%) |
| Police | £297.59 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £122.72 (5%) |
£38.41 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Luton has changed
Band D went up by £119.50 (5.2%), from £2,320.43 in 2025-26 to £2,439.93 in 2026-27.
Band D in Luton is £104.79 a year above the East of England average of £2,335.14, and its 5.2% rise this year was bigger 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 15.8%, close to the East of England average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Luton is the 7th highest of 45 councils in the East of England, and the 114th 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.
Luton and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire | £2,351.85 |
| St Albans | £2,352.41 |
| North Hertfordshire | £2,413.98 |
| Stevenage | £2,391.97 |
| Dacorum | £2,381.40 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £2,390.19 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Luton (85,570 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Telford and Wrekin | £2,109.73 | 86,280 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £2,317.66 | 87,500 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £2,256.30 | 83,390 |
| Bedford | £2,431.59 | 81,610 |
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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