Council Tax Bands in the West Midlands 2026/27
Band D rates for 8 West Midlands authorities in 2026/27, with year-on-year change, spanning Birmingham and Coventry, the four Black Country boroughs (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton), Solihull, and Stoke-on-Trent. Unlike Greater Manchester and London, the regional mayor charges no mayoral precept. Click any council for the full Band A to H rate table.
Cheapest covered authority
Dudley
£2,144.84
Most expensive covered authority
Walsall
£2,627.48
Mayoral precept 2026/27
None
West Midlands mayor levies no council tax precept
West Midlands Band D Rates 2026/27
| Council | Band D 2026/27 |
|---|---|
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,144.84 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | £2,183.12 |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,197.26 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,244.46 |
| Birmingham City Council | £2,353.17 |
| Coventry City Council | £2,516.09 |
| City of Wolverhampton Council | £2,538.99 |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,627.48 |
Figures are the Band D total for the main billing area of each authority, including all precepts. Source: individual authority 2026/27 council tax schedules.
No West Midlands Mayoral Precept
The West Midlands is one of England's big devolution regions, but unlike London and Greater Manchester its mayor does not add a mayoral precept to your council tax bill. For 2026/27 the West Midlands Combined Authority balanced its budget without introducing one, and Mayor Richard Parker has repeatedly ruled a mayoral precept out. So a West Midlands Band D bill is made up of the borough's own element, the adult social care precept, and the police and fire precepts, with no equivalent of London's GLA charge or Greater Manchester's combined Mayoral precept.
The seven metropolitan boroughs (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton) share the West Midlands Police precept, set by the mayor in their role as Police and Crime Commissioner, and the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority precept. Both are the same wherever you live across the metropolitan county, so the variation in total Band D bills between these boroughs reflects each council's own spending and the adult social care precept it levies.
Stoke-on-Trent sits in Staffordshire rather than the West Midlands metropolitan county, so its bill instead includes the Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue precepts alongside the city council's own element.
Why West Midlands Bills Differ
Across the authorities we track, Band D bills run from £2,144.84 in Dudley to £2,627.48 in Walsall, a spread of £482.64 a year at Band D. With no mayoral precept smoothing the difference, the gap between boroughs comes from each council's own demand and its adult social care precept, plus the smaller variation between the West Midlands and Staffordshire police and fire authorities.
Birmingham, England's largest local authority and the most-searched council in the region, sits at £2,353.17 at Band D for 2026/27, up £107.76 (4.8%) on 2025/26. See the full Birmingham Band A to H rate table for the monthly figures and band breakdown.
Updated June 2026. Source: individual West Midlands and Staffordshire authority council tax schedules 2026/27 and West Midlands Combined Authority budget statements 2026/27.