Council tax bands in Southwark 2026-27
Band D council tax in Southwark is £1,967.26 a year in 2026-27, about £196.73 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Southwark
Council tax in Southwark runs from £1,311.51 a year for Band A to £3,934.52 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,311.51 | £131.15 | £109.29 | £983.63 |
| Band B | £1,530.09 | £153.01 | £127.51 | £1,147.57 |
| Band C | £1,748.68 | £174.87 | £145.72 | £1,311.51 |
| Band D | £1,967.26 | £196.73 | £163.94 | £1,475.45 |
| Band E | £2,404.43 | £240.44 | £200.37 | £1,803.32 |
| Band F | £2,841.60 | £284.16 | £236.80 | £2,131.20 |
| Band G | £3,278.77 | £327.88 | £273.23 | £2,459.08 |
| Band H | £3,934.52 | £393.45 | £327.88 | £2,950.89 |
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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 Southwark
The most common band in Southwark is Band B (25% of homes). Flats, about 8 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (31%). The most common kind of home is a 2-bedroom flat (47,120 homes), most often Band B (35%). These are shares of all 151,710 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 | 8.7% |
| Band B | 25.1% |
| Band C | 23.7% |
| Band D | 19.1% |
| Band E | 14.5% |
| Band F | 5.3% |
| Band G | 3% |
| Band H | 0.5% |
Compared with the London average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (34%, against 17%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (9%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 118,210 | 78% | Band B (31%) |
| Terraced houses | 22,340 | 15% | Band D (48%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 3,910 | 3% | Band E (32%) |
| Detached houses | 1,130 | 1% | Band G (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 Southwark goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Southwark council | £1,456.75 (74%) |
| Greater London Authority | £510.51 (26%) |
£27.75 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Southwark has changed
Band D went up by £89.36 (4.8%), from £1,877.90 in 2025-26 to £1,967.26 in 2026-27.
Band D in Southwark is £122.12 a year below the London average of £2,089.38, and its 4.8% rise this year was smaller than most London boroughs (London average: 4.7%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 16.2%, close to the London average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Southwark is the 8th lowest of 33 councils in London, and the 9th 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.
Southwark and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Lambeth | £2,047.11 |
| Lewisham | £2,237.33 |
| City of London | £1,288.76 |
| Tower Hamlets | £1,837.78 |
| Westminster | £1,047.85 |
| Greenwich | £2,107.86 |
Similar inner London boroughs
Southwark is one of the 14 inner London boroughs (ONS ITL2 regions). Other inner London boroughs closest in size to Southwark (151,710 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth | £1,028.21 | 159,480 |
| Newham | £1,944.23 | 134,040 |
| Hackney | £2,060.30 | 121,260 |
| Haringey | £2,313.78 | 115,360 |
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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