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Stepney

20,686 people · median £440,000 · Tower Hamlets

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Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor)   33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026
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What does it cost? This neighbourhood

dearestcheapest
£440,000 median 7th cheapest of 21 neighbourhoods
among 21 neighbourhoods in Tower Hamlets

A typical home here sells for £440,000, down 2.3% over five years. That's about 7.5× local earnings — around the 9.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 43 sales
£247k£306k£364k£422k£481k201120182026 YTD2014 +17%−12%£425,000
Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£440,000
5-year change-2.3%
Full history since 1995
£12k£136k£259k£382k£506k199520102026 YTD2000 +58%−12%£425,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Terraced
£788k
Flat
£415k
Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.5× · five-year average 9.1×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Tower Hamlets23.7%

Of the homes across Tower Hamlets that sold again within five years, 23.7% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than London (18%).

By property type
Flats23.7%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new30.9%
Bought second-hand19.4%
Overall
Typical resale gain+15% · ~9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (6,707 resale pairs) across Tower Hamlets — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership20%

Owned outright
8%
With a mortgage
12%
Private rented
32%
Social rented
44%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,838

London Borough of Tower Hamlets£1,327
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,225
Band B£1,429
Band C£1,634
Band D (baseline)£1,838
Band E£2,246
Band F£2,655
Band G£3,063
Band H£3,676
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

£5,172 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare. The median across districts Acreright covers is £3,803.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by street in Stepney 60 streets — this neighbourhood, broken down

StreetMedian priceSales5-year change
Mile End Road£192,950387+3.8%
Durward Street£138,000306+30.1%
Clark Street£279,996270-21.9%
Candle Street£309,175240+29.7%
Stepney Way£200,000234-24.1%
Stepney Green£237,250178+0.5%
White Horse Lane£296,000160+22.8%
Cleveland Grove£116,500135
Median & 5-year change use residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F); the 5-year change compares the last 24 months vs the 24 months five years earlier. Each street’s sales recorded inside this area since 1995 — click a street → its full sold-price page · HM Land Registry Price Paid

Neighbourhood prices in Tower Hamlets how Stepney compares · from Tower Hamlets

Fastest 5-yr growth: East Smithfield +27.5%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
East Smithfield£806,300+27.5%324
Canary Wharf£635,000+14.9%270
Bethnal Green£500,000+11.6%288
Globe Town£475,000+6.1%232
Hughesfield Estate£485,000+5.3%94
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Stepney — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
242 sales in 12 months — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
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