Snaresbrook population

11,868people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 25 September 2026 · GeoNames

Snaresbrook has a population of 11,868, making it the 179th largest place in Greater London.

#179

of 255 in Greater London

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Redbridge population trends, 2001–2025.

Snaresbrook in context

2 km

south-west to Leytonstone, the nearest larger town

1,718,742

people live within 10 km

#1,088

largest of 6,358 UK places

799

food businesses in Redbridge

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Snaresbrook sits in postcode district E18.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Redbridge, the billing authority covering Snaresbrook, is £2,295 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Snaresbrook?

The populated place itself holds 11,868 residents. The wider Redbridge council area recorded 321,829 in 2025. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

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Population since 2001

Redbridge, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district E18

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Elm Park	12,048
2	Emerson Park	11,977
3	St. Helier	11,949
4	Northwood Hills	11,800
5	Stroud Green	11,758
6	Westbourne	11,686

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