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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 556,500. It features around 220 restaurants and cafés, 3 supermarkets, 3 pharmacies, 5 GP surgeries, 1 school, and 2 parks, along with 122 bus stops and Sheffield railway station 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £266,543, and there were around 1,118 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sheffield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Sheffield area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 556,523 residents at roughly 1,512 people per km².

Council
Sheffield
County
South Yorkshire
Constituency
Sheffield Central
Police force
South Yorkshire

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 14° · 48% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Devonshire Green, United Kingdom

Crime

1237 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences358
  • Shoplifting206
  • Anti-social behaviour199
  • Public order122

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sheffield City Centre · South Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Tackle behaviour that are causing a nuisance or negatively affecting the local community..
  • Pursue criminality that causes harm to our communities..

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

766 reported road collisions (2024)

234 killed or seriously injured · 964 casualties · 13.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 420 rated 4–5 ★ (364 top)
  • 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sheffield (0.6 km)
  • 158 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sheffield (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£219,539 average 5% YoY

Across Sheffield · to 2026-06

Detached£383,320
Semi-detached£239,479
Terraced£198,476
Flat£133,980

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (6.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (8.2 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

61 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Novotel Sheffield (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres11
  • Gyms15
  • Sports pitches30
  • Playgrounds32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

556,523 residents in Sheffield · 1,512/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 93 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 262,430)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Care & health services

533 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes114
  • GP practices100
  • Dentists118
  • Homecare agencies138
  • Hospitals & hospices21

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sheffield

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (City Centre)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 323 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Your MP

Abtisam Mohamed

Labour

Sheffield Central

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Green coalition

  • Lab 25
  • LD 22
  • Grn 19
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools14
  • GPs & clinics17
  • Pharmacies10
  • Supermarkets20
  • Parks & greens572
  • Restaurants & cafés482

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

20,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4,255 jobs advertised · £41,351 avg

e.g. Theatre Nurse/ODP Scrub, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Customer Service Representative - Uncapped Commission

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£733 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,214 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 260,374 certificates

14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 63% · Wind 30% · Gas 7% · Nuclear 0%

102 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 57.4 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sheffield Central:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Castle Square, Sheffield · 0.0 km

    Castle Square is the plaza at the intersection of High Street, Angel Street, and Arundel Gate in the City of Sheffield, England. This name was given to the square in the 1960s to reflect the proximity of the square to…

  • Kings Tower, Sheffield · 0.1 km

    Kings Tower is an approved skyscraper that will be located on Castle Square at the junction of High Street and Angel Street in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. With a planned height of 120 m (390 ft) once completed, Kings…

  • Diocese of Hallam · 0.1 km

    The Diocese of Hallam is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in England. The diocese comprises the Metropolitan County of South Yorkshire, including Sheffield and the surrounding…

  • Sheffield Blitz · 0.1 km

    The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the German Luftwaffe bombing campaign against Sheffield, England, during the Second World War. The first raid took place on 18 August 1940, with the final attack occurring on 8…

  • Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation · 0.1 km

    The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (S&SY) is a system of navigable inland waterways in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England.

  • Sheffield and Tinsley Canal · 0.1 km

    The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a canal in the City of Sheffield, England. It runs 3.9 miles (6.3 km) from Tinsley, where it leaves the River Don, to the Sheffield Canal Basin in the city centre, passing through 11…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sheffield?
Sheffield is a town in South Yorkshire, England, in the Sheffield local authority.
What is the population of Sheffield?
Sheffield has an approximate settlement population of 556,500.
How deprived is Sheffield?
The Sheffield local authority, which includes Sheffield, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.