# S26

Postcode district covering Swallownest, Aston and Wales, in Rotherham.

S26 is a postcode district covering Swallownest, Aston and Wales, in Rotherham. Median sale price £237,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 73.3 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code S26. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [S](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an S26 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £237,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in S26 was £237,500 in 2025. Joint 665th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 25,924** (2021). S26 had 25,924 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,122nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 76%** (2022). About 76% of people in S26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In S26, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=S26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 76% of people in S26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=S26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 373 homes were sold in S26 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=S26) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for S26.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=S26) (Census 2021, England and Wales): S26 had 25,924 usual residents at the census.

## How S26 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | S26 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £237,500 | 13th most expensive | 45 postcode districts, S · 2025 |
| Population | 25,924 | 18th least populated | 47 postcode districts, S · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 76% | 10th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 47 postcode districts, S · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.0% | 8th highest | 47 postcode districts, S · Jan 2026 |

## Is S26 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S26 at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 161 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (717), anti-social behaviour (443) and other crime (302).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S26 was 78.2 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in S26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S26 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in S26

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rotherham 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007666) | 1,264 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| [Rotherham 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007667) | 1,534 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| [Rotherham 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007668) | 1,581 | 178.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| [Rotherham 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007669) | 1,447 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| [Rotherham 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007670) | 1,428 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| [Rotherham 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007672) | 1,389 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Rotherham 030F](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007673) | 1,548 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Rotherham 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007671) | 2,046 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Rotherham 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007674) | 2,100 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Rotherham 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007747) | 1,309 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| [Rotherham 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007750) | 1,606 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| [Rotherham 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007748) | 1,410 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Rotherham 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007749) | 1,852 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Rotherham 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007751) | 2,314 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.7% |
| [Rotherham 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007752) | 1,483 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| [Rotherham 033E](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007753) | 1,590 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.5% |

## Your MP

- [Rother Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rother-valley): Jake Richards (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in S26

[Aston](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/aston), [Kiveton, Todwick & Harthill](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/kiveton-todwick-and-harthill), [Swallownest & Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/swallownest-and-wales)

## Postcode sectors in S26

[S26 1 (44 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26-1), [S26 2 (120 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26-2), [S26 3 (55 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26-3), [S26 4 (110 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26-4), [S26 5 (83 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26-5), [S26 6 (75 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26-6), [S26 7 (61 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26-7)

## Council

[Rotherham](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham)

## Towns in S26

[Swallownest and Aston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swallownest-and-aston)

## Postcode districts next to S26

[S13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s13), [S20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s20), [S21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s21), [S25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s25), [S43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s43), [S60](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s60), [S66](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s66), [S80](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s80)

## Nearest rail stations

[Kiveton Bridge (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.2672,53.3410), [Kiveton Park (3.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.2398,53.3367), [Beighton - Drake House Lane (4.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3475,53.3417), [Waterthorpe (4.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3451,53.3365)

## More in the S postcode area

[All S postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## S26 in brief

S26 is a postcode district covering Swallownest, Aston and Wales, in Rotherham.
About 26,359 people lived in S26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £237,500 in 2025 across 373 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S26 was £237,500 in 2025.
S26 had 25,924 usual residents at the census.
About 76% of people in S26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S26, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: S26
- Postcode area: [S](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s)
- Constituency: [Rother Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rother-valley)
- Council: [Rotherham †](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham)
- Area: 44.14 km²
- People, mid-2024: 26,359*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 87

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[S21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s21), [S13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s13), [S60](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s60), [S80](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s80), [S25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s25), [S66](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s66)

## Latest updates for S26

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S26

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s26