Council tax bands in Wyre Forest 2026-27
Band D council tax in Wyre Forest is £2,432.60 a year in 2026-27, about £243.26 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Wyre Forest
Council tax in Wyre Forest runs from £1,621.73 a year for Band A to £4,865.20 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,621.73 | £162.17 | £135.14 | £1,216.30 |
| Band B | £1,892.02 | £189.20 | £157.67 | £1,419.02 |
| Band C | £2,162.31 | £216.23 | £180.19 | £1,621.73 |
| Band D | £2,432.60 | £243.26 | £202.72 | £1,824.45 |
| Band E | £2,973.18 | £297.32 | £247.77 | £2,229.88 |
| Band F | £3,513.76 | £351.38 | £292.81 | £2,635.32 |
| Band G | £4,054.33 | £405.43 | £337.86 | £3,040.75 |
| Band H | £4,865.20 | £486.52 | £405.43 | £3,648.90 |
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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 Wyre Forest
The most common band in Wyre Forest is Band C (25% of homes). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (49%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (11,430 homes), mostly Band C (55%). These are shares of all 49,380 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 | 23.6% |
| Band B | 24.3% |
| Band C | 24.7% |
| Band D | 13.4% |
| Band E | 7.4% |
| Band F | 3.7% |
| Band G | 2.7% |
| Band H | 0.3% |
Compared with the West Midlands average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (48%, against 54%) and about the same share in Band F and above (7%, against 7%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 14,710 | 30% | Band C (49%) |
| Detached houses | 11,150 | 23% | Band D (35%) |
| Terraced houses | 10,170 | 21% | Band B (48%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 6,330 | 13% | Band A (75%) |
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 Wyre Forest goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Wyre Forest district council | £258.08 (11%) |
| County council | £1,760.80 (72%) |
| Police | £306.50 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £107.22 (4%) |
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Wyre Forest has changed
Band D went up by £172.59 (7.6%), from £2,260.01 in 2025-26 to £2,432.60 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £184.98 (8.0%), from £2,327.49 to £2,512.47.
Band D in Wyre Forest is £72.46 a year above the West Midlands average of £2,360.14, and its 7.6% rise this year was bigger 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 18.0%, close to the West Midlands average rise of 17.2%.
Band D in Wyre Forest is the 11th highest of 30 councils in the West Midlands, and the 120th 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.
Wyre Forest and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Dudley | £2,144.84 |
| Bromsgrove | £2,439.70 |
| Sandwell | £2,244.46 |
| Worcester | £2,400.53 |
| Redditch | £2,460.46 |
| Wolverhampton | £2,538.99 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Wyre Forest (49,380 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire | £2,313.67 | 49,530 |
| North East Derbyshire | £2,466.57 | 49,580 |
| North Devon | £2,527.21 | 49,720 |
| Lichfield | £2,351.90 | 49,890 |
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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