Total Crime Rate

347.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 347.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 152.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 143.3 9/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.2 3/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Darwent Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brimington North , and the 25th 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 Darwent Road (S41 0UE) in the last 12 months was 347.6 per 1,000 residents and was 334.2% higher than the Brimington North average (80.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 127.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Darwent Road (S41 0UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swaddale Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Darwent Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tapton Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stuart Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stuart Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swaddale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stuart Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Troughbrook Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malia Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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