Crime Rates at Ashgate Road, Chesterfield, S40 4BW

Ashgate Road area has the 44th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Brampton East & Boythorpe , and the 140th highest crime rate of 355 local areas in Chesterfield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashgate Road (S40 4BW) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashgate Road (S40 4BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Inkerman Cottages, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiltern Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.