S98 postcode area guide — Sheffield
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the S98 postcode district in Sheffield — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in S98
Limited coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
0%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the S98 postcode district (Sheffield) is Limited — fixed broadband speeds are below the UK average here. Across the 1 postcodes Ofcom measures in S98, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 0% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 0% of premises in S98 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in S98
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| S98 6HR | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Sheffield
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Sheffield district (269,270 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
86.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in S98
Police recorded 297 incidents within about a mile of the centre of S98 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 76 | 25.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 57 | 19.2% |
| Shoplifting | 41 | 13.8% |
| Public order | 22 | 7.4% |
| Other theft | 21 | 7.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 18 | 6.1% |
| Vehicle crime | 18 | 6.1% |
| Burglary | 13 | 4.4% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
Who lives here? Sheffield demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Sheffield district (556,523 residents, 231,948 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% |
| 15–29 | 29.1% |
| 30–44 | 17.9% |
| 45–64 | 18% |
| 65+ | 17% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 58.3% |
| Private rented | 18.8% |
| Social rented | 7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around S98
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owler Brook Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 411 | S4 8HQ |
| UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park | Secondary | 13–19 | 445 | S9 3TU |
| Oasis Academy Don Valley | All-through | 2–16 | 1,116 | S9 3TY |
| Whiteways Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 436 | S4 8EX |
| Limpsfield Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | — | S9 1AN |
| Fir Vale Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 931 | S4 8GB |
| Brightside Nursery Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 206 | S9 1AS |
| Oasis Academy Fir Vale | Primary | 4–11 | 389 | S4 8GA |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Phone area codes for Sheffield
Landlines around S98 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.