Total Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Augustines Road area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brampton East & Boythorpe , and the 102nd 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 St Augustines Road (S40 2SA) in the last 12 months was 41.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Augustines Road (S40 2SA), the main crime hotspot is near Didcot Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 28 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 | Carlyon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustines Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melling Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Melling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnbull Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Augustines Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Augustines Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Augustines Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chepstow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Augustines Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Augustines Mount | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Augustines Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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