london.then.travel
All London areas

Tower Hamlets

Is Poplar safe?

Run an interactive check
Indicative score

Elevated caution

Based on public recorded crime near Poplar, Tower Hamlets within 500m.

Incidents

196

Trend

stable

Confidence

High

Crime Summary

Most recent public police data available: May 2026.

12-month trendJuly 2025May 2026

May 2026 is about 13% above the 12-month average of 173.2 incidents.

violent crime47
Anti-social behaviour42
Shoplifting25
Vehicle crime21
Robbery10
Theft from the person12

Area Profile

Visitor-friendly by day, calmer in the evening, and best for stays that do not need West End proximity.

Tourist friendlinessExcellent
Family suitabilityHigh
NightlifeQuiet
Late-night cautionHigher

Transport

Nearest rail-based stations from the TfL Unified API.

All Saints

267m away · DLR

Blackwall

301m away · DLR

Poplar

464m away · DLR

East India

602m away · D3, DLR, N550

How to Read This

Designed for travel planning, not certainty.

  • Recent street-level incidents within the selected radius are weighted by category.
  • Violence, robbery, weapons and burglary carry higher weight than lower-severity categories.
  • Up to 12 months of history are averaged with recency decay, so one unusual month does not swing the score.
  • A stable neighbourhood baseline from the official English Indices of Deprivation crime domain anchors the score.
  • Dense central visitor areas are normalized so footfall does not automatically imply danger.
  • Improving recent trend slightly lifts the score; a rising trend lowers it.
  • The score is indicative and based only on public recorded crime data, not a guarantee of personal safety.

Accommodation Search

No listings are ingested. These buttons open independent accommodation searches.