Average band D council tax for Wales 2017/18

Average band D council tax for Wales for 2017/18 is £1,420. This includes £1,162 for county councils, £227 for police and £32 for community councils. Band D figures for billing authorities, including police elements, vary from £1,128 in Pembrokeshire to £1,754 in Blaenau Gwent. 

County council increases in band D council tax for 2017/18 average £35 or 3.1% over the previous year. Police increases average £10 or 4.8%. These increases combine to produce an average band D rise of £46 or 3.3%. 

Dyfed Powys Police have the largest band D increase of 6.9%. North Wales Police have the smallest band D increase of 3.8%. 

Pembrokeshire has the largest overall band D percentage increase of 5.3%. Caerphilly has the smallest overall band D percentage increase of 1.5%. 

In England, the estimated Band D percentage increase is 4.0%. 

Welsh average band D council tax is 89% of the latest estimated figure of £1,591 for England.

• Council Tax Levels in Wales: 2017/18