The overall crime rate in Chesterfield city is 121.2 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 4.0k crimes were violent crimes which is 37.8% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 130% of national crime rate. Drugs crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 21.3% over the last twelve months.The category of "public order crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Public order crime" rate is at 155% of national crime rate which puts Chesterfield on 31. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Public order crime" makes up 9.4% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "public order crime" is 999 cases and has decreased by 6.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2023 - September 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 37.8% | 52. highest | 130% | 4.0k | -3.9% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 17.9% | 27. highest | 137% | 1.9k | -6.6% |
Shoplifting crime | 9.7% | 50. highest | 146% | 1.0k | 17.4% |
Public order crime | 9.4% | 31. highest | 155% | 999 | -6.9% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 6.6% | 30. lowest | 103% | 705 | -5.0% |
Other theft crime | 6.4% | 44. lowest | 103% | 684 | -7.4% |
Burglary crime | 3.0% | 33. lowest | 85% | 319 | -19.6% |
Vehicle crime | 2.7% | 14. lowest | 53% | 286 | -11.5% |
Drugs crime | 2.3% | 35. lowest | 100% | 245 | 21.3% |
Other crime | 1.6% | 25. lowest | 94% | 165 | -15.8% |
Possession of weapons crime | 1.0% | 49. lowest | 135% | 109 | 17.2% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.7% | 52. lowest | 38% | 76 | -1.3% |
Robbery crime | 0.6% | 28. lowest | 60% | 69 | 11.3% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.1% | 1. lowest | 16% | 14 | -60.0% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Chesterfield city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Chesterfield city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 21.7 | 15.9 |
Bicycle theft | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 3.6 | 4.3 |
Criminal damage and arson | 8.0 | 7.8 |
Drugs | 2.8 | 2.8 |
Other crime | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Other theft | 7.8 | 7.6 |
Possession of weapons | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Public order | 11.4 | 7.3 |
Robbery | 0.8 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 11.8 | 8.1 |
Theft from the person | 0.9 | 2.3 |
Vehicle crime | 3.3 | 6.2 |
Violent crime | 45.8 | 35.1 |