Total Crime Rate

155.8 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 155.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 17.3 9/10
  • Drugs 13.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Poplar High Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Lansbury , and the 302nd highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar High Street (E14 0AE) in the last 12 months was 155.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% higher than the Lansbury average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poplar High Street (E14 0AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kerbey Street, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Susannah Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Poplar High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rigden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountague Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poplar Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Harrow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Harrow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harrow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A1261 β€”
Sep 2025Other theft A1261 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smythe Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountague Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottage Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shirbutt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shirbutt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shirbutt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shirbutt Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shirbutt Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Poplar Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smythe Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Sturry Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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