This is simply whether a council collected a bigger or smaller share of its council tax bills this year than last year. It shows the direction of travel rather than the level. A positive number means collection is improving; a negative one means it's slipping, even if the council still looks fine overall.
| name | collection_rate_trend |
|---|---|
| dataset | 03-council-tax-collection |
| kind | constructed |
| type | numeric |
| unit | percentage points per year |
| grain | billing authority |
| role | feature |
| source | formula: ct_collection_rate (2024-25) − ct_collection_rate_prev (2023-24), extendable back with Table_6_2023-24_revised.ods (Table_6a cols 7, 10 across both editions) |
| period | 2023-24 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | unknown |
| score_note | Improvement vs deterioration adds a dynamic axis, though it is a thin derivative of the two rates. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Year-on-year change in the in-year collection rate. It distinguishes councils that are improving from those deteriorating, regardless of level. Authority list changes across years under reorganisation break the comparison for merged or new authorities.