Total Crime Rate
173.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orion Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bilborough , and the 231st highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Orion Drive (NG8 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 173.9 per 1,000 residents and was 58.6% higher than the Bilborough average (109.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orion Drive (NG8 4EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bracebridge Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bilborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramerton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clether Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clether Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramerton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramerton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orion Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orion Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orion Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bracebridge Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clanfield Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Darnhall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaisdale Drive East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meldreth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clanfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caincross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caincross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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