Poplar West
Middle areaEast Tower Hamlets. 11,197 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Poplar West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Poplar West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Poplar West at a rate of 136.4 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 | 434 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 404 |
| Other crime | 217 |
| Vehicle crime | 138 |
| Drug offences | 112 |
| Burglary | 82 |
| Theft from the person | 56 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 51 |
| Robbery | 27 |
| Shoplifting | 6 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Poplar West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Poplar West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Poplar West at a rate of 136.4 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, 147 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Poplar West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (434), anti-social behaviour (404) and other crime (217).
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 West alone. See Tower Hamlets
Poplar West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Poplar West was £375,000 in 2025.
Poplar West had 10,801 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Poplar West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Poplar West, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.