Poplar Area Guide | £426k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Among the most deprived
Population
9,088
Households
3,350
Crimes · Jun '26
High · 21.0 per 1k
3,350
Households
Bangladeshi · 44%
Ethnicity
Muslim · 50%
Religion
Among the most deprived
Avg IMD
High · 21.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£426,429
Median property price
145
Postcodes
3,350
Households
Bangladeshi · 44%
Ethnicity
Muslim · 50%
Religion
Among the most deprived
Avg IMD
High · 21.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£426,429
Median property price
145
Postcodes

Sold prices in Poplar

England & Wales
Property sales · Poplar
HM Land Registry · Poplar
Average price
£438,965
YoY: -7.7%
Median price: £472,485
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '24 – Jun '26Jun '26: 1 sales · avg £715,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£775k£548k£322k
Jul '24Dec '24Jul '25Dec '25Jun '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Poplar

England & Wales
Crime trends · Poplar

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
48
YoY +33%
533925
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
30
YoY -32%
463217
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
17
YoY +13%
31196
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
7
YoY —
1272
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
1370
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Shoplifting
34
YoY +100%
34181
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · shoplifting up sharply · violent crime rising

191
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Poplar

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Tower Hamlets.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Tower Hamlets

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Poplar

GPs make up most of the mapped places

72 GPs · 13 Museums · 12 Libraries · 107 in all

  • GPs72
  • Museums13
  • Libraries12
  • Universities6
  • Hospitals4

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Poplar

Coordinates51.5097, -0.0135
Postcodes
145
Population (Census)
9,088
Households (Census)
3,350
Recorded crime · Jun '26
High · 21.0 per 1k

Demographics in Poplar

Ethnicity

Total residents: 9,075
Bangladeshi43.8%
White Brit.14.4%
Other White12.0%
African6.1%
Indian4.1%
+ 8 other groups · 19.6%

Religion

Total residents: 9,081
Muslim50.0%
Christian21.0%
No religion18.1%
Not answered6.2%
Hindu2.9%
+ other · 1.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 9,088
25–3425.0%
35–4923.3%
50–649.8%
20–248.9%
10–158.4%
+ 5 other age groups · 24.7%

Households

Total households: 3,350
Other25.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children19.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over11.1%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.7%
Cohabiting couple family: No children6.7%
+ 7 other households · 28.8%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Poplar

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Among the most deprived
Mean decile 2.15 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Among the most deprived on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 2.15 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Poplar