Stevenage: local statistics
Stevenage is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 92,081 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Stevenage, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In 2022 to 2024, women in Stevenage had a life expectancy at birth of 82.3 years; for men it was 79.5, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.5 more. It is the 42nd highest for women of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
In the year to March 2026, 8,607 offences were recorded by police in Stevenage: 93.5 per 1,000 people, the 5th highest rate of 42 in the East of England. A year earlier it was 81.8. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 75.5 to 98.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
4,130 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Stevenage in March 2026, 16% more than in 2016. That is 45 for every 1,000 residents, the 28th highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
Full-time employees living in Stevenage earned a median £894.30 a week in April 2025 (£42,200 a year). That is 11.1% above the figure for the East of England and 8th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £966.20, £71.90 higher. In 2015 the residents' median was £544.90, so it has risen 64% before inflation.
92,081 people lived in Stevenage in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.9% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +5.3%; the East of England grew by 8.5% over the same years, the 33rd fastest growth of all 45 council areas in the East of England. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In August 2026, 2,125 people in Stevenage were on the claimant count, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.3% in the East of England. That compares with 3.4% a year before. The five-year high was 5.0% (August 2021); the low was 2.8% (October 2022).
A typical home in Stevenage cost £316,210 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 1.8% on a year before. That is 28th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest; the average for the East of England was £337,518. The July peak was £320,131 in 2023, and prices are 23% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Stevenage (£42,200) gives a ratio of 7.5. That ratio is the 37th highest ratio of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 76.0% of Stevenage residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 7.9 points either way; the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 68.6% to 84.5%.
Average Band D council tax in Stevenage is £2,391.97 for 2026-27, up £110.69 on 2025-26. That makes it mid-table in the East of England, 25th of 45. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,527.14, so it has risen 57%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 87,482 |
| 2016 | 88,466 |
| 2017 | 89,099 |
| 2018 | 89,310 |
| 2019 | 89,541 |
| 2020 | 89,755 |
| 2021 | 89,360 |
| 2022 | 89,592 |
| 2023 | 90,330 |
| 2024 | 91,234 |
| 2025 | 92,081 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £256,476 |
| July 2017 | £273,759 |
| July 2018 | £269,082 |
| July 2019 | £268,883 |
| July 2020 | £265,620 |
| July 2021 | £294,516 |
| July 2022 | £313,472 |
| July 2023 | £320,131 |
| July 2024 | £310,379 |
| July 2025 | £310,637 |
| July 2026 | £316,210 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £544.90 a week |
| 2016 | £534.50 a week |
| 2017 | £564.70 a week |
| 2018 | £611.50 a week |
| 2019 | £557.90 a week |
| 2020 | £621.20 a week |
| 2021 | £577.80 a week |
| 2022 | £612.20 a week |
| 2023 | £669.10 a week |
| 2024 | £784.10 a week |
| 2025 | £894.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,527.14 |
| 2017-18 | £1,596.35 |
| 2018-19 | £1,688.92 |
| 2019-20 | £1,758.51 |
| 2020-21 | £1,827.77 |
| 2021-22 | £1,904.20 |
| 2022-23 | £1,977.88 |
| 2023-24 | £2,075.94 |
| 2024-25 | £2,176.01 |
| 2025-26 | £2,281.28 |
| 2026-27 | £2,391.97 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 76.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 91.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 97.2 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 98.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 95.3 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 82.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 91.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 86.6 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 75.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 81.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 93.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 76.9% |
| 2016/17 | 74.2% |
| 2017/18 | 79.4% |
| 2018/19 | 79.4% |
| 2019/20 | 82.4% |
| 2020/21 | 82.3% |
| 2021/22 | 68.6% |
| 2022/23 | 73.7% |
| 2023/24 | 84.5% |
| 2024/25 | 78.7% |
| 2025/26 | 76.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,560 |
| 2017 | 3,775 |
| 2018 | 3,705 |
| 2019 | 3,800 |
| 2020 | 3,890 |
| 2021 | 3,865 |
| 2022 | 3,840 |
| 2023 | 3,855 |
| 2024 | 3,960 |
| 2025 | 4,060 |
| 2026 | 4,130 |
Questions about Stevenage
What is life expectancy in Stevenage?
82.3 years for women and 79.5 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Stevenage?
Home Office figures show 8,607 offences in the year to March 2026, or 93.5 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Stevenage?
£894.30 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the population of Stevenage?
The ONS estimates 92,081 people lived in Stevenage in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Stevenage?
2,125 in August 2026 (3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average house price in Stevenage?
£316,210 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.8% on a year).
How much is Band D council tax in Stevenage?
£2,391.97 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Stevenage
Every body that makes decisions for Stevenage, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Stevenage council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Stevenage in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Stevenage: Kevin Bonavia (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: Life expectancy at birth (UK) · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the East of England: Babergh · Castle Point · East Cambridgeshire · Rochford · Three Rivers · Uttlesford
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