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Local context and safer renting
Housing in Sheffield
Understand an area, know the checks to make and find local support before you commit to a room or home.
Before you rent, buy or move in
Check any Sheffield postcode
One page about that exact spot: what homes cost and how many are rented, whether it is noisy, how the neighbourhood measures for deprivation, flooding, air, policing and recorded crime, the nearest GP, pharmacy, dentist and school, the stops you can walk to, green space, food hygiene, planning going through, and what actually happens there. Or ask about the street instead and get what is affecting it right now. Every figure names its source and its date, and anything we do not hold says so.
Built from the stored open-data snapshots listed on each answer. Postcode positions from postcodes.io, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before you pay
Six checks worth making
A viewing and a written agreement matter more than a convincing message or a rushed deadline.
See the home
Visit in person where you safely can. Never rely only on photographs, video or a social profile.
Check who is letting it
Ask the landlord or agent to show who they are and that they have authority to let the property.
Read the whole agreement
Check the rent, bills, deposit, term, notice rules and every fee before signing or transferring money.
Protect the deposit
For most private tenancies the landlord must protect the deposit in a government-backed scheme and provide the prescribed information.
Check safety documents
Ask for the energy certificate, gas-safety record where gas is fitted, electrical report and smoke or carbon-monoxide alarm information.
Keep a record
Save the advert, agreement, inventory, receipts and messages. Photograph the condition and meter readings when you move in.
Use this practical checklist alongside tenancy-specific legal advice and the current rules for your agreement. Check the current private-renting guidance on GOV.UK.
Local area links
Start with the area
Explore places already connected to local events and venues. Counts show how much local Sheffield Events content is tagged to each area.
Local support
Housing organisations in the directory
These are published Charity Commission records classified under accommodation and housing. Check the organisation’s own details before relying on a service.
Africa United
Africa United works to improve the lives of African people and other minority communities in Sheffield and neighbouring towns. AU provides free…
Ashiana Sheffield
Ashiana has over thirty years' experience of working with Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic & Refugee (BAMER) adults, children & young people fleeing…
Assist Sheffield
The relief of Asylum Seekers who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.The advancement of the education of the public, and…
Autism Plus Limited
The charity provides Residential and Supported Living services for adults with autism and other disabilities. Other key associated services includes Adult Learning,…
Butchers and Drovers Charitable Institution
The BDCI (Butchers' and Drovers' Charitable Institution) is the meat industry's own trade charity. It exists to provide support for those who…
Causeway Charitable Services
Causeway supports marginalised and vulnerable people to recover from trauma and develop safe and fulfilling futures. Our modern slavery and crime reduction…
Council tenants and applicants
Neighbourhood housing offices
Sheffield City Council’s local housing offices, with the published opening times and contact for each area.
First Point at Burngreave
Sheffield City Council First Point Sorby House 42 Spital Hill Sheffield S4 7LG
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am to 4pm
First Point at Chapeltown
First Point 1B Station Road Chapeltown Sheffield S35 2XE
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 4pm. Closed on Thursdays.
First Point at Crystal Peaks
Crystal Peaks Library 1 – 3 Peak Square Peaks Mount Sheffield S20 7PH
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 4pm.
First Point at Hillsborough
First Point Unit 7 Hillsborough Barracks Shopping Mall Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2LR
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am to 4pm.
First Point at Manor Library
Manor Library Ridgeway Road Sheffield S12 2SS
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10am to 1pm and 1:30pm to 4pm.
Newfield Green Housing Office
Sheffield City Council Local Area Housing Office 607 Gleadless Road Sheffield S2 2BT
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am to 4pm.
Stocksbridge Housing Office
Housing Office, Stocksbridge Town Hall, Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, S36 2DT
Open: Tuesday, 9:30am to 12:30pm and 1pm to 4pm; Thursday, 9:30am to 12:30pm
The Sheffield Property Shop Housing Office
Sheffield City Council First Point Howden House 1 Union Street Sheffield S1 2SH
Open: Monday to Tuesday, from 9am to 5pm; Wednesday, from 1pm to 5pm; Thursday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm
Wordsworth Avenue Housing Office
Local Area Housing Office 333 Wordsworth Avenue Sheffield S5 8NH
Open: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 4pm.
