Council tax bands in Stafford 2026-27
Band D council tax in Stafford is £2,269.85 a year in 2026-27, about £226.99 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Stafford
Council tax in Stafford runs from £1,513.23 a year for Band A to £4,539.70 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,513.23 | £151.32 | £126.10 | £1,134.92 |
| Band B | £1,765.44 | £176.54 | £147.12 | £1,324.08 |
| Band C | £2,017.64 | £201.76 | £168.14 | £1,513.23 |
| Band D | £2,269.85 | £226.99 | £189.15 | £1,702.39 |
| Band E | £2,774.26 | £277.43 | £231.19 | £2,080.70 |
| Band F | £3,278.67 | £327.87 | £273.22 | £2,459.00 |
| Band G | £3,783.08 | £378.31 | £315.26 | £2,837.31 |
| Band H | £4,539.70 | £453.97 | £378.31 | £3,404.77 |
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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 Stafford
The most common band in Stafford is Band C (23% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band D (32%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (13,160 homes), most often Band C (45%). These are shares of all 64,730 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 | 19.2% |
| Band B | 22.6% |
| Band C | 22.9% |
| Band D | 15.7% |
| Band E | 11% |
| Band F | 5.9% |
| Band G | 2.6% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the West Midlands average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (42%, against 54%) and about the same share in Band F and above (9%, against 7%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 19,660 | 30% | Band D (32%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 17,390 | 27% | Band B (40%) |
| Terraced houses | 11,850 | 18% | Band B (43%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 7,810 | 12% | 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 Stafford goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Stafford district council | £184.09 (8%) |
| County council | £1,686.42 (74%) |
| Police | £302.57 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £96.77 (4%) |
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Stafford has changed
Band D went up by £90.05 (4.1%), from £2,179.80 in 2025-26 to £2,269.85 in 2026-27.
Band D in Stafford is £90.29 a year below the West Midlands average of £2,360.14, and its 4.1% rise this year was smaller 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 14.4%, less than the West Midlands average rise of 17.2%.
Band D in Stafford is the 6th lowest of 30 councils in the West Midlands, and the 61st 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.
Stafford and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| South Staffordshire | £2,313.67 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £2,183.12 |
| Cannock Chase | £2,344.57 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,313.24 |
| East Staffordshire | £2,296.41 |
| Telford and Wrekin | £2,109.73 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Stafford (64,730 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Reigate and Banstead | £2,555.86 | 65,120 |
| Oxford | £2,672.44 | 64,030 |
| St Albans | £2,352.41 | 63,700 |
| Teignbridge | £2,512.38 | 66,050 |
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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