Sheffield
Sheffield is covered by postcode districts S2, S5, S6, S8, S9, S10 and 18 more. It is mostly in the Sheffield council area: 10,534 of its 10,557 postcodes. The others are in Rotherham and North East Derbyshire. 1 of its 10,557 postcodes is in Derbyshire. ONS lists no county for the other 10,556.
Every postcode in Sheffield, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 392
- In use before 2020: 10,165
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 10,557 postcodes in Sheffield that ONS places, 392 are new since 2020 and 10,165 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3753, longitude -1.4603. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 69 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. S98 1FG, is the newest of them.
- 23 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. S1 9HZ, is the newest of them.
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. S3 8HZ, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. S1 3EF, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. S1 4HD, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. S8 2PD, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Sheffield?
Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 8,808 of the 9,865 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,612 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 807 of its 10,557 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sheffield, 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Sheffield?
Homes in Sheffield sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,374 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £400,000 585 sales
- Semi-detached £225,000 1,653 sales
- Terraced £200,000 1,479 sales
- Flat or maisonette £147,000 657 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole S6 district, Sheffield's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sheffield: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Sheffield?
392 of the 10,557 postcodes now in use in Sheffield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 149 of the 5,750 homes sold in Sheffield were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S6 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Sheffield | Across the S6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 51 of 4,374 (1%) | 2 of 691 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 149 of 5,750 (3%) | 6 of 941 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Sheffield?
Ofcom reports on 9,865 of the 10,557 postcodes in Sheffield. At 8,808 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sheffield at risk of flooding?
807 of the 10,557 postcodes in Sheffield have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3,612 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Sheffield?
The open schools at the postcodes in Sheffield (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Willow Park School400 m 89 pupils, 100 places
- Discovery Academy600 m 121 pupils, 80 places
- Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School1.2 km 555 pupils, 420 places
- Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School1.2 km 385 pupils, 395 places
- Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School1.4 km
- Lowfield Community Primary School1.4 km 409 pupils, 414 places
- Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School1.4 km 326 pupils, 315 places
- Springfield Primary School1.5 km 207 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Sheffield?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sheffield is Sheffield Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.
- Sheffield Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
- Darnall Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Meadowhall Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
- Granville Rd - Sheffield College Underground, metro or tram 100 mWalk
- Sheffield Stn - Hallam Uni Underground, metro or tram 300 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Sheffield?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Sheffield, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Duke Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0114 272 0689 450 mWalk
- Clover City Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 0114 305 4600 850 mWalk
- The Mathews Practice Belgrave Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 0114 255 4498 1.2 kmCycle
- Dovercourt Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0114 270 0997 1.2 kmCycle
- Devonshire Green Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0114 272 0255 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sheffield safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 12,972 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sheffield over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,121 September 2025
- 1,288 October 2025
- 1,123 November 2025
- 1,056 December 2025
- 1,004 January 2026
- 987 February 2026
- 1,096 March 2026
- 957 April 2026
- 1,069 May 2026
- 1,007 June 2026
- 1,087 July 2026
- 1,177 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 469, other crime 340, theft from the person 269, robbery 242, possession of weapons 155, bicycle theft 152.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Sheffield?
- Councils
- Sheffield (10,534), Rotherham (22) and North East Derbyshire (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Sheffield South East (2,402), Sheffield Central (2,219), Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (2,060) and 6 others
- Police force areas
- South Yorkshire (10,556) and Derbyshire (1)
- Regions
- Yorkshire and The Humber (10,556) and East Midlands (1)
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Sheffield
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Sheffield is in Sheffield; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Sheffield about council tax Council tax, on sheffield.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Sheffield
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Sheffield postcodes
10,557 postcodes in use in Sheffield, by district:
Those districts are all in the S postcode area.
Check a Sheffield postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Sheffield
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sheffield's £215,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Sheffield
- What is it like to live in Sheffield?
- Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 8,808 of the 9,865 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,612 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 807 of its 10,557 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sheffield, 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Sheffield?
- Sheffield is covered by postcode districts S2, S5, S6, S8, S9, S10 and 18 more, across 10,557 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Sheffield?
- Homes in Sheffield sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,374 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Sheffield?
- In Sheffield, primary schools at its postcodes include Willow Park School, Discovery Academy and Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include All Saints' Catholic High School, Seven Hills School and Willow Park School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Sheffield have a railway station?
- Yes: Sheffield is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Sheffield, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Sheffield?
- Ofcom reports on 9,865 of the 10,557 postcodes in Sheffield. At 8,808 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Sheffield at risk of flooding?
- 807 of the 10,557 postcodes in Sheffield have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3,612 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Sheffield?
- 392 of the 10,557 postcodes now in use in Sheffield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 149 of the 5,750 homes sold in Sheffield were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the S6 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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