Source: Sheffield City Council open data, Open Government Licence v3.0. Check the council’s own page before travelling; office arrangements change. Dataset record
Worried about losing your home or unsafe tonight?
Use Help near you for foodbanks, community venues and support contacts. For urgent housing advice, use the council or Shelter’s current guidance rather than waiting for a listing here.
Useful next steps
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Census 2021
Homes and cars
Tenure and car ownership for the 231,994 households counted in Sheffield at the 2021 census.
Tenure
- Owned outright
- 31%
- Owned with a mortgage
- 27.3%
- Shared ownership
- 0.3%
- Council rented
- 15.6%
- Other social rented
- 7%
- Private rented
- 16.8%
- Other private rented
- 1.9%
- Lives rent free
- 0.1%
Cars and vans
- No car
- 29.2%
- One car
- 42.5%
- Two cars
- 22.1%
- Three or more
- 6.2%
Most car-free neighbourhoods
Share of households with no car or van. Across Sheffield it was 29.2%.
- Netherthorpe 67.7% 1,280 households
- Cathedral Quarter 67.3% 909 households
- Little Sheffield 63.6% 817 households
- Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor 62.9% 1,500 households
- Upperthorpe 54.8% 1,712 households
- Newfield Green 54.3% 1,478 households
Where private renting is most common
Share of households renting privately. Across Sheffield it was 18.7%.
- Cathedral Quarter 73.4% 909 households
- Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor 69.4% 1,499 households
- Neepsend 64.2% 1,057 households
- Wicker 57.2% 915 households
- Sharrow Vale 56.3% 1,175 households
- Lowfield 54.4% 1,312 households
Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, via Nomis, Open Government Licence v3.0. Neighbourhood figures sum the census areas whose population-weighted centres (ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026) fall inside each boundary. Census 2021 on Nomis · All data sources
Deprivation
How deprivation is spread across Sheffield
Sheffield has 345 small areas (LSOAs). The 2019 Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks every LSOA in England; 82 of Sheffield's sit in the most deprived tenth nationally and 34 in the least deprived tenth, one of the widest spreads of any English city.
Every small area on the Sheffield map, coloured by decile
Deprivation: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 by LSOA (MHCLG) with ONS population-weighted centroids, Open Government Licence v3.0. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of England. Indices of Deprivation 2019 · ONS Open Geography Portal · All data sources
Ofcom Connected Nations 2025
Broadband and mobile across Sheffield
268,249 premises in the Sheffield local authority area, as reported to Ofcom for July 2025 and published 19 November 2025.
- Gigabit-capable
- 93%
- Full fibre available
- 91%
- Full-fibre take-up
- 42% of all premises
- 300 Mbit/s or faster
- 94%
- Superfast (30 Mbit/s or faster)
- 98%
- Below the broadband USO
- 38 premises
Mobile coverage is published for Sheffield as a whole: outdoor 4G from all four operators reaches 99.8% of premises, 5G from at least one operator 99.7%, and a good outdoor 4G or 5G signal from every operator 96.1%.
Highest gigabit availability
- Richmond 100% 2,748 premises
- Woodthorpe 100% 2,364 premises
- Frecheville 100% 2,235 premises
- Shirecliffe 100% 1,977 premises
- Longley 100% 1,621 premises
- Charnock 100% 1,476 premises
Lowest gigabit availability
- Bradfield 0% 385 premises
- Little Sheffield 42% 749 premises
- Endcliffe 46% 861 premises
- Cultural Industries Quarter 50% 2,131 premises
- Sandygate 51% 1,342 premises
- Castlegate 55% 970 premises
Neighbourhood figures need at least 300 premises. Every neighbourhood page shows its own availability shares beside the Sheffield figure. Browse the neighbourhoods
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 data downloads (data for July 2025, published 19 November 2025), Ofcom copyright, reproduced under Ofcom's terms of use and the Open Government Licence v3.0. Output areas placed with ONS Open Geography lookups and population-weighted centroids, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 data · All data sources
Completed sales, last twelve months
What Sheffield homes actually sold for
Completed sales registered from 4 Oct 2025 to 28 Aug 2026. 4,847 standard sales with a Sheffield postcode.
