Poplar Leaside

Tower Hamlets · London · population 10,946 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,804 of 6,856 in England
  • #900 of 1,002 in London
  • #22 of 34 in Tower Hamlets
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,831
Median age (est.)29
Density15,346per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above43%
No car or van64%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 17%25–44 41%45–64 15%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 44%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 44%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 16%Other: 21%
One person 27%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 16%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 31%Asian: 48%Black: 12%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 31%Asian 48%Black 12%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 47% · Christian 24% · No religion 20%

Born outside the UK: 45%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Poplar Leaside is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,804 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 34 in Tower Hamlets. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (42) and lowest on Income (5). Typical homes here sold for about £480,960 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 102 sales), in line with the wider Tower Hamlets median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,038 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 97 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 5 · #6,503
Employment 23 · #5,270
Education 42 · #3,940
Health 27 · #4,995
Crime 24 · #5,242
Housing & access 16 · #5,777
Living environment 30 · #4,803

House prices ?

£480,960median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£480,960102+4.1%+17.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£479,87598+5.9%+32.4%
This area£480,960
Tower Hamlets£495,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£52,038±£7,373 · #781 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,958
Price-to-income ?9.2×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

97 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,064 offences
Tower Hamlets114
London102
England83

Rank #4,848 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences364
Theft221
Burglary55
Vehicle crime168
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons65
Drugs68
Robbery41
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 306 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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