S18 2DB

Dronfield North · North East Derbyshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North East Derbyshire
Postcode district
S18
Postcode sector
S18 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S18 2DA 57 m
S18 2EU 140 m
S18 2XR 196 m
S18 2EP 224 m
S18 2ES 247 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S18 2DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S18
Postcode sector
S18 2
Latitude
53.302604
Longitude
-1.455888
British National Grid easting
436,358
British National Grid northing
378,542

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North East Derbyshire · E07000038
Parish or community
E04002867
Westminster constituency
North East Derbyshire · E14001391
Output area
E00100098
Lower layer super output area
North East Derbyshire 004C · E01019782
Middle layer super output area
North East Derbyshire 004 · E02004108

Postcode source versions

Explore S18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
29
Secondary
4
  1. Dronfield Stonelow Junior School

    Community school

    351 m
  2. Holmesdale Infant School

    Community school

    525 m
  3. Northfield Junior School

    Community school

    631 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
731
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 254
  • Shoplifting 169
  • Anti social behaviour 65
  • Public order 50
  • Other theft 45

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

32 female, 16 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.8
S18 2 residents
5,826

Age bands in S18 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

880 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

558 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,183 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,668 residents

Age 65 and over
27.6%

1,636 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider S18 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • OAKHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    OAKHILL ROAD, DRONFIELD, S18 2EJ

    ODS code C81070

    379 m

  • DRONFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, DRONFIELD, S18 1PY

    ODS code C81025

    1.3 km

  • STUBLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 STUBLEY DRIVE, DRONFIELD WOODHOUSE, DRONFIELD, S18 8QY

    ODS code C81089

    2.2 km

  • MEADOWGREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    1 DYCHE CLOSE, JORDANTHORPE, SHEFFIELD, S8 8DJ

    ODS code C88015

    2.4 km

  • BEAUCHIEF MEDICAL PRACTICE

    23 ABBEY LANE, SHEFFIELD, S8 0BJ

    ODS code C88046

    4.4 km

  • WOODSEATS MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE RODDICK BUILDING, 900 CHESTERFIELD ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S8 0SH

    ODS code C88041

    4.5 km

  • WHITTINGTON MOOR SURGERY

    SCARSDALE ROAD, WHITTINGTON MOOR, CHESTERFIELD, S41 8NA

    ODS code C81044

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oakhill Road Bottom

    BCT · Dronfield

    0.2 miles
  • Stonelow Road

    BCT · Dronfield

    0.2 miles
  • Oakhill Road Bottom

    BCT · Dronfield

    0.2 miles
  • Holmesdale Road

    BCT · Coal Aston

    0.3 miles
  • Stonelow Green

    BCT · Dronfield

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North East Derbyshire 004C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,597 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 4 secondary schools. Dronfield Stonelow Junior School is the nearest published school at 351 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

731 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 254 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.