Total Crime Rate

138.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 138.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 34.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 13.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Robbery 6.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Poplar High Street area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Lansbury , and the 344th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar High Street (E14 0AE) in the last 12 months was 138.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% lower than the Lansbury average (139.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% 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 153 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.

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Crime Over Time in Poplar High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dolphin Lane
Apr 2026Public order Kerbey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kerbey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Kerbey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Kerbey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sturry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sturry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Sturry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sturry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Plimsoll Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grundy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grundy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grundy Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grundy Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grundy Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grundy Street
Apr 2026Public order Southill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Southill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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