S49 postcode area guide — Chesterfield
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the S49 postcode district in Chesterfield — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is S49?
Broadband & internet speeds in S49
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
100%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the S49 postcode district (Chesterfield) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 1 postcodes Ofcom measures in S49, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 100% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 0% of premises in S49 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in S49
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| S49 1HQ | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Chesterfield
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Chesterfield district (55,091 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
68.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in S49
Police recorded 389 incidents within about a mile of the centre of S49 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 138 | 35.5% |
| Shoplifting | 59 | 15.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 55 | 14.1% |
| Public order | 51 | 13.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 29 | 7.5% |
| Burglary | 12 | 3.1% |
| Drugs | 9 | 2.3% |
| Weapons possession | 8 | 2.1% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
Who lives here? Chesterfield demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Chesterfield district (103,569 residents, 48,058 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% |
| 15–29 | 21.5% |
| 30–44 | 18.2% |
| 45–64 | 21.8% |
| 65+ | 21.6% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 62.6% |
| Private rented | 16.4% |
| Social rented | 3.2% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around S49
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 286 | S40 1DD |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary | Primary | 4–11 | 433 | S40 4ST |
| Parkside Community School | Secondary | 11–16 | 587 | S40 2NS |
| William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 192 | S40 2NR |
| Chesterfield College | 16 plus | 16–99 | — | S41 7NG |
| Abercrombie Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 253 | S41 7QE |
| Walton Peak Flying High Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 135 | S40 3HJ |
| Spire Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 154 | S40 2EN |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Phone area codes for Chesterfield
Landlines around S49 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.