Total Crime Rate
153.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cordwell Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Dunston , and the 76th 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 Cordwell Avenue (S41 8DA) in the last 12 months was 153.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cordwell Avenue (S41 8DA), the main crime hotspot is near Monkwood Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Loundes Wood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keswick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windermere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caulfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broughton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caulfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sedbergh Crescent | — |
| 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 | Monkwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buttermere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunston Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniston Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniston Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingswood Close | Under investigation |
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