- Median price
- £215,000
- Middle half of sales
- £161,000 to £300,000
- Detached
- £360,000 868 sales
- Semi-detached
- £218,000 1,853 sales
- Terraced
- £190,100 1,487 sales
- Flat or maisonette
- £140,000 639 sales
Highest neighbourhood medians
Lowest neighbourhood medians
- Osgathorpe £72,500 8 sales
- Page Hall £82,000 13 sales
- Wicker £84,000 7 sales
- Tinsley £84,000 16 sales
- Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor £88,975 12 sales
- Firshill £105,000 6 sales
Neighbourhood figures need at least 5 sales. Every neighbourhood page shows its own sales, quartiles and the most recent street-level completions. Browse the neighbourhoods
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Medians use standard sales only; the Land Registry’s additional category (for example buy-to-let and repossessions) is excluded. Data is published around a month in arrears and does not include every sale. Price Paid Data · All data sources
| Point | Sheffield LSOAs |
|---|---|
| 1 (most deprived) | 82 |
| 2 | 36 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4 | 22 |
| 5 | 31 |
| 6 | 31 |
| 7 | 26 |
| 8 | 27 |
| 9 | 30 |
| 10 (least deprived) | 34 |
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Traffic on Sheffield's roads
- M1 southbound between J31 and J32: 68,997 vehicles on Mon 29 Jun · average 65 mph · 27.7% large vehicles
- M1 34 to 34: 138,072 motor vehicles a day (2025) · estimated
- M1 34 to 35: 136,926 motor vehicles a day (2025) · counted
- M1 35 to LA boundary: 127,194 motor vehicles a day (2025) · counted
| Point | M1 34 to 34 | M1 34 to 35 | M1 35 to LA boundary | M1 LA Boundary to 34 | A630 A57 to B6200 Handsworth Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 116638 | 110621 | 109873 | 86257 | 67307 |
| 2017 | 115119 | 108628 | 108345 | 89901 | 67447 |
| 2018 | 117215 | 110608 | 109206 | 106074 | 69941 |
| 2019 | 118486 | 111899 | 112506 | 112507 | 71554 |
| 2020 | 92355 | 87085 | 89915 | 68119 | 55994 |
| 2021 | 110715 | 107134 | 112132 | 81535 | 59141 |
| 2022 | 119699 | 116168 | 114327 | 87480 | 63023 |
| 2023 | 123011 | 118955 | 136598 | 98694 | 73617 |
| 2024 | 124031 | 119733 | 137487 | 110951 | 64959 |
| 2025 | 138072 | 136926 | 127194 | 112934 | 72654 |
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Road and rail noise across Sheffield
Defra's strategic noise maps model annual average noise (Lden) from roads and railways. The table shows how much of the Sheffield area falls in each band; anything under 55 dB is not mapped.
| Band (Lden) | Road, km² | Rail, km² |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 14.3 | 0.8 |
| 70 to 75 dB | 24.9 | 3.5 |
| 65 to 70 dB | 46.9 | 5.1 |
| 60 to 65 dB | 88.7 | 9.0 |
| 55 to 60 dB | 166.6 | 15.3 |
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Planning
Recent planning applications
- UndecidedUniversity Of Sheffield 133 Northumberland Road Sheffield S10 1AJ
- Undecided31 Wadsley Park Crescent Sheffield S6 4BX
- Undecided24 Taptonville Road Sheffield S10 5BR
- UndecidedMeeting Hall Carter Knowle Road Sheffield S7 2EB
- UndecidedHalifax Road Dental Care 95 – 97 Halifax Road Wadsley Bridge Sheffield S6 1LA
- Undecided88 Kingfield Road Sheffield S11 9AU
- Undecided16 Spring Grove Gardens Sheffield S35 0EL
- Undecided10 Spring Grove Gardens Sheffield S35 0EL
Every recent application on the Sheffield map · Search all Sheffield applications on UK PlanIt
Planning applications: UK PlanIt, aggregated from Sheffield City Council. Check the council record before relying on any detail; documents are linked, never copied. UK PlanIt · All data sources
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Cheaper, greener electricity today
Greenest time to charge today
15:00 to 17:00
About 56 gCO2/kWh, the lowest two hours in the next day. Right now the Yorkshire grid is high carbon at 184 gCO2/kWh; the dirtiest half hour is 23:00 at 184.
