Council tax

Council tax collected in the year it was due

2025-26. Higher is better. Source: MHCLG: Collection rates for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England, 2025 to 2026.

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• Bottom quarter
• Not covered (county and district areas)

Each council is the same size, so London is easy to see. Map layout by Open Innovations.

Every council, highest first

Position	Council	Figure
1	Wokingham	98.9%
2	Buckinghamshire	98.1%
2	Kingston upon Thames	98.1%
2	Richmond upon Thames	98.1%
5	North Somerset	98.0%
6	Sutton	97.9%
7	Central Bedfordshire	97.5%
7	Cheshire East	97.5%
7	Rutland	97.5%
7	Wiltshire	97.5%
7	York	97.5%
12	Herefordshire	97.4%
12	Shropshire	97.4%
14	Stockport	97.3%
14	Thurrock	97.3%
16	South Gloucestershire	97.2%
16	West Berkshire	97.2%
18	Solihull	97.1%
19	Bracknell Forest	97.0%
19	East Riding of Yorkshire	97.0%
19	Wandsworth	97.0%
22	Southend-on-Sea	96.9%
22	Telford and Wrekin	96.9%
24	Bromley	96.8%
24	Cheshire West and Chester	96.8%
24	Windsor and Maidenhead	96.8%
27	North Yorkshire	96.7%
27	Rotherham	96.7%
27	Trafford	96.7%
30	Cornwall	96.6%
30	Luton	96.6%
32	Bath and North East Somerset	96.5%
32	Bedford	96.5%
32	Darlington	96.5%
32	Hillingdon	96.5%
32	Milton Keynes	96.5%
32	Northumberland	96.5%
32	Redbridge	96.5%
32	Westmorland and Furness	96.5%
40	West Northamptonshire	96.4%
41	Barnsley	96.2%
41	Warrington	96.2%
43	Hounslow	96.1%
44	Newcastle upon Tyne	96.0%
45	Cumberland	95.9%
45	Ealing	95.9%
47	Plymouth	95.8%
48	Havering	95.7%
49	Harrow	95.6%
50	Somerset	95.5%
51	Merton	95.4%
51	Swindon	95.4%
53	Blackburn with Darwen	95.3%
53	Bury	95.3%
53	Calderdale	95.3%
53	North Tyneside	95.3%
57	County Durham	95.1%
57	Dorset	95.1%
57	Stoke-on-Trent	95.1%
60	North Lincolnshire	95.0%
61	Dudley	94.9%
61	Wigan	94.9%
63	Bexley	94.8%
63	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	94.8%
63	North Northamptonshire	94.8%
63	Reading	94.8%
63	Wakefield	94.8%
63	Waltham Forest	94.8%
69	Stockton-on-Tees	94.7%
70	Isle of Wight	94.6%
71	Sefton	94.4%
72	Peterborough	94.3%
73	Croydon	94.2%
73	Halton	94.2%
73	Kirklees	94.2%
73	South Tyneside	94.2%
77	Southwark	94.1%
78	Gateshead	94.0%
79	Doncaster	93.9%
80	Leeds	93.8%
80	Rochdale	93.8%
80	St. Helens	93.8%
83	Bolton	93.7%
83	Hartlepool	93.7%
83	Torbay	93.7%
86	Bradford	93.5%
86	Brighton and Hove	93.5%
86	Bristol	93.5%
89	Coventry	93.4%
89	Derby	93.4%
89	Medway	93.4%
89	Oldham	93.4%
93	Hackney	93.3%
93	Southampton	93.3%
93	Westminster	93.3%
96	Greenwich	93.2%
96	Haringey	93.2%
96	Sandwell	93.2%
96	Wirral	93.2%
100	Camden	93.0%
101	Islington	92.9%
101	Middlesbrough	92.9%
103	Barnet	92.8%
103	Sheffield	92.8%
105	Leicester	92.7%
105	Tameside	92.7%
107	Slough	92.6%
108	Newham	92.5%
108	Salford	92.5%
110	Barking and Dagenham	92.4%
110	Lambeth	92.4%
110	Redcar and Cleveland	92.4%
110	Sunderland	92.4%
110	Walsall	92.4%
115	Hammersmith and Fulham	92.3%
116	Wolverhampton	92.2%
117	Enfield	92.1%
117	Tower Hamlets	92.1%
119	North East Lincolnshire	92.0%
120	Portsmouth	91.9%
121	Kingston upon Hull	91.8%
122	Lewisham	91.7%
122	Nottingham	91.7%
124	Brent	91.6%
125	Kensington and Chelsea	91.2%
126	Knowsley	91.0%
127	Birmingham	90.0%
127	Blackpool	90.0%
129	Manchester	88.6%
130	Liverpool	86.8%