Crime Rate in Spire, ward

Spire has the 2nd highest crime rate of 16 wards in Chesterfield district and the 473rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 41st highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Spire in the last 12 months was 168.8 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% higher than the Chesterfield district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Spire’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 691 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -19.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 919 (≈ 100.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Spire ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 475 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (311 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.