Total Crime Rate
66.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hunloke Avenue area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brampton East & Boythorpe , and the 156th 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 Hunloke Avenue (S40 2NU) in the last 12 months was 66.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hunloke Avenue (S40 2NU), the main crime hotspot is near Rufford Close. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chesterfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boythorpe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rufford Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boythorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boythorpe Mount | Under investigation |
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