Stepney Green
Tower Hamlets 016 · 4 sub-areas · 8,841 residents
Stepney Green is a workplace corner of Tower Hamlets — daytime population swells with commuters, the streetscape leans busy and built-up rather than residential, and most residents who do live here rent rather than own. The population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds.
Overview
What's it like to live in Stepney Green?
The area is unusually green for its density — 16 parks and 11 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 19 restaurants and 2 pubs in five minutes; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £2,396 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Stepney Green in Tower Hamlets
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Stepney Green?
- The median monthly rent across Stepney Green is £2,396.
- How safe is Stepney Green?
- Stepney Green has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Stepney Green?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 9 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Stepney Green?
- There are 65 schools within 2 km of Stepney Green, of which 41% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 366 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Stepney Green?
- The most common council tax band in Stepney Green is B, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,727. Council tax is set by Tower Hamlets council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Stepney Green to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Stepney Green to central London is approximately 9 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Stepney Green?
- 100% of premises in Stepney Green are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Stepney Green?
- Stepney Green sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Stepney Green?
- 23% of households in Stepney Green are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Stepney Green?
- The average property price across Tower Hamlets (the local authority covering Stepney Green) is approximately £455,307, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Stepney Green a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Mixed — jobs and residents are roughly balanced. (1.11 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £45,183.)
- Which local areas are part of Stepney Green?
- Stepney Green contains 4 local areas: Tower Hamlets 016C, Tower Hamlets 016D, Tower Hamlets 016B, Tower Hamlets 016A.
Frequently asked about Stepney Green
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Stepney Green?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Stepney Green is £2,396. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Stepney Green a safe place to live?
- Stepney Green has a safety score of 24/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Stepney Green?
- 41% of schools within 2 km of Stepney Green are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Stepney Green?
- Public-transport commute time from Stepney Green to central London is approximately 9 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Stepney Green different from the rest of Tower Hamlets?
- Stepney Green contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Stepney Green rank in Tower Hamlets?
- Stepney Green scores 41/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Tower Hamlets, see the Cities table on the Tower Hamlets page.