Council tax bands in West Berkshire 2026-27
Band D council tax in West Berkshire is £2,406.91 a year in 2026-27, about £240.69 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in West Berkshire
Council tax in West Berkshire runs from £1,604.61 a year for Band A to £4,813.82 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,604.61 | £160.46 | £133.72 | £1,203.46 |
| Band B | £1,872.04 | £187.20 | £156.00 | £1,404.03 |
| Band C | £2,139.48 | £213.95 | £178.29 | £1,604.61 |
| Band D | £2,406.91 | £240.69 | £200.58 | £1,805.18 |
| Band E | £2,941.78 | £294.18 | £245.15 | £2,206.34 |
| Band F | £3,476.65 | £347.67 | £289.72 | £2,607.49 |
| Band G | £4,011.52 | £401.15 | £334.29 | £3,008.64 |
| Band H | £4,813.82 | £481.38 | £401.15 | £3,610.37 |
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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 West Berkshire
Most homes in West Berkshire are in Bands C and D (53%). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band D (51%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (13,180 homes), mostly Band D (60%). These are shares of all 72,810 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 | 3.8% |
| Band B | 10.2% |
| Band C | 28.4% |
| Band D | 24.7% |
| Band E | 15.1% |
| Band F | 9.9% |
| Band G | 6.8% |
| Band H | 1.1% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (14%, against 25%) and more homes in Band F and above (18%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 19,230 | 26% | Band D (51%) |
| Detached houses | 18,740 | 26% | Band E (31%) |
| Terraced houses | 13,950 | 19% | Band C (61%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 13,000 | 18% | Band B (43%) |
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 West Berkshire goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| West Berkshire council | £2,017.32 (84%) |
| Police | £298.28 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £91.31 (4%) |
£38.43 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 West Berkshire has changed
Band D went up by £115.91 (5.1%), from £2,291.00 in 2025-26 to £2,406.91 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £122.53 (5.1%), from £2,382.84 to £2,505.37.
Band D in West Berkshire is £18.38 a year below the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in West Berkshire is the 27th lowest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 132nd 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.
West Berkshire and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Reading | £2,612.77 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £2,224.83 |
| South Oxfordshire | £2,461.30 |
| Wokingham | £2,497.70 |
| Vale of White Horse | £2,471.75 |
| Hart | £2,400.02 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to West Berkshire (72,810 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | £2,513.22 | 72,670 |
| Isle of Wight | £2,625.79 | 73,280 |
| Thurrock | £2,254.68 | 70,490 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £2,460.36 | 76,450 |
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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