The invention belongs to the technical field of measurement of tin elements in metals, and particularly relates to a method for measuring the content of tin in crude lead. The method comprises the steps of: firstly, dissolving metal lead with nitric acid and potassium sodium tartrate, adding hydrochloric acid to inhibit tin hydrolysis, after a white precipitate disappears, taking off the lead forcooling, performing filtering by using medium-speed quantitative filter paper, ashing residues together with the filter paper in a muffle furnace, melting the ash with sodium peroxide, leaching in hotwater, performing acidification, merging the solution with the filtrate, and measuring the tin in ICP. According to the method, the applicability of the sample is fully considered, the experimental process is greatly simplified, the analysis efficiency is improved, and the detection range of the experiment is expanded; at the same time, the disadvantages of simultaneous addition of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid in other methods are fully considered, the method of firstly adding the nitric acid and the potassium sodium tartrate to dissolve the metal lead, and then adding the hydrochloric acid to inhibit tin hydrolysis is invented, this change effectively solves the problem of the formation of a dense oxide film on the metal lead in an aqua regia system, meanwhile, a step of correctinginsoluble residues is increased to further improve the accuracy of the experiment.