S18 4AP

Dronfield South · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S18 4AF 101 m
S18 4AQ 291 m
S18 1ND 425 m
S18 1NB 456 m
S18 1NJ 456 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S18 4AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S18
Postcode sector
S18 4
Latitude
53.293382
Longitude
-1.450139
British National Grid easting
436,749
British National Grid northing
377,519

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
E00100114
Lower layer super output area
North East Derbyshire 006B · E01019784
Middle layer super output area
North East Derbyshire 006 · E02004110

Postcode source versions

Explore S18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
27
Secondary
5
  1. Unstone Junior School

    Community school

    700 m
  2. Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant School

    Community school

    888 m
  3. Dronfield Stonelow Junior School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
353
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 159
  • Public order 42
  • Anti social behaviour 40
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Other theft 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
S18 4 residents
1,684

Age bands in S18 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.5%

226 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

224 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.1%

328 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

574 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

462 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider S18 4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

6

within 5 km

  • OAKHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    OAKHILL ROAD, DRONFIELD, S18 2EJ

    ODS code C81070

    1.5 km

  • DRONFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, DRONFIELD, S18 1PY

    ODS code C81025

    1.9 km

  • STUBLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code C81089

    2.9 km

  • MEADOWGREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    1 DYCHE CLOSE, JORDANTHORPE, SHEFFIELD, S8 8DJ

    ODS code C88015

    3.5 km

  • WHITTINGTON MOOR SURGERY

    SCARSDALE ROAD, WHITTINGTON MOOR, CHESTERFIELD, S41 8NA

    ODS code C81044

    3.8 km

  • NEWBOLD SURGERY

    3 WINDERMERE ROAD, NEWBOLD MOOR, CHESTERFIELD, S41 8DU

    ODS code C81015

    4.1 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

  • Unstone Hill

    BCT · Unstone

    0.0 miles
  • Unstone Hill

    BCT · Unstone

    0.1 miles
  • Fleur De Lys

    BCT · Unstone

    0.2 miles
  • Fleur De Lys

    BCT · Unstone

    0.2 miles
  • Chaucer Drive

    BCT · Hallowes

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North East Derbyshire 006B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,412 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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
0
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

34 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Unstone Junior School is the nearest published school at 700 m.

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

Recorded crime

353 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 159 events.

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