Council tax bands in Oxford 2026-27
Band D council tax in Oxford, including special expenses, is £2,672.44 a year in 2026-27, about £267.24 a month over 10 payments.
This includes Oxford's special expenses for local services, which average £15.88 a year at Band D and vary by area. Every part of Oxford pays a special expense or a parish charge, so no home pays the basic amount of £2,656.56 alone.
Homes in Oxford's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Oxford
Council tax in Oxford runs from £1,781.63 a year for Band A to £5,344.88 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,781.63 | £178.16 | £148.47 | £1,336.22 |
| Band B | £2,078.56 | £207.86 | £173.21 | £1,558.92 |
| Band C | £2,375.50 | £237.55 | £197.96 | £1,781.63 |
| Band D | £2,672.44 | £267.24 | £222.70 | £2,004.33 |
| Band E | £3,266.32 | £326.63 | £272.19 | £2,449.74 |
| Band F | £3,860.19 | £386.02 | £321.68 | £2,895.14 |
| Band G | £4,454.07 | £445.41 | £371.17 | £3,340.55 |
| Band H | £5,344.88 | £534.49 | £445.41 | £4,008.66 |
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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 Oxford
Most homes in Oxford are in Bands C and D (57%). Flats, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (37%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (11,440 homes), mostly Band C (53%). These are shares of all 64,030 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 | 4.6% |
| Band B | 15.5% |
| Band C | 31% |
| Band D | 25.5% |
| Band E | 12.1% |
| Band F | 5% |
| Band G | 5.3% |
| Band H | 1% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (20%, against 25%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (11%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 23,390 | 37% | Band B (37%) |
| Terraced houses | 20,010 | 31% | Band C (48%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 15,000 | 23% | Band D (43%) |
| Detached houses | 4,350 | 7% | Band G (35%) |
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 Oxford goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Oxford district council, with special expenses (average) | £367.38 (14%) |
| County council | £2,006.78 (75%) |
| Police | £298.28 (11%) |
The council's share includes its special expenses at their average; they vary by area. Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Oxford has changed
Band D including special expenses went up by £121.04 (4.7%), from £2,551.40 in 2025-26 to £2,672.44 in 2026-27.
Band D in Oxford is £247.15 a year above the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 4.7% rise this year was smaller than most councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 14.9%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Oxford is the 2nd highest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 6th 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.
Oxford and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Cherwell | £2,468.56 |
| South Oxfordshire | £2,461.30 |
| Vale of White Horse | £2,471.75 |
| West Oxfordshire | £2,439.44 |
| Buckinghamshire | £2,418.35 |
| West Berkshire | £2,406.91 |
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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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