Police-recorded · Nottingham · Nottinghamshire Police

Drugs in Nottingham

12 months to June 2026

6.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,967 drugs offences in Nottingham in the 12 months to June 2026, down 6.8% (144) on the previous 12 months. That is 6.0 per 1,000 residents against 3.4 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Drugs
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 325,765

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 148 offencesOctober 2011: 170 offencesNovember 2011: 140 offencesDecember 2011: 135 offencesJanuary 2012: 154 offencesFebruary 2012: 137 offencesMarch 2012: 183 offencesApril 2012: 178 offencesMay 2012: 158 offencesJune 2012: 170 offencesJuly 2012: 195 offencesAugust 2012: 151 offencesSeptember 2012: 156 offencesOctober 2012: 143 offencesNovember 2012: 162 offencesDecember 2012: 130 offencesJanuary 2013: 171 offencesFebruary 2013: 163 offencesMarch 2013: 147 offencesApril 2013: 178 offencesMay 2013: 168 offencesJune 2013: 150 offencesJuly 2013: 149 offencesAugust 2013: 129 offencesSeptember 2013: 149 offencesOctober 2013: 125 offencesNovember 2013: 153 offencesDecember 2013: 136 offencesJanuary 2014: 159 offencesFebruary 2014: 151 offencesMarch 2014: 185 offencesApril 2014: 171 offencesMay 2014: 173 offencesJune 2014: 158 offencesJuly 2014: 150 offencesAugust 2014: 158 offencesSeptember 2014: 108 offencesOctober 2014: 140 offencesNovember 2014: 168 offencesDecember 2014: 167 offencesJanuary 2015: 133 offencesFebruary 2015: 119 offencesMarch 2015: 141 offencesApril 2015: 139 offencesMay 2015: 211 offencesJune 2015: 119 offencesJuly 2015: 111 offencesAugust 2015: 131 offencesSeptember 2015: 114 offencesOctober 2015: 111 offencesNovember 2015: 96 offencesDecember 2015: 167 offencesJanuary 2016: 111 offencesFebruary 2016: 120 offencesMarch 2016: 134 offencesApril 2016: 120 offencesMay 2016: 147 offencesJune 2016: 114 offencesJuly 2016: 123 offencesAugust 2016: 127 offencesSeptember 2016: 123 offencesOctober 2016: 138 offencesNovember 2016: 140 offencesDecember 2016: 124 offencesJanuary 2017: 129 offencesFebruary 2017: 110 offencesMarch 2017: 156 offencesApril 2017: 123 offencesMay 2017: 139 offencesJune 2017: 142 offencesJuly 2017: 111 offencesAugust 2017: 137 offencesSeptember 2017: 126 offencesOctober 2017: 147 offencesNovember 2017: 143 offencesDecember 2017: 163 offencesJanuary 2018: 135 offencesFebruary 2018: 158 offencesMarch 2018: 157 offencesApril 2018: 125 offencesMay 2018: 172 offencesJune 2018: 164 offencesJuly 2018: 197 offencesAugust 2018: 169 offencesSeptember 2018: 195 offencesOctober 2018: 176 offencesNovember 2018: 169 offencesDecember 2018: 231 offencesJanuary 2019: 256 offencesFebruary 2019: 255 offencesMarch 2019: 275 offencesApril 2019: 216 offencesMay 2019: 325 offencesJune 2019: 257 offencesJuly 2019: 267 offencesAugust 2019: 281 offencesSeptember 2019: 272 offencesOctober 2019: 284 offencesNovember 2019: 236 offencesDecember 2019: 261 offencesJanuary 2020: 249 offencesFebruary 2020: 196 offencesMarch 2020: 205 offencesApril 2020: 168 offencesMay 2020: 199 offencesJune 2020: 205 offencesJuly 2020: 179 offencesAugust 2020: 151 offencesSeptember 2020: 197 offencesOctober 2020: 175 offencesNovember 2020: 215 offencesDecember 2020: 213 offencesJanuary 2021: 170 offencesFebruary 2021: 205 offencesMarch 2021: 183 offencesApril 2021: 216 offencesMay 2021: 227 offencesJune 2021: 161 offencesJuly 2021: 184 offencesAugust 2021: 131 offencesSeptember 2021: 220 offencesOctober 2021: 245 offencesNovember 2021: 228 offencesDecember 2021: 203 offencesJanuary 2022: 199 offencesFebruary 2022: 158 offencesMarch 2022: 185 offencesApril 2022: 225 offencesMay 2022: 203 offencesJune 2022: 201 offencesJuly 2022: 206 offencesAugust 2022: 167 offencesSeptember 2022: 209 offencesOctober 2022: 158 offencesNovember 2022: 203 offencesDecember 2022: 170 offencesJanuary 2023: 180 offencesFebruary 2023: 176 offencesMarch 2023: 217 offencesApril 2023: 188 offencesMay 2023: 213 offencesJune 2023: 168 offencesJuly 2023: 183 offencesAugust 2023: 173 offencesSeptember 2023: 175 offencesOctober 2023: 199 offencesNovember 2023: 178 offencesDecember 2023: 161 offencesJanuary 2024: 170 offencesFebruary 2024: 172 offencesMarch 2024: 146 offencesApril 2024: 138 offencesMay 2024: 163 offencesJune 2024: 160 offencesJuly 2024: 167 offencesAugust 2024: 177 offencesSeptember 2024: 158 offencesOctober 2024: 160 offencesNovember 2024: 195 offencesDecember 2024: 171 offencesJanuary 2025: 179 offencesFebruary 2025: 154 offencesMarch 2025: 221 offencesApril 2025: 177 offencesMay 2025: 193 offencesJune 2025: 159 offencesJuly 2025: 170 offencesAugust 2025: 148 offencesSeptember 2025: 166 offencesOctober 2025: 159 offencesNovember 2025: 154 offencesDecember 2025: 148 offencesJanuary 2026: 201 offencesFebruary 2026: 165 offencesMarch 2026: 151 offencesApril 2026: 165 offencesMay 2026: 173 offencesJune 2026: 167 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20110 (partial)
June 20121,5735.12012
June 20131,9146.22013
June 20141,8385.92014
June 20151,7535.62015
June 20161,4764.62016
June 20171,5744.92017
June 20181,7385.42018
June 20192,7218.42019
June 20202,8238.72020
June 20212,2927.22021
June 20222,3827.32022
June 20232,2556.92023
June 20242,0186.12024
June 20252,1116.52025
June 20261,9676.02025

What this measures

Possession, supply and production of controlled drugs. Counts largely reflect police activity rather than the level of drug use.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Nottingham

Every local authority ranked by drugs rate · All recorded crime in Nottingham