Total Crime Rate
420.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
275.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yarncliff Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Brampton West & Loundsley Green , and the 14th 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 Yarncliff Close (S40 4JF) in the last 12 months was 420.7 per 1,000 residents and was 646.6% higher than the Brampton West & Loundsley Green average (56.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 275.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yarncliff Close (S40 4JF), the main crime hotspot is near Cheedale Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 24 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 | Other theft | Peak View Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Edge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheedale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hambledon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Masson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Purbeck Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peak View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chasecliff Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Edge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | White Edge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuttholme Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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