Council tax bands in Shropshire 2026-27
Band D council tax in Shropshire is £2,400.03 a year in 2026-27, about £240.00 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Shropshire
Council tax in Shropshire runs from £1,600.02 a year for Band A to £4,800.06 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,600.02 | £160.00 | £133.34 | £1,200.01 |
| Band B | £1,866.69 | £186.67 | £155.56 | £1,400.02 |
| Band C | £2,133.36 | £213.34 | £177.78 | £1,600.02 |
| Band D | £2,400.03 | £240.00 | £200.00 | £1,800.02 |
| Band E | £2,933.37 | £293.34 | £244.45 | £2,200.03 |
| Band F | £3,466.71 | £346.67 | £288.89 | £2,600.03 |
| Band G | £4,000.05 | £400.01 | £333.34 | £3,000.04 |
| Band H | £4,800.06 | £480.01 | £400.01 | £3,600.05 |
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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 Shropshire
The most common band in Shropshire is Band B (26% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band E (29%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (29,690 homes), most often Band C (43%). These are shares of all 153,430 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 | 18% |
| Band B | 25.5% |
| Band C | 20.9% |
| Band D | 14.5% |
| Band E | 11.6% |
| Band F | 6.1% |
| Band G | 3.2% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the West Midlands average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (43%, against 54%) and more homes in Band F and above (10%, against 7%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 45,500 | 30% | Band E (29%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 41,050 | 27% | Band B (44%) |
| Terraced houses | 26,930 | 18% | Band B (47%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 14,460 | 9% | 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 Shropshire goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Shropshire council | £1,969.09 (82%) |
| Police | £306.50 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £124.44 (5%) |
£36.13 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 Shropshire has changed
Band D went up by £182.41 (8.2%), from £2,217.62 in 2025-26 to £2,400.03 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £209.38 (9.0%), from £2,318.80 to £2,528.18.
Band D in Shropshire is £39.89 a year above the West Midlands average of £2,360.14, and its 8.2% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the West Midlands (West Midlands average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 19.1%, more than the West Midlands average rise of 17.2%.
Band D in Shropshire is the 14th highest of 30 councils in the West Midlands, and the 138th 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.
Shropshire and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Telford and Wrekin | £2,109.73 |
| South Staffordshire | £2,313.67 |
| Wolverhampton | £2,538.99 |
| Wyre Forest | £2,432.60 |
| Dudley | £2,144.84 |
| Wrexham | £2,233.80 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Shropshire (153,430 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | £2,755.39 | 148,400 |
| Leicester | £2,528.75 | 145,670 |
| North Northamptonshire | £2,343.66 | 163,450 |
| Northumberland | £2,493.67 | 163,900 |
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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