Cheapest electricity half hours on Agile
Today and tomorrow, Yorkshire Agile Octopus unit rates including VAT.
- 22:30 to 23:00 tomorrow: 21.6p/kWh
- 13:30 to 14:00 tomorrow: 22.4p/kWh
- 13:00 to 13:30 tomorrow: 23.0p/kWh
- 12:30 to 13:00 tomorrow: 23.1p/kWh
- 14:30 to 15:00 tomorrow: 23.1p/kWh
- 12:00 to 12:30 tomorrow: 23.5p/kWh
Great Britain is generating
27.7 GW
At 20:00: 57% gas, 14% nuclear, 12% biomass, 6% hydro. Demand 30.8 GW.
Cheapest petrol and diesel near you
23 forecourts across Sheffield with prices submitted in the last week through Fuel Finder. Pence per litre.
Unleaded (E10)
- 171.7p Asda Sheffield Drakehouse Superstore ASDA SHEFFIELD DRAKEHOUSE SUPERSTORE, SHEFFIELD S20 7AB
- 171.9p Asda Sheffield Supercentre ASDA SHEFFIELD SUPERCENTRE, SHEFFIELD S13 9LR
- 171.9p Sainsbury's SAINSBURYS CRYSTAL PEAKS, SHEFFIELD S20 7PJ
- 171.9p Valero Marsh Lane Filling Station, SHEFFIELD S21 4BQ
- 172.9p Tesco SHEFFIELD ABBEYDALE SUPERSTORE – PETROL FILLING STATION, SHEFFIELD S7 2QB
- 172.9p Sainsbury's SAINSBURYS ARCHER ROAD, SHEFFIELD S8 0TD
- 172.9p Morrisons MFG MORRISONS SHEFFIELD MEADOWHEAD, SHEFFIELD S8 7UE
- 172.9p Sainsbury's SAINSBURYS WADSLEY BRIDGE (MEADOWHALL SOUTH), SHEFFIELD S9 1EW
Diesel (B7)
- 195.9p Asda Sheffield Supercentre ASDA SHEFFIELD SUPERCENTRE, SHEFFIELD S13 9LR
- 196.7p Asda Sheffield Drakehouse Superstore ASDA SHEFFIELD DRAKEHOUSE SUPERSTORE, SHEFFIELD S20 7AB
- 196.9p Sainsbury's SAINSBURYS WADSLEY BRIDGE (MEADOWHALL SOUTH), SHEFFIELD S9 1EW
- 196.9p Sainsbury's SAINSBURYS THE MOOR (MEADOWHALL NORTH), SHEFFIELD S9 1EQ
- 196.9p Sainsbury's SAINSBURYS CRYSTAL PEAKS, SHEFFIELD S20 7PJ
- 196.9p Valero Marsh Lane Filling Station, SHEFFIELD S21 4BQ
- 198.9p Tesco SHEFFIELD EXTRA – PETROL FILLING STATION, SHEFFIELD S4 7UD
- 198.9p Eg On The Move EG SHEFFIELD PFS, SHEFFIELD S2 1GE
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Getting about
EV chargers, cycle parking and cash machines mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers.
