Total Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brimington North , and the 100th lowest crime rate of 355 local areas in Chesterfield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (S41 9LD) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% lower than the Brimington North average (73.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (S41 9LD), the main crime hotspot is near Danby Avenue. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 38 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 | Ashcroft Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hilltop Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roecar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Danby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Glebe Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Bank Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Bank Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashcroft Drive | — |
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