Council tax bands in Swindon 2026-27
Band D council tax in Swindon is £2,261.72 a year in 2026-27, about £226.17 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Swindon
Council tax in Swindon runs from £1,507.81 a year for Band A to £4,523.44 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,507.81 | £150.78 | £125.65 | £1,130.86 |
| Band B | £1,759.12 | £175.91 | £146.59 | £1,319.34 |
| Band C | £2,010.42 | £201.04 | £167.54 | £1,507.82 |
| Band D | £2,261.72 | £226.17 | £188.48 | £1,696.29 |
| Band E | £2,764.32 | £276.43 | £230.36 | £2,073.24 |
| Band F | £3,266.93 | £326.69 | £272.24 | £2,450.20 |
| Band G | £3,769.53 | £376.95 | £314.13 | £2,827.15 |
| Band H | £4,523.44 | £452.34 | £376.95 | £3,392.58 |
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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 Swindon
Most homes in Swindon are in Bands B and C (52%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band B (58%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (18,810 homes), mostly Band B (53%). These are shares of all 102,850 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 | 14.8% |
| Band B | 27.4% |
| Band C | 24.7% |
| Band D | 18.2% |
| Band E | 9.5% |
| Band F | 3.9% |
| Band G | 1.5% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the South West average, there are about the same share in Bands A and B (42%, against 41%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (5%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 33,810 | 33% | Band B (58%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 23,290 | 23% | Band C (47%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 20,020 | 20% | Band A (53%) |
| Detached houses | 18,540 | 18% | Band E (40%) |
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 Swindon goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Swindon council | £1,866.50 (83%) |
| Police | £298.27 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £96.95 (4%) |
£35.56 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 Swindon has changed
Band D went up by £108.72 (5.1%), from £2,153.00 in 2025-26 to £2,261.72 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £120.47 (5.2%), from £2,317.63 to £2,438.10.
Band D in Swindon is £190.47 a year below the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South West (South West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Swindon is the 3rd lowest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 55th 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.
Swindon and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Vale of White Horse | £2,471.75 |
| Cotswold | £2,267.97 |
| Wiltshire | £2,376.37 |
| West Oxfordshire | £2,439.44 |
| West Berkshire | £2,406.91 |
| Oxford | £2,672.44 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Swindon (102,850 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| North Somerset | £2,491.22 | 102,800 |
| Warrington | £2,403.03 | 97,700 |
| Southampton | £2,381.48 | 111,740 |
| York | £2,269.91 | 94,410 |
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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