Total Crime Rate

135.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 135.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Fern Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Staveley Central , and the 90th highest crime rate of 357 local areas in Chesterfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fern Avenue (S43 3RH) in the last 12 months was 135.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fern Avenue (S43 3RH), the main crime hotspot is near Burbage Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fern Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bond Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bond Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Troughbrook Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bond Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Ringwood Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Burbage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burbage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wessington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stormont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stormont Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street
Sep 2025Public order Winster Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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