Sheffield
8 datasets are currently published for Sheffield. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Sheffield compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 65th of 361 (28.8 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 252nd of 318 (£202,500).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 13th of 132 (21.3%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Sheffield: 16,715, July 2026 (+0.5% year on year, from 16,635). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Sheffield: 103.2, June 2026 (+5.0% year on year, from 98.3). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Sheffield: £202,500, Q2 2026 (+3.8% year on year, from £195,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Sheffield: 21.3%, 2024/25 (-1.4 percentage points year on year, from 22.7%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Sheffield: 32, Q1 2026 (+18.5% year on year, from 27). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Sheffield: 579,517, 2025 (-0.1% year on year, from 580,235). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Sheffield: 838, 2025 (+9.4% year on year, from 766). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
Awarded contracts by local authority:
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