Crime Rate in Dunston, ward

Dunston has the 6th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Chesterfield district and the 1628th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 142nd highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dunston in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% lower than the Chesterfield district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dunston’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 431 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 527 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dunston ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 73 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Arundel Close (28 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.