Open Data
Download council tax rates, budgets, and spending data for all 317 English councils. Free to use under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Download the dataset
All 317 councils with council tax, budgets, and leadership data for 2025-26
Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (opens in new tab)
Coverage
What the dataset includes
Data fields
30+ fields per council
Council identifiers
Name, ONS code, slug, type, population
Council tax bands
Band D rates for 2021-2025 and year-on-year change
Service budgets
10 spending categories (education, social care, transport, etc.) in thousands of pounds
Leadership
Chief executive name, CEO salary, council leader, councillor basic allowance
Links
Council website URL and CivAccount dashboard URL
API access
Access council data programmatically via our REST API
List all councils
GET /api/v1/councilsSingle council
GET /api/v1/councils/kentDownload full dataset
GET /api/v1/download?format=csvRate limited to 100 requests per minute for list endpoints, 10 per minute for downloads.
Common questions
About the data
What data is included in the download?
The dataset covers all 317 English councils with Band D council tax rates (2021-2025), service budgets across 10 categories, CEO salaries, and council leadership information.
What licence is the data released under?
The data is released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. You are free to use, share, and adapt the data for any purpose, including commercial use.
Where does the data come from?
All data is sourced exclusively from GOV.UK, individual council .gov.uk websites, and ONS population estimates. No third-party sources are used.
How often is the data updated?
The dataset is updated annually when new council tax rates and budget figures are published, typically in February-April each year.
Embed a council widget
Add a council tax card to your website. Replace "kent" with any council slug.
<iframe src="https://www.civaccount.co.uk/embed/council/kent" width="432" height="300" frameborder="0" style="border:0;border-radius:12px"></iframe>Free to use. Links back to the full dashboard on CivAccount.
All data sourced exclusively from GOV.UK, individual council .gov.uk websites, and ONS. See our methodology for details.