S8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sheffield, 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 S8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in S8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How S8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S8 at a rate of 87.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 386 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,453), other crime (716) and anti-social behaviour (704).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S8 was 99.5 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 S8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S8 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 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 S8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield 042D | 1,749 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Sheffield 051A | 1,528 | 117.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| Sheffield 053A | 1,556 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| Sheffield 053B | 1,450 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 053C | 1,482 | 124.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Sheffield 053D | 1,390 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Sheffield 053E | 1,485 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
| Sheffield 059A | 1,737 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 059B | 1,567 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Sheffield 059C | 1,575 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Sheffield 059D | 1,516 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| Sheffield 059E | 1,374 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Sheffield 064A | 1,876 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| Sheffield 064B | 1,465 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Sheffield 064C | 1,659 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.5% |
| Sheffield 064D | 1,413 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 064E | 1,475 | 180.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.1% |
| Sheffield 064F | 1,203 | 305.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| Sheffield 066A | 1,330 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| Sheffield 066B | 1,439 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| Sheffield 066C | 1,494 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Sheffield 066D | 1,610 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.9% |
| Sheffield 069A | 1,677 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Sheffield 069B | 1,572 | 132.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Sheffield 069C | 1,665 | 225.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 069D | 1,408 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Sheffield 070A | 1,516 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sheffield 070B | 1,568 | 151.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.4% |
| Sheffield 070C | 1,524 | 208.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Sheffield 070D | 1,660 | 157.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
MPs for S8
- Louise HaighLabourMP for Sheffield Heeley94% of S8’s postcodes
- Abtisam MohamedLabourMP for Sheffield Central6.0% of S8’s postcodes
- Olivia BlakeLabourMP for Sheffield Hallam0.2% of S8’s postcodes
- Louise Sandher-JonesLabourMP for North East Derbyshire0.1% of S8’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 S86
Postcode sectors in S85
Council1
Towns in S81
Postcode districts next to S86
Nearest rail stations4
More in the S postcode area2
S8 in brief
S8 is a postcode district covering Sheffield, in Sheffield.
About 47,967 people lived in S8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 702 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S8 was £250,000 in 2025.
S8 had 46,063 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in S8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S8, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.