Total Crime Rate
40.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brampton East & Boythorpe , and the 96th lowest crime rate of 355 local areas in Chesterfield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Road (S40 2LL) in the last 12 months was 40.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.4% lower than the Brampton East & Boythorpe average (128.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Road (S40 2LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near New Street, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chesterfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maynard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Augustines Mount | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Augustines Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horse Chestnut Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Askew Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maudesley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Augustines Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maudesley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maudesley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maudesley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnbull Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maynard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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