GODRIC ROAD, S5 0AJ House Prices & Local Information

S5 0AJ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Godric Road, 0.3km from The Cross in Sheffield. Administratively it sits within Shiregreen and Brightside ward and the Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S5 0AJ is a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. Outside of residential hours, ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. At 35 years average, this is a working-age, professionally active neighbourhood with good transport links and a dynamic social mix. 44% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £165k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 0.6% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for S5 0AJ are sourced from Output Area E00040804 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.