Council tax bands in Slough 2026-27
Band D council tax in Slough is £2,408.64 a year in 2026-27, about £240.86 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Slough's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Slough
Council tax in Slough runs from £1,605.76 a year for Band A to £4,817.28 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,605.76 | £160.58 | £133.81 | £1,204.32 |
| Band B | £1,873.39 | £187.34 | £156.12 | £1,405.04 |
| Band C | £2,141.01 | £214.10 | £178.42 | £1,605.76 |
| Band D | £2,408.64 | £240.86 | £200.72 | £1,806.48 |
| Band E | £2,943.89 | £294.39 | £245.32 | £2,207.92 |
| Band F | £3,479.15 | £347.92 | £289.93 | £2,609.36 |
| Band G | £4,014.40 | £401.44 | £334.53 | £3,010.80 |
| Band H | £4,817.28 | £481.73 | £401.44 | £3,612.96 |
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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 Slough
Most homes in Slough are in Bands C and D (66%). Flats, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (48%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (11,520 homes), mostly Band C (61%). These are shares of all 57,570 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 | 2.7% |
| Band B | 19.1% |
| Band C | 42.6% |
| Band D | 23.8% |
| Band E | 8.2% |
| Band F | 3% |
| Band G | 0.6% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (22%, against 25%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (4%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 21,270 | 37% | Band B (48%) |
| Terraced houses | 18,980 | 33% | Band C (64%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 11,320 | 20% | Band D (53%) |
| Detached houses | 3,750 | 7% | Band F (39%) |
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 Slough goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Slough council | £2,019.05 (84%) |
| Police | £298.28 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £91.31 (4%) |
£38.46 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 Slough has changed
Band D went up by £115.96 (5.1%), from £2,292.68 in 2025-26 to £2,408.64 in 2026-27.
Band D in Slough is £16.65 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 19.0%, more than the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Slough is the 28th lowest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 130th 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.
Slough and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,916.22 |
| Hillingdon | £2,045.46 |
| Spelthorne | £2,526.44 |
| Runnymede | £2,492.99 |
| Hounslow | £2,185.56 |
| Bracknell Forest | £2,264.80 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Slough (57,570 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Halton | £2,358.34 | 59,720 |
| Darlington | £2,485.73 | 54,170 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £2,450.09 | 64,640 |
| Middlesbrough | £2,548.05 | 66,860 |
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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