S40
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chesterfield, Brampton and Ashgate, in Chesterfield.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an S40 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 84% of people in S40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How S40 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S40 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S40 at a rate of 147.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 543 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,069), other crime (917) and anti-social behaviour (886).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S40 was 135.4 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 S40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S40 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in S40
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield 008B | 1,275 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| Chesterfield 008D | 1,337 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| Chesterfield 008E | 1,210 | 213.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 38.6% |
| Chesterfield 008F | 1,193 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Chesterfield 009A | 1,564 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| Chesterfield 009B | 1,413 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Chesterfield 009C | 1,453 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Chesterfield 009D | 1,796 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Chesterfield 009E | 1,513 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Chesterfield 010A | 1,982 | 197.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| Chesterfield 010B | 1,329 | 123.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| Chesterfield 010C | 1,491 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.4% |
| Chesterfield 010F | 1,190 | 1,596.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 53.3% |
| Chesterfield 010G | 1,734 | 227.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Chesterfield 011A | 1,313 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Chesterfield 011B | 1,386 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
| Chesterfield 011C | 1,331 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Chesterfield 011D | 1,302 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Chesterfield 011E | 1,665 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Chesterfield 011F | 1,110 | 10.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Chesterfield 013A | 1,657 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Chesterfield 013B | 1,606 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Chesterfield 013C | 1,493 | 165.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| Chesterfield 013D | 1,546 | 248.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.3% |
MPs for S40
- Mr Toby PerkinsLabourMP for Chesterfield100% of S40’s postcodes
- Louise Sandher-JonesLabourMP for North East Derbyshire0.2% of S40’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in S405
Postcode sectors in S405
Council1
Towns in S401
Postcode districts next to S402
Nearest rail stations1
More in the S postcode area2
S40 in brief
S40 is a postcode district covering Chesterfield, Brampton and Ashgate, in Chesterfield.
About 35,812 people lived in S40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 554 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 147.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S40 was £220,000 in 2025.
S40 had 35,125 usual residents at the census.
About 84% of people in S40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S40, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.