Greater London · England
Stepney population
16,238people · latest estimate
Stepney has a population of 16,238, making it the 105th largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Tower Hamlets population trends, 2001–2025.
Stepney in context
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 Stepney sits in postcode district E1.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Tower Hamlets, the billing authority covering Stepney, is £1,838 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.
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| 5 | Upper Norwood | 16,082 |
| 6 | Worcester Park | 16,031 |