Darnall

Sheffield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,728 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,689 of 6,856 in England
  • #652 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #64 of 70 in Sheffield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,575
Median age (est.)29
Density2,008per km²
No qualifications36%
Degree or above21%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 28%15–24 16%25–44 29%45–64 18%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 40%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 16%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 16%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 15% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant15%
Sales & customer service13%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 26%Asian: 50%Black: 10%Mixed: 4%Other: 10%
White 26%Asian 50%Black 10%Mixed 4%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Muslim 62% · Christian 21% · No religion 11%

Born outside the UK: 43%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Darnall is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,689 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #64 of 70 in Sheffield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (57) but weak on Income (0). Typical homes here sold for about £130,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 27 sales), 40% below the wider Sheffield median of £217,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,109 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 106 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 0 · #6,833
Employment 3 · #6,641
Education 1 · #6,757
Health 9 · #6,243
Crime 29 · #4,838
Housing & access 57 · #2,939
Living environment 37 · #4,337

House prices ?

£130,000median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=27
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£130,00027+2.4%+13.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£151,5008+8.2%+31.7%
Terraced£105,00017-6.7%-4.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£130,000
Sheffield£217,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£29,109±£4,335 · #6,554 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£19,396
Price-to-income ?4.5×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 923 offences
Sheffield96
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,086 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences421
Theft98
Burglary43
Vehicle crime95
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons79
Drugs56
Robbery20
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 201 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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