# S63

Postcode district covering Bolton upon Dearne, Wath upon Dearne and Goldthorpe, in Barnsley and Rotherham.

S63 is a postcode district covering Bolton upon Dearne, Wath upon Dearne and Goldthorpe, in Barnsley and Rotherham. Median sale price £170,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code S63. 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 S63 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £170,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in S63 was £170,000 in 2025. Joint 194th 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/s63#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,714** (2021). S63 had 42,714 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 363rd 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/s63#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 94%** (2022). About 94% of people in S63 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/s63#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.4%** (January 2026). In S63, 93.4% 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/s63#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=S63) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 94% of people in S63 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=S63) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 709 homes were sold in S63 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=S63) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for S63.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=S63) (Census 2021, England and Wales): S63 had 42,714 usual residents at the census.

## How S63 compares

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

| Measure | S63 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £170,000 | joint 13th cheapest | 45 postcode districts, S · 2025 |
| Population | 42,714 | 9th most populated | 47 postcode districts, S · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 94% | 17th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 47 postcode districts, S · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.4% | 24th highest | 47 postcode districts, S · Jan 2026 |

## Is S63 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S63 at a rate of 111.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 438 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S63.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,923), other crime (819) and anti-social behaviour (791).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S63 was 104.3 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 S63, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S63 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in S63

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Barnsley 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007372) | 1,693 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| [Barnsley 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007373) | 1,731 | 146.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Barnsley 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007374) | 1,329 | 88.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [Barnsley 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007375) | 1,733 | 110.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| [Barnsley 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007377) | 1,406 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Barnsley 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007378) | 1,625 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.8% |
| [Barnsley 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007369) | 2,032 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Barnsley 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007370) | 1,790 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Barnsley 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007371) | 1,898 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.9% |
| [Barnsley 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007376) | 1,451 | 222.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| [Barnsley 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007364) | 1,408 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [Barnsley 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007365) | 1,211 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Barnsley 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007366) | 2,263 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| [Barnsley 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007367) | 1,149 | 88.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.2% |
| [Barnsley 025E](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007368) | 1,733 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 68.5% |
| [Rotherham 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007695) | 2,778 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.2% |
| [Rotherham 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007697) | 1,679 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Rotherham 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007698) | 1,425 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| [Rotherham 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01034246) | 1,751 | 92.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.9% |
| [Rotherham 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01034247) | 2,154 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| [Rotherham 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007816) | 1,692 | 121.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.7% |
| [Rotherham 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007817) | 1,450 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| [Rotherham 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007819) | 1,554 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| [Rotherham 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007820) | 1,748 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.8% |
| [Rotherham 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007821) | 1,585 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% |
| [Rotherham 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/neighbourhood/e01007822) | 1,937 | 203.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.4% |

## Your MP

- [Barnsley South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/barnsley-south): Stephanie Peacock (Labour), MP since July 2024. 54% of the people here.
- [Rawmarsh and Conisbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rawmarsh-and-conisbrough): John Healey (Labour), MP since July 2024. 46% of the people here.
- [Barnsley North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/barnsley-north): Dan Jarvis (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in S63

[Bolton-upon-Dearne](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/bolton-upon-dearne), [Brampton & West Melton](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/brampton-and-west-melton), [Goldthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/goldthorpe), [Thurnscoe](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/thurnscoe), [Wath upon Dearne](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham/wath-upon-dearne)

## Postcode sectors in S63

[S63 0 (242 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63-0), [S63 3 (18 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63-3), [S63 5 (15 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63-5), [S63 6 (255 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63-6), [S63 7 (245 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63-7), [S63 8 (181 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63-8), [S63 9 (204 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63-9)

## Councils S63 covers

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

## Towns in S63

[Thurnscoe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe), [Wath upon Dearne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wath-upon-dearne)

## Postcode districts next to S63

[DN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn5), [S62](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s62), [S64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s64), [S72](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s72), [S73](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s73), [S97](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s97)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bolton-Upon-Dearne (850 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3115,53.5189), [Goldthorpe (900 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3128,53.5342), [Thurnscoe (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3088,53.5450), [Mexborough (4.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.2886,53.4910)

## 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)

## S63 in brief

S63 is a postcode district covering Bolton upon Dearne, Wath upon Dearne and Goldthorpe, in Barnsley and Rotherham.
About 44,563 people lived in S63 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £170,000 in 2025 across 709 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S63 was £170,000 in 2025.
S63 had 42,714 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in S63 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S63, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: S63
- Postcode area: [S](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s)
- Constituency: [Barnsley South †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/barnsley-south)
- Council: [Barnsley †](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley)
- Area: 26.09 km²
- People, mid-2024: 44,563*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 139

* 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

[DN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn5), [S64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s64), [S72](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s72), [S73](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s73), [S62](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s62), [S97](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s97)

## Latest updates for S63

- 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/S63

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63