Council tax bands in Sheffield 2026-27
Band D council tax in Sheffield is £2,505.32 a year in 2026-27, about £250.53 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Sheffield's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Sheffield
Council tax in Sheffield runs from £1,670.21 a year for Band A to £5,010.64 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,670.21 | £167.02 | £139.18 | £1,252.66 |
| Band B | £1,948.58 | £194.86 | £162.38 | £1,461.44 |
| Band C | £2,226.95 | £222.70 | £185.58 | £1,670.21 |
| Band D | £2,505.32 | £250.53 | £208.78 | £1,878.99 |
| Band E | £3,062.06 | £306.21 | £255.17 | £2,296.55 |
| Band F | £3,618.80 | £361.88 | £301.57 | £2,714.10 |
| Band G | £4,175.53 | £417.55 | £347.96 | £3,131.65 |
| Band H | £5,010.64 | £501.06 | £417.55 | £3,757.98 |
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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 Sheffield
Most homes in Sheffield are in Band A (58%). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band A (43%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (57,020 homes), most often Band A (38%). These are shares of all 263,910 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 | 58% |
| Band B | 16.3% |
| Band C | 12.7% |
| Band D | 6.4% |
| Band E | 3.8% |
| Band F | 1.7% |
| Band G | 1.1% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (74%, against 62%) and about the same share in Band F and above (3%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 80,560 | 31% | Band A (43%) |
| Terraced houses | 73,260 | 28% | Band A (82%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 70,000 | 27% | Band A (75%) |
| Detached houses | 25,780 | 10% | Band D (29%) |
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 Sheffield goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Sheffield council | £2,130.23 (85%) |
| Police | £280.04 (11%) |
| Fire and rescue | £95.05 (4%) |
£40.58 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 Sheffield has changed
Band D went up by £121.24 (5.1%), from £2,384.08 in 2025-26 to £2,505.32 in 2026-27.
Band D in Sheffield is £151.04 a year above the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 5.1% rise this year was smaller than most councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average: 4.9%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.9%, close to the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in Sheffield is the highest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 65th 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.
Sheffield and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Barnsley | £2,317.38 |
| Rotherham | £2,319.61 |
| Chesterfield | £2,318.39 |
| High Peak | £2,346.89 |
| Bolsover | £2,559.41 |
| North East Derbyshire | £2,466.57 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Sheffield (263,910 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester | £2,312.04 | 257,700 |
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 | 243,740 |
| Bradford | £2,333.05 | 225,210 |
| Kirklees | £2,430.19 | 193,930 |
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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