Total Crime Rate

106.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.9 8/10
  • Other theft 48.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 34.5 7/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Highfield Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Brockwell , and the 117th highest crime rate of 357 local areas in Chesterfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Avenue (S41 7AX) in the last 12 months was 106.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% higher than the Brockwell average (82.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Avenue (S41 7AX), the main crime hotspot is near Rhodes Avenue. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leyburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lucas Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barbon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newland Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westleigh Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Westleigh Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodes Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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