Council tax bands in St. Helens 2026-27
Band D council tax in St. Helens is £2,394.87 a year in 2026-27, about £239.49 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in St. Helens' parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in St. Helens
Council tax in St. Helens runs from £1,596.58 a year for Band A to £4,789.74 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,596.58 | £159.66 | £133.05 | £1,197.44 |
| Band B | £1,862.68 | £186.27 | £155.22 | £1,397.01 |
| Band C | £2,128.77 | £212.88 | £177.40 | £1,596.58 |
| Band D | £2,394.87 | £239.49 | £199.57 | £1,796.15 |
| Band E | £2,927.06 | £292.71 | £243.92 | £2,195.30 |
| Band F | £3,459.26 | £345.93 | £288.27 | £2,594.45 |
| Band G | £3,991.45 | £399.15 | £332.62 | £2,993.59 |
| Band H | £4,789.74 | £478.97 | £399.15 | £3,592.31 |
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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. Helens
Most homes in St. Helens are in Bands A and B (66%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (34%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (28,470 homes), most often Band B (34%). These are shares of all 86,510 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 | 43.8% |
| Band B | 22.4% |
| Band C | 18.4% |
| Band D | 8.2% |
| Band E | 4.5% |
| Band F | 2% |
| Band G | 0.7% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (66%, against 60%) and fewer homes 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 | 34,270 | 40% | Band B (34%) |
| Terraced houses | 27,010 | 31% | Band A (76%) |
| Detached houses | 10,810 | 13% | Band D (33%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 8,500 | 10% | Band A (82%) |
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. Helens goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| St. Helens council | £1,975.65 (82%) |
| Police | £293.97 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £101.25 (4%) |
| Combined authority | £24.00 (1%) |
£37.63 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 St. Helens has changed
Band D went up by £113.90 (5.0%), from £2,280.97 in 2025-26 to £2,394.87 in 2026-27.
Band D in St. Helens is £66.96 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.0% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.9%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in St. Helens is the 8th lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 144th 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.
St. Helens and other councils
Nearby councils
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to St. Helens (86,510 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Bury | £2,555.15 | 85,660 |
| Gateshead | £2,715.52 | 95,940 |
| Solihull | £2,172.96 | 96,190 |
| Calderdale | £2,401.96 | 97,820 |
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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