Total Crime Rate

450.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 450.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 204.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Burglary 20.8 10/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Drugs 12.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Windermere Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Dunston , and the 13th 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 Windermere Road (S41 8DU) in the last 12 months was 450.0 per 1,000 residents and was 332.2% higher than the Dunston average (104.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windermere Road (S41 8DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buttermere Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Windermere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littlemoor Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sudhall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broom Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broom Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Monkwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brome Head Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brome Head Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sudhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brome Head Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Keswick Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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