Postcode · Chesterfield
Crime in S40 3DN
How much crime is recorded in S40 3DN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Brookside & Walton
- Council
- Chesterfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,334 (2024)
S40 3DNChesterfield
How safe is S40 3DN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S40 3DN area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
S40 3DNNational
Shoplifting12.38.4
Burglary7.09.1
Violence and sexual offences7.023.6
Anti-social behaviour6.210.7
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Public order3.34.6
Robbery1.61.4
Other theft1.44.5
Drugs0.92.4
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Criminal damage and arson0.34.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.