Council tax bands in Reading 2026-27
Band D council tax in Reading is £2,612.77 a year in 2026-27, about £261.28 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Reading
Council tax in Reading runs from £1,741.85 a year for Band A to £5,225.54 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,741.85 | £174.19 | £145.15 | £1,306.39 |
| Band B | £2,032.15 | £203.22 | £169.35 | £1,524.11 |
| Band C | £2,322.46 | £232.25 | £193.54 | £1,741.85 |
| Band D | £2,612.77 | £261.28 | £217.73 | £1,959.58 |
| Band E | £3,193.39 | £319.34 | £266.12 | £2,395.04 |
| Band F | £3,774.00 | £377.40 | £314.50 | £2,830.50 |
| Band G | £4,354.62 | £435.46 | £362.89 | £3,265.97 |
| Band H | £5,225.54 | £522.55 | £435.46 | £3,919.16 |
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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 Reading
Most homes in Reading are in Bands B and C (60%). Flats, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (33%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (15,600 homes), mostly Band C (69%). These are shares of all 77,920 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 | 9.3% |
| Band B | 19.4% |
| Band C | 40.7% |
| Band D | 16% |
| Band E | 7.7% |
| Band F | 4.4% |
| Band G | 2.5% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the South East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (29%, against 25%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (7%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 29,990 | 39% | Band B (33%) |
| Terraced houses | 23,670 | 30% | Band C (66%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 14,720 | 19% | Band C (40%) |
| Detached houses | 6,580 | 8% | Band F (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 Reading goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Reading council | £2,223.18 (85%) |
| Police | £298.28 (11%) |
| Fire and rescue | £91.31 (3%) |
£42.35 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Reading has changed
Band D went up by £125.66 (5.1%), from £2,487.11 in 2025-26 to £2,612.77 in 2026-27.
Band D in Reading is £187.48 a year above 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 15.8%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Reading is the 5th highest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 14th 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.
Reading and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Wokingham | £2,497.70 |
| Bracknell Forest | £2,264.80 |
| West Berkshire | £2,406.91 |
| South Oxfordshire | £2,461.30 |
| Hart | £2,400.02 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,916.22 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Reading (77,920 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| North Lincolnshire | £2,293.48 | 78,540 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £2,460.36 | 76,450 |
| Bedford | £2,431.59 | 81,610 |
| Isle of Wight | £2,625.79 | 73,280 |
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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