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Darnall

Ward

East Sheffield. About 23,656 people in 16 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 40% of people in Darnall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
22,283
98th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
40%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Darnall compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

DarnallMiddle
Population28 wards, Sheffield · 2021
Population: every ward in Sheffield28 areas from 16,683 to 27,289. The middle area is 18,971. Darnall is 22,283.
22,2836th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares28 wards, Sheffield · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Sheffield28 areas from 20.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Darnall is 40.0%.
40%3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage28 wards, Sheffield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Sheffield28 areas from 73.5% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.1%. Darnall is 99.1%.
99.1%joint 7th highest
Claimant rate28 wards, Sheffield · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Sheffield28 areas from 0.9% to 9.9%. The middle area is 3.6%. Darnall is 7.7%.
7.7%2nd highest

Is Darnall safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Darnall at a rate of 184.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 113.7 per 1,000 people across Sheffield.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 375 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Darnall.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,150), shoplifting (880) and other crime (677).

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.

Figures for the whole of Sheffield

These figures are published for the whole of Sheffield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Sheffield and not Darnall alone. See Sheffield

Average house price
£219,713
Up 2.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,885
154th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 81st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
27.6
Joint 55th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Darnall in brief

Darnall had 22,283 usual residents at the census.

About 40% of people in Darnall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Darnall, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Darnall, 7.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.