* The original stories don't mention the number. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories never specify the number of steps.
* Adaptations vary. Different television and film adaptations of Sherlock Holmes have depicted the apartment at varying heights. Some have shown it on the ground floor, while others have placed it on the second or third floor.
Therefore, there is no definitive number of steps up to 221B Baker Street. It's a detail left to the imagination of the reader or viewer.