S17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sheffield, Abbeydale Park and Totley, in Sheffield.
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 S17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in S17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How S17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S17 at a rate of 45.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (265), other crime (146) and anti-social behaviour (133).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S17 was 50.4 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 S17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S17 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in S17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield 068A | 1,722 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.3% |
| Sheffield 068B | 1,733 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| Sheffield 068C | 1,865 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.0% |
| Sheffield 068D | 1,779 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| Sheffield 068E | 1,714 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.8% |
| Sheffield 071A | 1,449 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Sheffield 071B | 1,437 | 106.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Sheffield 071C | 1,717 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.1% |
| Sheffield 071D | 1,389 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.2% |
| Sheffield 071E | 1,632 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
MPs for S17
- Olivia BlakeLabourMP for Sheffield Hallam99% of S17’s postcodes
- Louise Sandher-JonesLabourMP for North East Derbyshire0.8% of S17’s postcodes
- Louise HaighLabourMP for Sheffield Heeley0.5% of S17’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 S172
Postcode sectors in S173
Council1
Towns in S171
Postcode districts next to S175
Nearest rail stations3
More in the S postcode area2
S17 in brief
S17 is a postcode district covering Sheffield, Abbeydale Park and Totley, in Sheffield.
About 16,571 people lived in S17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £435,000 in 2025 across 233 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S17 was £435,000 in 2025.
S17 had 16,192 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in S17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S17, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.