Charts 1 card
Sales across Sheffield by month
| Month | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 | 619 | £212,500 |
| Dec 25 | 578 | £208,750 |
| Jan 26 | 446 | £219,000 |
| Feb 26 | 506 | £220,000 |
| Mar 26 | 492 | £214,535 |
| Apr 26 | 382 | £215,000 |
| May 26 | 354 | £210,000 |
| Jun 26 | 358 | £215,000 |
| Jul 26 | 364 | £226,000 |
| Aug 26 | 104 | £200,000 |
Highest and lowest neighbourhood medians
| Neighbourhood | Median price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Whirlow | £658,000 | 16 sales |
| Parkhead | £610,000 | 9 sales |
| Dore | £575,000 | 39 sales |
| Fulwood | £547,500 | 28 sales |
| Ranmoor | £495,000 | 13 sales |
| Bents Green | £470,500 | 16 sales |
| Worral | £461,250 | 8 sales |
| Lodge Moor | £450,000 | 35 sales |
| Totley | £425,000 | 66 sales |
| High Storrs | £425,000 | 21 sales |
| Fir Vale | £110,500 | 10 sales |
| Cultural Industries Quarter | £108,500 | 8 sales |
| Netherthorpe | £108,000 | 15 sales |
| Cathedral Quarter | £107,500 | 13 sales |
| Firshill | £105,000 | 6 sales |
| Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor | £88,975 | 12 sales |
| Tinsley | £84,000 | 16 sales |
| Wicker | £84,000 | 7 sales |
| Page Hall | £82,000 | 13 sales |
| Osgathorpe | £72,500 | 8 sales |
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Census 2021 tables via Nomis; population-weighted centroids from ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. All data sources
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Recorded crime in Sheffield, August 2026
South Yorkshire Police recorded 7,501 offences across the city in August 2026, the most recent whole month the Home Office has published. Crime data comes out about two months in arrears, so this is not a picture of today.
These are counts for a neighbourhood, not for a street or a home. The locations the Home Office publishes are anonymous map points that stand for a stretch of street, so no figure here says where anything happened, and none of them is stored on this site.
| Offence type | Recorded | Share of all crime |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,448 | 32.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1,317 | 17.6% |
| Shoplifting | 1,002 | 13.4% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 570 | 7.6% |
| Public order | 530 | 7.1% |
| Other theft | 366 | 4.9% |
| Vehicle crime | 363 | 4.8% |
| Burglary | 279 | 3.7% |
| Neighbourhood | Offences recorded | Most recorded type |
|---|---|---|
| City Centre | 249 | Violence and sexual offences |
| Cathedral Quarter | 136 | Violence and sexual offences |
| Woodhouse | 132 | Violence and sexual offences |
| Darnall | 115 | Violence and sexual offences |
| The Moor | 110 | Shoplifting |
| Hillsborough | 109 | Violence and sexual offences |
| Southey | 109 | Violence and sexual offences |
| Tinsley | 105 | Violence and sexual offences |
A busy city-centre neighbourhood records more offences than a quiet residential one partly because far more people are in it. These are counts, not rates, and they are not a ranking of how safe anywhere is to live.
1,700 offences fell outside every neighbourhood boundary and are counted in the city total only.
Recorded crime by neighbourhood on the map · The force's own crime map
What people are reporting to the council
1,574 problems were reported to Sheffield City Council through FixMyStreet in the last 30 days, across 142 neighbourhoods.
These are reports, not findings. Somebody saw something and told the council about it through FixMyStreet. A report can be mistaken, a duplicate of another, or already dealt with, and the status beside it is the status FixMyStreet holds rather than a statement about the street today.
| What was reported | Reports in 30 days | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fly tipping and rubbish | 736 | 46.8% |
| Parking and vehicles | 278 | 17.7% |
| Roads and potholes | 153 | 9.7% |
| Trees, parks and grass | 143 | 9.1% |
| Pavements and paths | 99 | 6.3% |
| Something else | 92 | 5.8% |
| Graffiti and damage | 41 | 2.6% |
| Street lighting | 17 | 1.1% |
| Signs, bins and street furniture | 15 | 1% |
FixMyStreet answers with the newest 1,000 reports and no more, so the figures above are at least that many rather than the exact total.
Of the 2,000 reports held here, 1,939 are still marked open on FixMyStreet (97%) and 0 are marked fixed. A report stays open until somebody marks it otherwise, so an open report is not proof that nothing was done, and a report whose status changed after it dropped out of the feed still reads as it did then.
Reported problems on the map · Report something, or read the reports on FixMyStreet
Official monthly data
Sheffield house-price context
July 2026
- Average price
- £219,713
- First-time buyer
- £194,060
- Annual change
- 2.8%
- Monthly change
- 0.2%
UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, covering completed Sheffield sales. Current rental and asking-price sources will appear separately.
