Total Crime Rate

154.9 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 154.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 45.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
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Crime overview

Southdown Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Brampton West & Loundsley Green , and the 75th highest crime rate of 357 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 Southdown Avenue (S40 4QL) in the last 12 months was 154.9 per 1,000 residents and was 200.0% higher than the Brampton West & Loundsley Green average (51.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southdown Avenue (S40 4QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard View Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southdown Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chiltern Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sedgemoor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedgemoor Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chiltern Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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