Council tax bands in Middlesbrough 2026-27
Band D council tax in Middlesbrough is £2,548.05 a year in 2026-27, about £254.81 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Middlesbrough's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Middlesbrough
Council tax in Middlesbrough runs from £1,698.70 a year for Band A to £5,096.10 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,698.70 | £169.87 | £141.56 | £1,274.03 |
| Band B | £1,981.82 | £198.18 | £165.15 | £1,486.37 |
| Band C | £2,264.93 | £226.49 | £188.74 | £1,698.70 |
| Band D | £2,548.05 | £254.81 | £212.34 | £1,911.04 |
| Band E | £3,114.28 | £311.43 | £259.52 | £2,335.71 |
| Band F | £3,680.52 | £368.05 | £306.71 | £2,760.39 |
| Band G | £4,246.75 | £424.68 | £353.90 | £3,185.06 |
| Band H | £5,096.10 | £509.61 | £424.68 | £3,822.08 |
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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 Middlesbrough
Most homes in Middlesbrough are in Bands A and B (67%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (80%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (15,810 homes), most often Band C (41%). These are shares of all 66,860 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 | 49.5% |
| Band B | 17.6% |
| Band C | 17.5% |
| Band D | 8.5% |
| Band E | 4.3% |
| Band F | 1.6% |
| Band G | 0.9% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North East average, there are about the same share in Bands A and B (67%, against 68%) and about the same share in Band F and above (3%, against 3%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 22,970 | 34% | Band A (80%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 20,820 | 31% | Band C (34%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 9,090 | 14% | Band A (81%) |
| Detached houses | 8,140 | 12% | Band D (40%) |
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 Middlesbrough goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Middlesbrough council | £2,115.86 (83%) |
| Police | £332.73 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £99.46 (4%) |
£41.52 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 Middlesbrough has changed
Band D went up by £61.52 (2.5%), from £2,486.53 in 2025-26 to £2,548.05 in 2026-27.
Band D in Middlesbrough is £56.57 a year above the North East average of £2,491.48, and its 2.5% rise this year was smaller than most councils in the North East (North East average: 4.4%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 12.8%, less than the North East average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Middlesbrough is the 4th highest of 12 councils in the North East, and the 46th 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.
Middlesbrough and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Stockton-on-Tees | £2,572.10 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £2,526.22 |
| Hartlepool | £2,556.88 |
| Darlington | £2,485.73 |
| Sunderland | £2,196.25 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Middlesbrough (66,860 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,916.22 | 68,000 |
| Torbay | £2,456.99 | 69,010 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £2,450.09 | 64,640 |
| Thurrock | £2,254.68 | 70,490 |
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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