Crap Towns / Sheffield / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Sheffield?
In January 2026, 1.6% of premises in Sheffield couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 519 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 519 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 3,853 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 229,306 | 94.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Waverley and Catcliffe | 6.1 km | 2.3 |
| Sheffield | – | 1.6 |
| Chapeltown and High Green | 10.2 km | 1.4 |
| Killamarsh | 11.3 km | 1.4 |
| Eckington | 9.6 km | 0.9 |
| Ecclesfield and Grenoside | 7.7 km | 0.5 |
| Rotherham | 9.6 km | 0.3 |
| Dronfield | 7.9 km | 0.2 |
| Rawmarsh | 12.5 km | 0.1 |
| Swallownest and Aston | 9.6 km | 0.1 |
| Brinsworth | 6.9 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |