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How your Council Tax is spent

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Your Council Tax helps to fund many different local services, like schools, the police and waste collections.

How Council Tax is allocated

This chart shows you how the money is allocated between North Herts Council, Hertfordshire County Council and the Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, and the services that each provide.

Pie chart showing Council Tax spending for 2025-6: 76.9% Hertfordshire County Council, 11.6% North Herts Council, 11.5% Herts Police and Crime Commissioner.
Organisation Percentage for 2025-6
Hertfordshire County Council 76.9%
North Herts Council 11.6%
Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner 11.5%

Spending by North Herts Council

The money that North Herts Council receives is used to provide a variety of local services. This graphic breaks down how every £1 is spent:

How every £1 of council tax is spent in North Herts: 47p on waste collection; 20p on parks and green spaces; 13p on environmental health; 8p on North Herts Museum and Hitchin Town Hall; 8p on housing advice and homelessness; 2p on community grants; 2p on community safety and environmental crime.
Service Spend per £1
Waste collection, recycling and street cleaning 47p
Parks and green spaces 20p
Environmental health 13p
North Herts Museum and Hitchin Town Hall 8p
Housing advice and homelessness support 8p
Community grants 2p
Community safety and environmental crime 2p

Did you know that your council tax payment helps us:

  • collect waste from over 58,000 households
  • clean over 400 miles of roads
  • maintain 100 hectares of parks and gardens
  • run Hitchin, Letchworth and Royston leisure centres
  • send 57% of household waste for re-use, recycling and composting
  • maintain the two outdoor pools and four splash parks in the district
  • provide support for the homeless in our district
  • improve our environment and combat climate change
  • run active community events, like our Healthy Hubs

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