Postcode · Chesterfield
Crime in S40 3EQ
How much crime is recorded in S40 3EQ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Brookside & Walton
- Council
- Chesterfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,468 (2024)
S40 3EQChesterfield
How safe is S40 3EQ
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S40 3EQ area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
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 3EQNational
Violence and sexual offences19.023.6
Burglary3.99.1
Public order3.94.6
Other theft2.74.5
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Shoplifting0.98.4
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Other crime0.71.5
Drugs0.52.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 79% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
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20
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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.