Total Crime Rate
247.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakbank Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brimington North , and the 36th highest crime rate of 355 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 Oakbank Avenue (S41 9PH) in the last 12 months was 247.8 per 1,000 residents and was 238.2% higher 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 180.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakbank Avenue (S41 9PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Webster Croft, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashcroft Drive (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chesterfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Bank Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashcroft Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roecar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Bank Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6052 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft Drive | Under investigation |
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