Biggest and smallest council tax rises in West Midlands (2026/27)
Shropshire had the highest rise in Band D council tax of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2026/27, at 9.0%.
Newcastle-under-Lyme had the lowest, at 4.0%. The middle council, Telford and Wrekin, had 5.1%.
Annual council tax change is measured differently in each nation, so Open Index ranks it within West Midlands only.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shropshire | 9.0% |
| 2 | Wyre Forest | 7.9% |
| 3 | Wychavon | 7.8% |
| 4 | Worcester | 7.7% |
| =5 | Bromsgrove | 7.6% |
| =5 | Redditch | 7.6% |
| 7 | Malvern Hills | 7.5% |
| =8 | Birmingham | 5.2% |
| =8 | Dudley | 5.2% |
| =8 | Sandwell | 5.2% |
| =8 | Solihull | 5.2% |
| =8 | Walsall | 5.2% |
| =8 | Wolverhampton | 5.2% |
| =14 | Herefordshire | 5.1% |
| =14 | Telford and Wrekin | 5.1% |
| 16 | Stoke-on-Trent | 5.0% |
| 17 | Warwick | 4.5% |
| =18 | Rugby | 4.4% |
| =18 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 4.4% |
| =18 | Stratford-on-Avon | 4.4% |
| =21 | Coventry | 4.3% |
| =21 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 4.3% |
| =23 | East Staffordshire | 4.2% |
| =23 | South Staffordshire | 4.2% |
| =23 | Stafford | 4.2% |
| =26 | Cannock Chase | 4.1% |
| =26 | Lichfield | 4.1% |
| =26 | North Warwickshire | 4.1% |
| =26 | Tamworth | 4.1% |
| 30 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 4.0% |
Worked out by Open Index from the Band D council tax figures. Source and method · See it on the map