Total Crime Rate
118.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Garth Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Dunston , and the 108th highest crime rate of 355 local areas in Chesterfield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Garth Road (S41 8BL) in the last 12 months was 118.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher than the Dunston average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 71.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Garth Road (S41 8BL), the main crime hotspot is near Baines Wood Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 16 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 | Public order | Hollin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Willow Garth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hollin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ennerdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wythburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wythburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wythburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Garth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loundes Wood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wythburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Garth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordwell Avenue | Under investigation |
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