St Albans council tax
Here is council tax in St Albans for 2026/27, band by band, with the average Band D charge of £2,419.22 as the starting point. Each band in St Albans is shown as a yearly bill and as monthly payments.
| Band | A year | A month (10 instalments) | A month (12 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a year | Single person discount (25%) a month (10 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a month (12 instalments) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,612.81 | £161.28 | £134.40 | £1,209.61 | £120.96 | £100.80 |
| Band B | £1,881.62 | £188.16 | £156.80 | £1,411.22 | £141.12 | £117.60 |
| Band C | £2,150.42 | £215.04 | £179.20 | £1,612.82 | £161.28 | £134.40 |
| Band D | £2,419.22 | £241.92 | £201.60 | £1,814.42 | £181.44 | £151.20 |
| Band E | £2,956.82 | £295.68 | £246.40 | £2,217.62 | £221.76 | £184.80 |
| Band F | £3,494.43 | £349.44 | £291.20 | £2,620.82 | £262.08 | £218.40 |
| Band G | £4,032.03 | £403.20 | £336.00 | £3,024.02 | £302.40 | £252.00 |
| Band H | £4,838.44 | £483.84 | £403.20 | £3,628.83 | £362.88 | £302.40 |
Set against the other councils, St Albans comes out as the 165th highest of the 296 councils in England.
Council tax is usually split into 10 monthly payments, which makes £241.92 a month at Band D in St Albans. You can ask St Albans for 12 payments instead, and the table gives that monthly figure too.
Homes in St Albans pay according to the band they are placed in. The lower bands pay a set fraction of £2,419.22, and the higher bands pay a set multiple of it.
Someone living alone in St Albans can apply for the single person discount, as can someone whose fellow residents are not counted for council tax. The discount column shows what the bill in St Albans would then be for each band.
Parish and town councils in St Albans add their own charges, and the £2,419.22 figure is the area average with those charges included.
We take the St Albans figures from the published 2026/27 council tax table for England. The sources page links to the table for England.
To see your exact figure, check the bill St Albans sends you, which sets out how the amount was worked out.