Total Crime Rate
202.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brimington North , and the 57th 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 High Street (S43 1HH) in the last 12 months was 202.4 per 1,000 residents and was 176.2% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (S43 1HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornwall Drive (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chesterfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Birch Kiln Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foljambe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foljambe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bernard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Everett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Birch Kiln Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Birch Kiln Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Birch Kiln Croft | Under investigation |
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