S26 5AG

Wales · Rotherham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Wales
Local authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rother Valley
Postcode district
S26
Postcode sector
S26 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S26 5AH 36 m
S26 5AF 59 m
S26 5AR 97 m
S26 5AL 104 m
S26 6QJ 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S26 5AG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S26
Postcode sector
S26 5
Latitude
53.336953
Longitude
-1.272145
British National Grid easting
448,564
British National Grid northing
382,472

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Rotherham · E08000018
Electoral ward
Wales · E05013015
Parish or community
E04000122
Westminster constituency
Rother Valley · E14001451
Output area
E00168757
Lower layer super output area
Rotherham 033C · E01007751
Middle layer super output area
Rotherham 033 · E02001610

Postcode source versions

Explore S26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Kiveton Park Infant School

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    622 m
  2. Wales High School

    Academy converter

    726 m
  3. Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School

    Academy converter

    820 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
481
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 195
  • Anti social behaviour 77
  • Shoplifting 52
  • Public order 30
  • Burglary 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
S26 5 residents
3,878

Age bands in S26 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

700 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

378 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

953 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.6%

947 residents

Age 65 and over
19.5%

722 residents

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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • KIVETON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KIVETON PARK PRIMARY CARE, CHAPEL WAY, KIVETON PARK, SHEFFIELD, S26 6QU

    ODS code C87004

    294 m

  • KILLAMARSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    209 SHEFFIELD ROAD, KILLAMARSH, SHEFFIELD, S21 1DX

    ODS code C81091

    3.5 km

  • DINNINGTON GROUP PRACTICE

    ANSTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 QUARRY LANE, NORTH ANSTON, SHEFFIELD, S25 4DB

    ODS code C87002

    3.9 km

  • SWALLOWNEST HEALTH CENTRE

    WORKSOP ROAD, SWALLOWNEST, SHEFFIELD, S26 4WD

    ODS code C87008

    4.2 km

  • SOTHALL & BEIGHTON HEALTH CENTRES

    24 ECKINGTON ROAD, BEIGHTON, SHEFFIELD, S20 1HQ

    ODS code C88023

    4.5 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Wales Road/Chapel Way

    BCT · Kiveton Park

    0.3 miles
  • Wales Road/Chestnut Avenue

    BCT · Wales

    0.3 miles
  • Wales Road/Chestnut Avenue

    BCT · Wales

    0.3 miles
  • Wales Road/Colliery Road

    BCT · Kiveton Park

    0.3 miles
  • Wales Road/Colliery Road

    BCT · Kiveton Park

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rotherham 033C, 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

15,861 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Kiveton Park Infant School is the nearest published school at 622 m.

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

Recorded crime

481 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 195 events.

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