Total Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Poplar Place area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Dunston , and the 160th highest crime rate of 357 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 Poplar Place (S41 8TF) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% lower than the Dunston average (104.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poplar Place (S41 8TF), the main crime hotspot is near Arundel Close. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dunston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Chad'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountcastle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6050 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Occupation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edmund Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mountcastle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Highgrove Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Racecourse Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Racecourse Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Racecourse Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Close | — |
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