Total Crime Rate

171.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 171.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.4 9/10
  • Public order 17.2 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Hucklow Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Brampton East & Boythorpe , and the 64th highest crime rate of 357 local areas in Chesterfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hucklow Avenue (S40 2LT) in the last 12 months was 171.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% higher than the Brampton East & Boythorpe average (129.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 103.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hucklow Avenue (S40 2LT), the main crime hotspot is near Rufford Close. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Brampton East & Boythorpe

Crime Over Time in Hucklow Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Wardlow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Didcot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chertsey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grindlow Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Branton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foolow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wardlow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sitwell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Chepstow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chepstow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chepstow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Didcot Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chertsey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Didcot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Didcot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Didcot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boythorpe Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boythorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boythorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wardlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melling Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boythorpe Crescent
Sep 2025Public order Rufford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melling Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rufford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rufford Close Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.