Total Crime Rate
101.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Helston Drive area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Aspley , and the 453rd highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Helston Drive (NG8 6LA) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower than the Aspley average (119.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Helston Drive (NG8 6LA), the main crime hotspot is near Cotswold Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seagrave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cuxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuxton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Warsop Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warsop Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newstead Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blidworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyrale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strelley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strelley Road | Under investigation |
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