Total Crime Rate
138.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poplar 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.
View Crime In Poplar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolphin Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kerbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kerbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kerbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Southill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kerbey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sturry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sturry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plimsoll Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grundy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grundy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grundy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grundy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grundy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grundy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Southill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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