Poplars
Middle areaEast Stevenage. 6,926 people in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in Poplars live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Poplars
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Poplars at a rate of 88.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.5 per 1,000 people across Stevenage.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 194 |
| Shoplifting | 154 |
| Other crime | 134 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 56 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 40 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 |
| Drug offences | 12 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Poplars compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Poplars safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Poplars at a rate of 88.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.5 per 1,000 people across Stevenage.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Poplars.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (194), shoplifting (154) and other crime (134).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Stevenage
These figures are published for the whole of Stevenage, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Stevenage and not Poplars alone. See Stevenage
Poplars in brief
The median price paid for a home in Poplars was £337,500 in 2025.
Poplars had 6,885 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in Poplars live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Poplars, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.