S6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sheffield and Owlerton, 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 S6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in S6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How S6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S6 at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 495 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,844), anti-social behaviour (973) and other crime (897).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S6 was 82.2 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 S6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S6 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in S6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield 008F | 1,599 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.2% |
| Sheffield 009A | 1,330 | 123.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Sheffield 009B | 1,449 | 149.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Sheffield 012A | 1,479 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| Sheffield 012B | 1,359 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Sheffield 016A | 1,427 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Sheffield 016B | 1,476 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 016C | 1,403 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Sheffield 016D | 1,514 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.9% |
| Sheffield 017A | 1,510 | 162.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Sheffield 017B | 1,689 | 180.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.1% |
| Sheffield 017C | 1,392 | 206.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| Sheffield 017D | 1,425 | 359.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Sheffield 021A | 1,434 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Sheffield 021B | 1,505 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 021C | 1,626 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Sheffield 021D | 1,343 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 021E | 1,659 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| Sheffield 023A | 1,638 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 57.4% |
| Sheffield 023B | 1,545 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Sheffield 023C | 1,600 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Sheffield 023D | 1,326 | 9.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.2% |
| Sheffield 023E | 1,509 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Sheffield 024A | 1,511 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 024B | 1,637 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| Sheffield 024C | 1,639 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.9% |
| Sheffield 024D | 1,425 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Sheffield 024E | 1,464 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 024F | 1,349 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.0% |
| Sheffield 025A | 1,583 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Sheffield 025B | 1,504 | 149.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Sheffield 025C | 1,434 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Sheffield 025D | 1,525 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.3% |
| Sheffield 026A | 2,113 | 152.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Sheffield 026C | 1,664 | 141.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.9% |
| Sheffield 026D | 1,626 | 134.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| Sheffield 026E | 1,684 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Sheffield 030E | 1,591 | 132.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
MPs for S6
- Gill FurnissLabourMP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough45% of S6’s postcodes
- Olivia BlakeLabourMP for Sheffield Hallam30% of S6’s postcodes
- Abtisam MohamedLabourMP for Sheffield Central25% of S6’s postcodes
- Dr Marie TidballLabourMP for Penistone and Stocksbridge0.4% of S6’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 S67
Postcode sectors in S67
Council1
Towns in S61
Postcode districts next to S67
More in the S postcode area2
S6 in brief
S6 is a postcode district covering Sheffield and Owlerton, in Sheffield.
About 59,740 people lived in S6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 922 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S6 was £225,000 in 2025.
S6 had 57,832 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in S6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S6, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.