Poplar Leaside
Middle areaEast Tower Hamlets. 11,228 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in Poplar Leaside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Poplar Leaside
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Poplar Leaside at a rate of 129.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 372 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 294 |
| Other crime | 192 |
| Vehicle crime | 184 |
| Shoplifting | 107 |
| Theft from the person | 75 |
| Burglary | 73 |
| Drug offences | 68 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 50 |
| Robbery | 41 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Poplar Leaside compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Poplar Leaside safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Poplar Leaside at a rate of 129.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 130 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Poplar Leaside.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (372), anti-social behaviour (294) and other crime (192).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets
These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Poplar Leaside alone. See Tower Hamlets
Poplar Leaside in brief
The median price paid for a home in Poplar Leaside was £497,280 in 2025.
Poplar Leaside had 10,831 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Poplar Leaside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Poplar Leaside, 89.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.