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Isle of Wight sets a Band D council tax of £2,626 for 2026-27, 22 of 296 councils in England from the highest. Police: Hampshire. Fire and rescue: Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Health: NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board. This page links to everything the site holds on the area; the full bill, the report card and parking each have a page of their own.
Figures for the 2026–27 financial year. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Key figures
- £2,626Band D council tax, 2026-27 up on a year earlier: +£132 (+5.3%) vs 2025-26
- £4.2mParking surplus, 2025-26
- 44.8%Household waste recycled, 2024-25
- 1%A roads where maintenance should be considered, 2024-25
- 74%Reserves as a share of spending, 2025-26
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
What is the council tax in Isle of Wight?
Band D is £2,626 a year for 2026-27, and Band A, the lowest, £1,751. That is £215 above the England average of £2,411, 22 of 296 in England from the highest.
Of a Band D bill, £2,104 goes to Isle of Wight.
Every band, who gets the money and how Isle of Wight compares
How does the council compare?
- Council tax rise this year5.3%Higher than the England figure of 4.9%
- Council tax per head£1,083Higher than the England figure of £796
- Ombudsman uphold rate73% (11 of 15)Lower than the England figure of 86%
- Reserves as a share of net spending74%Higher than the England figure of 50%
- Borrowing per home£2,367Lower than the England figure of £3,474
- Accounts, 2024-25Delivered by backstop92% of bodies had an opinion delivered by the backstop date
- Ofsted, children's servicesGood73% of English councils are good or outstanding
- CQC, adult social careRequires improvement62% of assessed councils are good or outstanding
- A roads needing maintenance considered1%Lower than the England figure of 5%
- Recycling rate44.8%Higher than the England figure of 42.0%
- Major planning decisions on time82.8%Lower than the England figure of 91.0%
Each figure is set against the figure for England as a whole. They are plain comparisons, one measure at a time: there is no overall score and no ranking of councils. Higher is not always better or worse; what each measure does and does not show is on the methodology page.
The full report card: complaints, finances, audit, pay and services
Roads, bins and planning
| Measure | Figure | Period |
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A roads where maintenance should be consideredDetails for A roads where maintenance should be considered | 1% | 2024-25 |
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B and C roads where maintenance should be consideredDetails for B and C roads where maintenance should be considered | 1% | 2024-25 |
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Unclassified roads where maintenance should be consideredDetails for Unclassified roads where maintenance should be considered | 3% | 2024-25 |
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Household waste reused, recycled or compostedDetails for Household waste reused, recycled or composted | 44.8% | 2024-25 |
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Major planning decisions made on timeDetails for Major planning decisions made on time | 82.8% | 24 months to end of June 2026 |
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Road condition is from the Department for Transport; each figure is compared with England as a whole in the report card.
What does the council make from parking?
| Authority | Year | Income | Surplus |
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Isle of Wight UADetails for Isle of Wight UA | 2025-26 | £6.6m | £4.2m |
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What the law lets a council spend a parking surplus on is on parking fines and council parking income.
Who is your MP?
A council area can span several constituencies, so your MP depends on your address. Enter your postcode in the box at the top of this page to see your MP and what their office cost, find any MP by name or constituency, or see every constituency and its MP on the MP map.
How much crime is recorded here?
In the 12 months to June 2026, police recorded 73.1 crimes per 1,000 residents in Isle of Wight, excluding anti-social behaviour, against 82.4 across England.
Isle of Wight on the crime map, down to streets of a few hundred homes
Your police precept
A Band D home in Isle of Wight pays £290.46 police precept in 2026-27. It funds Hampshire and Isle of Wight, which has £517m in all for 2026-27. The precept is set once for the whole force area and spent across the whole force area, so the crime figures above for Isle of Wight are not what its precept bought.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight: funding, precept and results for the whole force
Who runs police, fire, health and ambulances here?
| Service | Body | Latest | Per resident |
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PoliceDetails for Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | £517m (2026-27) | £251 |
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Fire and rescueDetails for Fire and rescue | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service | £99m (2025-26) | £47.92 |
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AmbulanceDetails for Ambulance | Isle of Wight NHS Trust (ambulance service) | not published | — |
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NHSDetails for NHS | NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board | £6.2bn (2028-29) | £2,993 |
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RoadsDetails for Roads | Isle of Wight | £8m (2025-26) | £56.12 |
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SchoolsDetails for Schools | Isle of Wight | £99m (2026-27) | £700 |
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Council spendingDetails for Council spending | Isle of Wight | £332m (2025-26) | £2,356 |
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Social careDetails for Social care | Isle of Wight | £150m (2024-25) | £1,058 |
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HousingDetails for Housing | Isle of Wight | £6m (2025-26) | £45.62 |
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Waste and recyclingDetails for Waste and recycling | Isle of Wight | not published | — |
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Each body serves a wider area than Isle of Wight, and its money is for the whole of that area. Its page has its funding over time and what is recorded alongside it; public services near you looks them up for any postcode. Water is not covered yet: see Discover Water.
Which bodies cover Isle of Wight: ONS lookups of local authorities to police force areas, fire and rescue authorities, integrated care boards and local health boards (Open Government Licence v3.0); where an area is split between integrated care boards, the one covering most residents is named.
How does Isle of Wight look against other councils?
See Isle of Wight on the council map, alongside every other council on council tax, complaints, reserves, audit and inspections, or browse every council.
Common questions
- How much is council tax in Isle of Wight?
- Band D is £2,626 a year for 2026-27. Every band.
- Which police force covers Isle of Wight?
- Hampshire police force area. Fire and rescue: Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Sources for this page
| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
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| Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2026–27 financial year | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: revenue outturn multi-year data set (RO2 parking) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2025–26 financial year | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
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