Council tax bands in Newham 2026-27
Band D council tax in Newham is £1,944.23 a year in 2026-27, about £194.42 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Newham
Council tax in Newham runs from £1,296.15 a year for Band A to £3,888.46 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,296.15 | £129.62 | £108.01 | £972.11 |
| Band B | £1,512.18 | £151.22 | £126.02 | £1,134.14 |
| Band C | £1,728.20 | £172.82 | £144.02 | £1,296.15 |
| Band D | £1,944.23 | £194.42 | £162.02 | £1,458.17 |
| Band E | £2,376.28 | £237.63 | £198.02 | £1,782.21 |
| Band F | £2,808.33 | £280.83 | £234.03 | £2,106.25 |
| Band G | £3,240.38 | £324.04 | £270.03 | £2,430.29 |
| Band H | £3,888.46 | £388.85 | £324.04 | £2,916.35 |
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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 Newham
Most homes in Newham are in Bands B and C (68%). Flats, about 6 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (42%). The most common kind of home is a 1-bedroom flat (32,870 homes), mostly Band B (53%). These are shares of all 134,040 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 | 4.1% |
| Band B | 25.6% |
| Band C | 42.2% |
| Band D | 20.5% |
| Band E | 5.6% |
| Band F | 1.7% |
| Band G | 0.2% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the London average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (30%, against 17%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 78,890 | 59% | Band B (42%) |
| Terraced houses | 50,910 | 38% | Band C (70%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 2,490 | 2% | Band C (39%) |
| Detached houses | 640 | 1% | Band D (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 Newham goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Newham council | £1,433.72 (74%) |
| Greater London Authority | £510.51 (26%) |
£27.31 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Newham has changed
Band D went up by £88.27 (4.8%), from £1,855.96 in 2025-26 to £1,944.23 in 2026-27.
Band D in Newham is £145.15 a year below the London average of £2,089.38, and its 4.8% rise this year was smaller than most London boroughs (London average: 4.7%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 19.5%, more than the London average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Newham is the 7th lowest of 33 councils in London, and the 8th 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.
Newham and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | £1,837.78 |
| Hackney | £2,060.30 |
| Redbridge | £2,294.58 |
| Barking and Dagenham | £2,198.51 |
| Greenwich | £2,107.86 |
| Waltham Forest | £2,386.96 |
Similar inner London boroughs
Newham is one of the 14 inner London boroughs (ONS ITL2 regions). Other inner London boroughs closest in size to Newham (134,040 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Lewisham | £2,237.33 | 134,770 |
| Westminster | £1,047.85 | 132,030 |
| Lambeth | £2,047.11 | 149,380 |
| Southwark | £1,967.26 | 151,710 |
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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