Total Crime Rate

106.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westwood Drive Gardens area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Staveley Central , and the 118th highest crime rate of 357 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 Westwood Drive Gardens (S43 3DD) in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower than the Staveley Central average (150.7 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westwood Drive Gardens (S43 3DD), the main crime hotspot is near Dovedale Avenue. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Westwood Drive Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Dovedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steele Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dobson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Curbar Curve Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lathkill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lathkill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Castleton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castleton Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dobson Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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