Council tax bands in York 2026-27
Band D council tax in York is £2,269.91 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.
Homes in York's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in York
Council tax in York runs from £1,513.27 a year for Band A to £4,539.82 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,513.27 | £151.33 | £126.11 | £1,134.95 |
| Band B | £1,765.49 | £176.55 | £147.12 | £1,324.12 |
| Band C | £2,017.70 | £201.77 | £168.14 | £1,513.28 |
| Band D | £2,269.91 | £226.99 | £189.16 | £1,702.43 |
| Band E | £2,774.33 | £277.43 | £231.19 | £2,080.75 |
| Band F | £3,278.76 | £327.88 | £273.23 | £2,459.07 |
| Band G | £3,783.18 | £378.32 | £315.27 | £2,837.39 |
| Band H | £4,539.82 | £453.98 | £378.32 | £3,404.87 |
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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 York
Most homes in York are in Bands B and C (56%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band B (59%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (16,730 homes), mostly Band C (69%). These are shares of all 94,410 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 | 14.1% |
| Band B | 27.1% |
| Band C | 29% |
| Band D | 14.8% |
| Band E | 8.6% |
| Band F | 4.1% |
| Band G | 2% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (41%, against 62%) and about the same share in Band F and above (6%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 24,750 | 26% | Band B (59%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 23,730 | 25% | Band C (58%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 19,880 | 21% | Band A (49%) |
| Detached houses | 14,380 | 15% | Band E (32%) |
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 York goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| York council | £1,817.43 (80%) |
| Police | £335.86 (15%) |
| Combined authority | £116.62 (5%) |
£34.62 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 York has changed
Band D went up by £110.98 (5.1%), from £2,158.93 in 2025-26 to £2,269.91 in 2026-27.
Band D in York is £84.37 a year below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average: 4.9%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 16.6%, close to the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in York is the 3rd lowest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 62nd 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.
York and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £2,386.05 |
| Leeds | £2,271.51 |
| North Yorkshire | £2,488.80 |
| Wakefield | £2,259.40 |
| Doncaster | £2,124.95 |
| Bradford | £2,333.05 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to York (94,410 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | £2,291.71 | 94,250 |
| Peterborough | £2,279.25 | 92,630 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £2,572.10 | 91,390 |
| Herefordshire | £2,481.36 | 91,310 |
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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