Council tax bands in Newcastle 2026-27
Band D council tax in Newcastle is £2,540.66 a year in 2026-27, about £254.07 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Newcastle's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Newcastle
Council tax in Newcastle runs from £1,693.77 a year for Band A to £5,081.32 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,693.77 | £169.38 | £141.15 | £1,270.33 |
| Band B | £1,976.07 | £197.61 | £164.67 | £1,482.05 |
| Band C | £2,258.36 | £225.84 | £188.20 | £1,693.77 |
| Band D | £2,540.66 | £254.07 | £211.72 | £1,905.50 |
| Band E | £3,105.25 | £310.52 | £258.77 | £2,328.94 |
| Band F | £3,669.84 | £366.98 | £305.82 | £2,752.38 |
| Band G | £4,234.43 | £423.44 | £352.87 | £3,175.82 |
| Band H | £5,081.32 | £508.13 | £423.44 | £3,810.99 |
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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 Newcastle
Most homes in Newcastle are in Band A (55%). Flats, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (77%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (26,140 homes), most often Band C (36%). These are shares of all 141,750 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 | 55.1% |
| Band B | 15.4% |
| Band C | 14.6% |
| Band D | 7.3% |
| Band E | 4.3% |
| Band F | 1.9% |
| Band G | 1.4% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (70%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 53,160 | 38% | Band A (77%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 35,840 | 25% | Band A (33%) |
| Terraced houses | 34,360 | 24% | Band A (66%) |
| Detached houses | 10,370 | 7% | Band E (34%) |
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 Newcastle goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Newcastle council | £2,221.21 (87%) |
| Police | £214.34 (8%) |
| Fire and rescue | £105.11 (4%) |
£42.31 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 Newcastle has changed
Band D went up by £129.07 (5.4%), from £2,411.59 in 2025-26 to £2,540.66 in 2026-27.
Band D in Newcastle is £49.18 a year above the North East average of £2,491.48, and its 5.4% rise this year was bigger 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 16.5%, more than the North East average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Newcastle is the 5th highest of 12 councils in the North East, and the 47th 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.
Newcastle and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 |
| Gateshead | £2,715.52 |
| South Tyneside | £2,434.43 |
| Sunderland | £2,196.25 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 |
| Northumberland | £2,493.67 |
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Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Newcastle (141,750 homes).
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
Each home's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency. You can look up any home's band on GOV.UK.
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