Total Crime Rate
144.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hayling Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Basford , and the 301st highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hayling Drive (NG8 5EY) in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% higher than the Basford average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 88.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hayling Drive (NG8 5EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Pleasant (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Basford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucklow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Didcot Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Didcot Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Didcot Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haversham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucklow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucklow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucklow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayling Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Basford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Basford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitechapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | A6514 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bucklow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Luton Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newcastle Farm Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
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