Crime Rate in Whittington Moor, ward

Whittington Moor has the 5th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Chesterfield district and the 1057th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 94th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Whittington Moor in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Chesterfield district average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Whittington Moor’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 344 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 419 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Whittington Moor ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 153 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Flamsteed Crescent (40 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.