Crime Rates at Poplar Business Park, London, E14 9RL

Poplar Business Park area has the 10th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Blackwall & Cubitt Town , and the 75th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar Business Park (E14 9RL) in the last 12 months was 413.5 per 1,000 residents and was 334.9% higher than the Blackwall & Cubitt Town average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 240.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 141.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1347.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poplar Business Park (E14 9RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aspen Way, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Biscayne Avenue (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.