Find your London borough from your postcode, see this year's council tax for your band, and how it compares across all 33 councils.
London is 33 separate councils — 32 boroughs plus the City of London — and each one sets its own council tax, so the bill for the same size of home can differ by more than £1,400 across the city. Type your postcode to find which council you're in and what this year's charge is for your band, and see how it compares.
The Band D charge for 2025/26, and roughly what that is a month over 10 instalments. Every other band is a fixed fraction of this: Band A is two-thirds, Band H is double.
| # | Council | Band D | A month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wandsworth | £997.75 | £99.78 |
| 2 | Westminster | £1,019.00 | £101.90 |
| 3 | City of London | £1,274.07 | £127.41 |
| 4 | Hammersmith and Fulham | £1,451.42 | £145.14 |
| 5 | Kensington and Chelsea | £1,591.59 | £159.16 |
| 6 | Tower Hamlets | £1,754.57 | £175.46 |
| 7 | Newham | £1,855.96 | £185.60 |
| 8 | Southwark | £1,877.90 | £187.79 |
| 9 | Hillingdon | £1,952.38 | £195.24 |
| 10 | Lambeth | £1,953.95 | £195.40 |
| 11 | Hackney | £1,966.51 | £196.65 |
| 12 | Greenwich | £2,011.81 | £201.18 |
| 13 | Islington |
Each council sets its own charge to fund its services — bins, social care, libraries, roads — and adds a separate charge for adult social care. Two of London's councils, Wandsworth and Westminster, have kept their charges famously low for years; outer-London boroughs like Kingston and Croydon are the highest. The Mayor's GLA precept is the one part everyone pays the same.
Your band (A to H) was set on what your home was worth in April 1991, not today's price. If you think it's in the wrong band you can check and challenge it with the Valuation Office Agency through GOV.UK — but a challenge can move a band up as well as down.
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| £2,012.10 |
| £201.21 |
| 14 | Barnet | £2,035.52 | £203.55 |
| 15 | Ealing | £2,041.02 | £204.10 |
| 16 | Bromley | £2,042.46 | £204.25 |
| 17 | Hounslow | £2,085.82 | £208.58 |
| 18 | Merton | £2,094.43 | £209.44 |
| 19 | Barking and Dagenham | £2,098.14 | £209.81 |
| 20 | Camden | £2,106.69 | £210.67 |
| 21 | Brent | £2,133.15 | £213.32 |
| 22 | Lewisham | £2,135.13 | £213.51 |
| 23 | Enfield | £2,164.02 | £216.40 |
| 24 | Redbridge | £2,189.67 | £218.97 |
| 25 | Haringey | £2,207.94 | £220.79 |
| 26 | Bexley | £2,258.03 | £225.80 |
| 27 | Sutton | £2,269.72 | £226.97 |
| 28 | Waltham Forest | £2,277.65 | £227.77 |
| 29 | Havering | £2,313.55 | £231.36 |
| 30 | Richmond upon Thames | £2,372.07 | £237.21 |
| 31 | Harrow | £2,395.86 | £239.59 |
| 32 | Croydon | £2,480.48 | £248.05 |
| 33 | Kingston upon Thames | £2,489.34 | £248.93 |
The average across all 33 councils is £1,997.26at Band D. This is the standard area charge for each council; a few streets pay small extra levies (for example the Wimbledon & Putney Commons), and your own bill also reflects any discounts or support you receive.