# Your area

url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/your-area/
updated: 29 September 2026
licence: Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Figures: each source's own licence, listed under Sources.
publisher: [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk)

# Your area



Last updated 29 September 2026.
Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/).




## Find your area


Your postcode


Your council, its bill and report card, parking and roads, your MP, and who runs police, fire and health where you live.









Postcodes are looked up through [postcodes.io](https://postcodes.io), an open
service, and are not stored. Or [browse every council](/councils/) by name.





Everything local in one place. A postcode finds your council's page: the council tax bill for every band and who gets it, the council's report card, its parking income, road condition, your MP and what their office cost, and which police force, fire service and health board cover you. Or browse every council, or compare them all on the map. Right now, average Band D council tax, England, 2026-27 is **£2,411** (6 April 2026), and councils with a page of their own, 2026-27 is **350** (6 April 2026).



Figures for the 2026–27 financial year. Source:
[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics).





## Key figures



- [£2,411Average Band D council tax, England, 2026-27](/councils/)


As of 6 April 2026
- [350Councils with a page of their own, 2026-27](/councils/)


As of 6 April 2026
- [£1,433.4mCouncil parking surplus, England](/parking-fines-and-council-parking-income/)

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As of 6 April 2025




Source: [Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics).






## Every page in your area



### Councils



- [Every council
All 350 councils, by name, nation or postcode, each with its bill and a page for the area.
£2,411 Average Band D council tax, England, 2026-27](/councils/)
- [The council map
Every council on one map: council tax, complaints, reserves, audit, Ofsted and CQC, with a postcode search.
Council map Band D council tax](/councils/map/)
- [Council spending over £500
Payments of £500 or more that councils publish: searchable, by supplier and by category, and which councils publish usable data.
24 Councils whose spending over £500 is searchable here](/councils/spending-over-500/)
- [Council senior pay and councillor allowances
Chief executive pay, staff paid £100,000 or more and councillors’ allowances, from each council’s own accounts.
38 Councils’ senior pay and allowances, compared](/councils/pay-and-allowances/)


### Crime



- [Crime where you live
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents in every council area of the UK, and down to a few hundred homes in England and Wales, each nation on its own publisher’s measure.
82.4 Crimes per 1,000 residents, England](/crime/)


### Driving and parking



- [Parking fines and council parking income
Council parking surpluses, council by council, penalty levels, and the ring-fence. England: £1.4bn in 2025–26.
£1.43bn English councils' parking surplus, 2025–26](/parking-fines-and-council-parking-income/)
- [ULEZ, Clean Air Zones, the Congestion Charge and tolls
Every road user charge: what it costs, what it raises, and the law on where the money goes.
£18 London Congestion Charge, a day](/clean-air-zones-and-road-charges/)






## Sources for this page





| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2026–27 financial year | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |
| [Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: revenue outturn multi-year data set (RO2 parking)](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-revenue-outturn-multi-year-data-set) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2025–26 financial year | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |





Each source's figures are used under the licence shown. Our own words, analysis, charts and derived calculations
are ours, under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

## Related pages

- [Next in this section: Every council](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/)
- [How much is council tax and what does it pay for?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/council-tax/)
- [Who is my MP, and what does their office cost?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/mps/)
- [Where does my tax money actually go?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/for-every-100-pounds-of-tax/)

## More from this publisher

- [UK tax calculators](https://howlongisit.co.uk)

Published by [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). The figures belong to the publishers listed under Sources and are used under their licences. Figures last updated 29 September 2026.
