Total Crime Rate
131.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kendal Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Dunston , and the 89th 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 Kendal Road (S41 8JA) in the last 12 months was 131.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 84.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kendal Road (S41 8JA), the main crime hotspot is near Arundel Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 22 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Devonshire Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Levens Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Levens Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Levens Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arundel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gorman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Racecourse Mount | Under investigation |
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