Council tax bands in Peterborough 2026-27
Band D council tax in Peterborough is £2,279.25 a year in 2026-27, about £227.93 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Peterborough's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Peterborough
Council tax in Peterborough runs from £1,519.50 a year for Band A to £4,558.50 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,519.50 | £151.95 | £126.63 | £1,139.63 |
| Band B | £1,772.75 | £177.28 | £147.73 | £1,329.56 |
| Band C | £2,026.00 | £202.60 | £168.83 | £1,519.50 |
| Band D | £2,279.25 | £227.93 | £189.94 | £1,709.44 |
| Band E | £2,785.75 | £278.58 | £232.15 | £2,089.31 |
| Band F | £3,292.25 | £329.23 | £274.35 | £2,469.19 |
| Band G | £3,798.75 | £379.88 | £316.56 | £2,849.06 |
| Band H | £4,558.50 | £455.85 | £379.88 | £3,418.88 |
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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 Peterborough
Most homes in Peterborough are in Bands A and B (64%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (66%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (16,180 homes), most often Band B (49%). These are shares of all 92,630 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 | 38.9% |
| Band B | 24.9% |
| Band C | 17.2% |
| Band D | 10.1% |
| Band E | 5.4% |
| Band F | 2.2% |
| Band G | 1.2% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the East of England average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (64%, against 35%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (3%, against 11%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 24,720 | 27% | Band A (66%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 23,240 | 25% | Band B (46%) |
| Detached houses | 18,560 | 20% | Band D (32%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 16,730 | 18% | Band A (71%) |
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 Peterborough goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Peterborough council | £1,836.72 (81%) |
| Police | £314.37 (14%) |
| Fire and rescue | £92.16 (4%) |
| Combined authority | £36.00 (2%) |
£34.99 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 Peterborough has changed
Band D went up by £107.19 (4.9%), from £2,172.06 in 2025-26 to £2,279.25 in 2026-27.
Band D in Peterborough is £55.89 a year below the East of England average of £2,335.14, and its 4.9% 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 16.8%, more than the East of England average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Peterborough is the 14th lowest of 45 councils in the East of England, and the 67th 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.
Peterborough and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Fenland | £2,537.74 |
| Rutland | £2,670.21 |
| Huntingdonshire | £2,398.80 |
| South Holland | £2,221.02 |
| North Northamptonshire | £2,343.66 |
| South Kesteven | £2,189.17 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Peterborough (92,630 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Stockton-on-Tees | £2,572.10 | 91,390 |
| Herefordshire | £2,481.36 | 91,310 |
| Portsmouth | £2,291.71 | 94,250 |
| York | £2,269.91 | 94,410 |
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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