Council tax bands in Portsmouth 2026-27
Band D council tax in Portsmouth is £2,291.71 a year in 2026-27, about £229.17 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Portsmouth
Council tax in Portsmouth runs from £1,527.81 a year for Band A to £4,583.42 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,527.81 | £152.78 | £127.32 | £1,145.86 |
| Band B | £1,782.44 | £178.24 | £148.54 | £1,336.83 |
| Band C | £2,037.08 | £203.71 | £169.76 | £1,527.81 |
| Band D | £2,291.71 | £229.17 | £190.98 | £1,718.78 |
| Band E | £2,800.98 | £280.10 | £233.42 | £2,100.74 |
| Band F | £3,310.25 | £331.03 | £275.85 | £2,482.69 |
| Band G | £3,819.52 | £381.95 | £318.29 | £2,864.64 |
| Band H | £4,583.42 | £458.34 | £381.95 | £3,437.57 |
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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 Portsmouth
Most homes in Portsmouth are in Bands A and B (63%). Terraced houses, about 5 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band B (52%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (28,730 homes), most often Band B (45%). These are shares of all 94,250 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 | 29% |
| Band B | 33.8% |
| Band C | 23.9% |
| Band D | 6.7% |
| Band E | 4% |
| Band F | 1.8% |
| Band G | 0.7% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the South East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (63%, against 25%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (3%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 43,420 | 46% | Band B (52%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 36,750 | 39% | Band A (66%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 10,050 | 11% | Band C (42%) |
| Detached houses | 2,460 | 3% | Band E (33%) |
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 Portsmouth goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Portsmouth council | £1,908.41 (83%) |
| Police | £290.46 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £92.84 (4%) |
£36.35 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Portsmouth has changed
Band D went up by £110.79 (5.1%), from £2,180.92 in 2025-26 to £2,291.71 in 2026-27.
Band D in Portsmouth is £133.58 a year below the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger 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 15.7%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Portsmouth is the 10th lowest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 70th 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.
Portsmouth and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Gosport | £2,344.29 |
| Havant | £2,320.28 |
| Fareham | £2,270.55 |
| Isle of Wight | £2,625.79 |
| Eastleigh | £2,342.21 |
| Southampton | £2,381.48 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Portsmouth (94,250 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| York | £2,269.91 | 94,410 |
| Peterborough | £2,279.25 | 92,630 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £2,572.10 | 91,390 |
| Herefordshire | £2,481.36 | 91,310 |
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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