WICKER, S3 8HS House Prices & Local Information

S3 8HS is an up-and-coming urban area on Wicker, 0.6km from Kelham Island in Sheffield. Administratively it sits within City ward and the Sheffield Central constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a young professional neighbourhood — career-focused, mobile, mostly renting. The daytime character shifts — science and business parks with high status workers. An average age of 28 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 76% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants. Employment levels are high (60% in full-time work) — a well-connected, economically active community.

Safety: Crime rates are high (329 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. 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 S3 8HS are sourced from Output Area E00172429 (shared with 35 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.