S3 8AX

Hillsborough · Sheffield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Sheffield
Postcode district
S3
Postcode sector
S3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
S3 8AA 95 m
S3 8JL 102 m
S6 2UQ 149 m
S6 2FJ 156 m
S3 8AB 164 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
S3 8AX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2003
Postcode area
S
Postcode district
S3
Postcode sector
S3 8
Latitude
53.396259
Longitude
-1.486698
British National Grid easting
434,230
British National Grid northing
388,946

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Sheffield · E08000039
Parish or community
E43000173
Output area
E00040875
Lower layer super output area
Sheffield 026C · E01008072
Middle layer super output area
Sheffield 026 · E02001636

Postcode source versions

Explore S3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
106
Primary
69
Secondary
14
  1. Walkley Primary School

    Community school

    659 m
  2. St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    715 m
  3. Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,372
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,407
  • Anti social behaviour 657
  • Public order 357
  • Criminal damage and arson 348
  • Shoplifting 299

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
S3 8 residents
3,704

Age bands in S3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
4%

143 residents

Age 15 to 24
32.7%

1,171 residents

Age 25 to 44
55.2%

1,975 residents

Age 45 to 64
6.8%

243 residents

Age 65 and over
1.3%

47 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

45

within 5 km straight-line

  • HAROLD STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 HAROLD STREET, SHEFFIELD, S6 3QW

    ODS code C88059

    536 m

  • UPPERTHORPE MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 ADDY STREET, UPPERTHORPE, SHEFFIELD, S6 3FT

    ODS code C88031

    708 m

  • WALKLEY HOUSE & STANNINGTON M.C

    23 GREENHOW STREET, SHEFFIELD, S6 3TN

    ODS code C88005

    1.1 km

  • TRAMWAYS MEDICAL CENTRE

    54 HOLME LANE, SHEFFIELD, S6 4JQ

    ODS code C88018

    1.2 km

  • FORGE HEALTH GROUP

    PITSMOOR SURGERY, 151 BURNGREAVE ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S3 9DL

    ODS code C88008

    1.5 km

  • DYKES HALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    156 DYKES HALL ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S6 4GQ

    ODS code C88045

    1.6 km

  • CROOKES PRACTICE

    203 SCHOOL ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S10 1GN

    ODS code C88079

    1.7 km

  • UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH CENTRE

    UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE, 53 GELL STREET, SHEFFIELD, S3 7QP

    ODS code C88627

    1.8 km

  • THE BURNGREAVE SURGERY

    SPITAL STREET HEALTH CENTRE, SPITAL STREET, SHEFFIELD, S3 9LB

    ODS code C88048

    1.8 km

  • DEVONSHIRE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    126 DEVONSHIRE STREET, SHEFFIELD, S3 7SF

    ODS code C88076

    2.0 km

  • FAR LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 FAR LANE, SHEFFIELD, S6 4FA

    ODS code C88021

    2.0 km

  • CLOVER CITY PRACTICE

    1 MULBERRY STREET, SHEFFIELD, S1 2PJ

    ODS code Y05349

    2.1 km

  • NORWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    360 HERRIES ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S5 7HD

    ODS code C88014

    2.2 km

  • BROOMHILL SURGERY

    5 LAWSON ROAD, BROOMHILL, SHEFFIELD, S10 5BU

    ODS code C88028

    2.4 km

  • SOUTHEY GREEN MEDICAL CTR

    281 SOUTHEY GREEN ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S5 7QB

    ODS code C88086

    2.6 km

  • GREEN CROSS GROUP PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CARE SURGERY, 63 PALGRAVE ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S5 8GS

    ODS code C88077

    2.8 km

  • DUKE MEDICAL CENTRE

    28 TALBOT ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S2 2TD

    ODS code C88030

    2.8 km

  • PORTER BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    9 SUNDERLAND STREET, SHEFFIELD, S11 8HN

    ODS code C88007

    2.9 km

  • MANCHESTER ROAD SURGERY

    484 MANCHESTER ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S10 5PN

    ODS code C88044

    2.9 km

  • SELBORNE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 SELBORNE ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S10 5ND

    ODS code C88083

    2.9 km

Showing 20 of 45 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Neepsend Lane/Hillfoot Road

    BCT · Neepsend

    0.1 miles
  • Penistone Road/Club Mill Road

    BCT · Hillfoot

    0.1 miles
  • Neepsend Lane/Hillfoot Road

    BCT · Neepsend

    0.1 miles
  • Penistone Road/Bamforth Street

    BCT · Hillfoot

    0.1 miles
  • Langsett-Prim Vw Platform to City

    TMU · Langsett Road

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sheffield 026C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,400 of 33,755

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

106 open schools are in scope, including 69 primary and 14 secondary schools. Walkley Primary School is the nearest published school at 659 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,372 published events cover 12 months, averaging 364.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,407 events.

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