# Chesterfield

Town in Chesterfield, East Midlands.

Chesterfield is a town in Chesterfield, East Midlands. Median sale price £208,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 133.6 per 1,000 people. About 78,293 people.

Town. Code E63001616. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield)

Chesterfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Chesterfield add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £208,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Chesterfield was £208,000 in 2025. Joint 270th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesterfield#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 76,394** (2021). Chesterfield had 76,394 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 143rd most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesterfield#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 92%** (2022). About 92% of people in Chesterfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesterfield#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.8%** (January 2026). In Chesterfield, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesterfield#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001616) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 92% of people in Chesterfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001616) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,169 homes were sold in Chesterfield in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001616) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Chesterfield.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001616) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Chesterfield had 76,394 usual residents at the census.

## How Chesterfield compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Chesterfield | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £208,000 | 30th cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 76,394 | 6th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 92% | 33rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.8% | 19th lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Chesterfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chesterfield at a rate of 133.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 954 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chesterfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (4,247), other crime (1,795) and anti-social behaviour (1,636).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Chesterfield was 127.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in Chesterfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Chesterfield has no single figure. Of its 51 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Chesterfield

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chesterfield 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019526) | 1,265 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Chesterfield 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019528) | 1,465 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Chesterfield 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019572) | 1,332 | 104.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.7% |
| [Chesterfield 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019573) | 1,559 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.4% |
| [Chesterfield 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019574) | 1,293 | 159.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 71.0% |
| [Chesterfield 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019529) | 1,419 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Chesterfield 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019541) | 1,513 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Chesterfield 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019542) | 1,577 | 180.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.1% |
| [Chesterfield 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019543) | 1,859 | 127.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| [Chesterfield 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019544) | 1,545 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| [Chesterfield 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019571) | 1,511 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| [Chesterfield 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019533) | 1,328 | 147.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.3% |
| [Chesterfield 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019537) | 1,636 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| [Chesterfield 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019569) | 1,496 | 373.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.8% |
| [Chesterfield 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019570) | 1,284 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Chesterfield 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019580) | 1,638 | 150.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Chesterfield 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019581) | 1,335 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.4% |
| [Chesterfield 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019557) | 1,501 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.8% |
| [Chesterfield 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019558) | 1,275 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| [Chesterfield 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019559) | 1,069 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| [Chesterfield 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019560) | 1,337 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| [Chesterfield 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019561) | 1,210 | 213.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 38.6% |
| [Chesterfield 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019562) | 1,193 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| [Chesterfield 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019539) | 1,564 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| [Chesterfield 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019540) | 1,413 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Chesterfield 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019555) | 1,453 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| [Chesterfield 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019590) | 1,796 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Chesterfield 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019591) | 1,513 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Chesterfield 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019538) | 1,982 | 197.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| [Chesterfield 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019554) | 1,329 | 123.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| [Chesterfield 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019556) | 1,491 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.4% |
| [Chesterfield 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019579) | 1,857 | 170.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.6% |
| [Chesterfield 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01033387) | 1,190 | 1,596.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 53.3% |
| [Chesterfield 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01033388) | 1,734 | 227.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [Chesterfield 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019586) | 1,313 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Chesterfield 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019587) | 1,386 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
| [Chesterfield 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019588) | 1,331 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Chesterfield 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019589) | 1,302 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [Chesterfield 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019592) | 1,665 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Chesterfield 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019593) | 1,110 | 10.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| [Chesterfield 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019545) | 1,322 | 119.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| [Chesterfield 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019546) | 1,388 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.1% |
| [Chesterfield 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019547) | 1,371 | 134.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| [Chesterfield 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019548) | 2,210 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.3% |
| [Chesterfield 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019582) | 1,477 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| [Chesterfield 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019583) | 1,374 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.3% |
| [Chesterfield 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019585) | 2,273 | 135.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.3% |
| [Chesterfield 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019575) | 1,657 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Chesterfield 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019576) | 1,606 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| [Chesterfield 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019577) | 1,493 | 165.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| [Chesterfield 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/neighbourhood/e01019578) | 1,546 | 248.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.3% |

## Your MP

- [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chesterfield): Mr Toby Perkins (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield)

## Postcode districts covering Chesterfield

[S40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s40), [S41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s41), [S42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s42), [S43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s43)

## Middle areas in Chesterfield

[Ashgate & Brockwell](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/ashgate-and-brockwell), [Boythorpe & Birdholme](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/boythorpe-and-birdholme), [Brookside & Walton](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/brookside-and-walton), [Central Chesterfield & Stonegravels](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/central-chesterfield-and-stonegravels), [Dunston](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/dunston), [Loundsley Green & Holme Hall](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/loundsley-green-and-holme-hall), [Newbold](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/newbold), [Old Whittington](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/old-whittington), [Spital & Hasland](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield/spital-and-hasland)

## Towns near Chesterfield

[Brimington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brimington), [Staveley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/staveley), [Dronfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dronfield), [North Wingfield and Holmewood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/north-wingfield-and-holmewood), [Clay Cross](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross), [Sheffield](https://openindex.co.uk/sheffield)

## Chesterfield in brief

Chesterfield is a town in Chesterfield, East Midlands.
About 78,293 people lived in Chesterfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £208,000 in 2025 across 1,169 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 133.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Chesterfield was £208,000 in 2025.
Chesterfield had 76,394 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in Chesterfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chesterfield, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001616
- Constituency: [Chesterfield †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chesterfield)
- Council: [Chesterfield †](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 24.30 km²
- People, mid-2024: 78,293*
- Neighbourhoods: 51
- Output areas: 276

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Brimington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brimington), [Staveley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/staveley), [Dronfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dronfield), [North Wingfield and Holmewood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/north-wingfield-and-holmewood), [Clay Cross](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross), [Sheffield](https://openindex.co.uk/sheffield)

## Latest updates for Chesterfield

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001616

## How to cite

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