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Leeds council tax 2026/27
One city charge, a West Yorkshire police and fire share, and a parish precept that depends on where in the district you live.
Leeds, Band B, 2026/27
£1,776a year
First payment £174.23, then 9 of £178.00
| Band B charge | £1,776.23 |
| Bill for the year | £1,776.23 |
Band B at 7/9 of Band D.
Where the council tax goes
How Leeds compares
Band D here is £2,283.73, number 250 of 296 in England (1 = dearest). The same band in Wandsworth, the cheapest, costs £800 on the same terms.
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A Band D home in Leeds pays £2,283.73 of council tax in 2026/27, against £2,172.39 a year earlier, a rise of 5.1 %. That figure is the average across the district, including the precepts of parish and town councils, and it ranks 14 of 15 in Yorkshire and the Humber counted from the dearest, so Leeds sits near the cheaper end of the region. Most Leeds homes are in the lower bands: Band A costs £1,522.49 and Band B £1,776.23 for two adults, or £1,332.17 for an adult living alone. Out of each Band D bill, £278.28 goes to West Yorkshire policing and £89.49 to the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority. The figures come from the government's council tax levels for England, published in March 2026.
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Leeds charges band by band
| Band | Share of D | Two adults | Living alone | Each of 10 payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | 6/9 | £1,522.49 | £1,141.87 | £152.25 |
| Band B | 7/9 | £1,776.23 | £1,332.17 | £177.62 |
| Band C | 8/9 | £2,029.98 | £1,522.48 | £203.00 |
| Band D | 9/9 | £2,283.73 | £1,712.80 | £228.37 |
| Band E | 11/9 | £2,791.23 | £2,093.42 | £279.12 |
| Band F | 13/9 | £3,298.72 | £2,474.04 | £329.87 |
| Band G | 15/9 | £3,806.22 | £2,854.66 | £380.62 |
| Band H | 18/9 | £4,567.46 | £3,425.59 | £456.75 |
The ratios are fixed by law: Band A is two thirds of Band D and Band H is double it. Your band depends on what the home was worth on 1 April 1991, and you can look it up on the GOV.UK band search before reading across the row. A detailed guide to the eight letters is on the council tax bands page.
Parish and town councils in Leeds
Large parts of the district outside the inner city are parished. The government table records 33 parish areas in Leeds, and the council's own list of 2026/27 precepts runs from Aberford and District to Wetherby, taking in Otley, Horsforth, Morley, Boston Spa and Kippax on the way. Each one sets its own precept, and there is no national limit on how much it can rise this year. Wetherby has the largest Band D precept on the list and Arthington the smallest.
Spread over every home in the district, these precepts come to £12.22 at Band D, which is why the published Leeds figure is an average. A household in an unparished ward such as Chapel Allerton or Armley pays slightly less than the calculator shows; a household in a town with an active council pays a little more. The precept appears as its own line on the bill.
What the city keeps and what it passes on
Leeds City Council keeps £1,903.74 of the Band D charge, of which £36.24 is the adult social care precept. The rest goes to two West Yorkshire bodies: £278.28 for policing, set by the Mayor of West Yorkshire, and £89.49 for the fire and rescue authority. Both rose by the most the government allowed without a referendum for 2026/27: £15 for police and £5 for fire at Band D. A comparison with the rest of West Yorkshire and with York:
| Council | Band A | Band B | Band D | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | £1,522.49 | £1,776.23 | £2,283.73 | 5.1 % |
| Bradford | £1,573.82 | £1,836.12 | £2,360.73 | 5.1 % |
| Kirklees | £1,627.38 | £1,898.61 | £2,441.07 | 5.1 % |
| Calderdale | £1,613.43 | £1,882.34 | £2,420.15 | 5.1 % |
| Wakefield | £1,531.26 | £1,786.47 | £2,296.89 | 5.1 % |
| York | £1,524.77 | £1,778.89 | £2,287.15 | 5.2 % |
For the wider picture across the region, including Hull, Sheffield and North Yorkshire, see the Yorkshire and the Humber page.
Homes that are not anyone's main residence
Leeds charges a premium on long-term empty homes and, since April 2025, on furnished second homes; its website says a second home pays at least double. The national ceilings are 100 % for a second home and up to 300 % after ten years empty, explained on the second homes page. Check the rate on your own bill and enter it in the calculator.
Spreading the payments
A Band B bill of £1,776.23 works out at £148.02 a month if you ask for twelve instalments instead of ten. The GOV.UK guidance on paying sets out your right to the longer plan; the monthly payments guide shows how the first instalment is rounded.