Council tax bands in St Albans 2026-27
Band D council tax in St Albans, including special expenses, is £2,352.41 a year in 2026-27, about £235.24 a month over 10 payments.
This includes St Albans' special expenses for local services, which average £19.44 a year at Band D and vary by area. Every part of St Albans pays a special expense or a parish charge, so no home pays the basic amount of £2,332.97 alone.
Every band in St Albans
Council tax in St Albans runs from £1,568.27 a year for Band A to £4,704.82 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,568.27 | £156.83 | £130.69 | £1,176.20 |
| Band B | £1,829.65 | £182.97 | £152.47 | £1,372.24 |
| Band C | £2,091.03 | £209.10 | £174.25 | £1,568.27 |
| Band D | £2,352.41 | £235.24 | £196.03 | £1,764.31 |
| Band E | £2,875.17 | £287.52 | £239.60 | £2,156.38 |
| Band F | £3,397.93 | £339.79 | £283.16 | £2,548.45 |
| Band G | £3,920.68 | £392.07 | £326.72 | £2,940.51 |
| Band H | £4,704.82 | £470.48 | £392.07 | £3,528.62 |
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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 St Albans
The most common band in St Albans is Band D (26% of homes). Flats, about 2 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band C (51%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (10,690 homes), mostly Band E (51%). These are shares of all 63,700 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 | 1.4% |
| Band B | 5.1% |
| Band C | 16.6% |
| Band D | 26% |
| Band E | 20.6% |
| Band F | 15% |
| Band G | 13.1% |
| Band H | 2.3% |
Compared with the East of England average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (6%, against 35%) and more homes in Band F and above (30%, against 11%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 15,730 | 25% | Band C (51%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 15,270 | 24% | Band E (44%) |
| Terraced houses | 14,470 | 23% | Band D (58%) |
| Detached houses | 13,670 | 22% | Band G (47%) |
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 St Albans goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| St Albans district council, with special expenses (average) | £214.22 (9%) |
| County council | £1,858.19 (79%) |
| Police | £280.00 (12%) |
The council's share includes its special expenses at their average; they vary by area. Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in St Albans has changed
Band D including special expenses went up by £109.54 (4.9%), from £2,242.87 in 2025-26 to £2,352.41 in 2026-27.
Including parish and special charges, the average Band D bill went up by £113.27 (4.9%), from £2,305.95 to £2,419.22.
Band D in St Albans is £17.27 a year above the East of England average of £2,335.14, and its 4.9% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the East of England (East of England average: 4.7%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.3%, close to the East of England average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in St Albans is the 19th highest of 45 councils in the East of England, and the 122nd 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.
St Albans and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Welwyn Hatfield | £2,390.19 |
| Hertsmere | £2,338.12 |
| Watford | £2,446.70 |
| Luton | £2,439.93 |
| Dacorum | £2,381.40 |
| Three Rivers | £2,350.72 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to St Albans (63,700 homes).
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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