Sunday email
Crime

Crime in Chesterfield by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

Share this
3,424crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+7%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Waltonlowest rate30.6 per 1,000 a year
110.9middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

Check your own street

See crime and everything else that’s changing right round your home. Free, no sign-in.

Most improved: Tapton (-28%), Old Whittington (-20%) and Stonegravels (-12%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1Whittington MoorS41 · 4,584 residents 260▼ 12%violence
2HaslandS41 · 24,727 residents 221.6▲ 9%violence
3SpitalS41 · 9,436 residents 220.9▲ 11%violence
4ChesterfieldS40 · 46,242 residents 182.4▲ 8%violence
5StonegravelsS41 · 9,636 residents 179.7▼ 12%violence
6BirdholmeS40 · 36,270 residents 172.3▲ 8%violence
7TaptonS41 · 5,059 residents 165.3▼ 28%violence
8BoythorpeS40 · 10,649 residents 159.6▲ 19%violence
9Loundsley GreenS40 · 7,037 residents 143.8▲ 30%violence
10HadyS41 · 6,509 residents 141.3▼ 9%violence
11BrooksideS40 · 1,665 residents 139.3▲ 123%violence
12BrockwellS40 · 11,905 residents 134.4▲ 10%violence
13NewboldS41 · 12,200 residents 118▲ 19%violence
14StaveleyS43 · 14,387 residents 116.2▼ 3%violence
15Old WhittingtonS41 · 4,184 residents 110.9▼ 20%violence
16DunstonS41 · 6,418 residents 109.7▲ 11%violence
17BrimingtonS43 · 29,041 residents 109.5▲ 3%violence
18Brimington CommonS43 · 3,777 residents 99.5▲ 2%violence
19MiddlecroftS43 · 7,601 residents 98.9▲ 31%violence
20Mastin MoorS43 · 1,755 residents 86.6▼ 16%violence
21AshgateS40 · 10,034 residents 78.9▲ 50%violence
22Barrow HillS43 · 3,285 residents 69.4▼ 7%violence
23NorbriggsS43 · 4,787 residents 67.7▼ 1%violence
24Inkersall GreenS43 · 7,601 residents 67.4▲ 35%violence
25Brampton (S40)S40 · 10,455 residents 66.2▲ 44%violence
26New WhittingtonS43 · 4,149 residents 64.6▼ 6%violence
27PoolsbrookS43 · 1,772 residents 58.7▲ 8%violence
28HollingwoodS43 · 6,253 residents 46.1▲ 9%violence
29WaltonS40 · 11,127 residents 30.6▲ 67%violence

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Chesterfield have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Walton, Hollingwood, Poolsbrook, New Whittington and Brampton (S40).

Which areas of Chesterfield have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Whittington Moor, Hasland, Spital, Chesterfield and Stonegravels.

Is crime going up or down in Chesterfield?

Across Chesterfield, 3,424 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 7% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.