CHEATING MAP: The 17 Sheffield postcodes where people are having the most illicit affairs

Adultery is on the rise in Sheffield, figures have suggested – with the increase in infidelity blamed on ‘lockdown cabin fever’.
Many thousands are cheating on their partners in Sheffield, figures suggest. Picture: Pixabay.Many thousands are cheating on their partners in Sheffield, figures suggest. Picture: Pixabay.
Many thousands are cheating on their partners in Sheffield, figures suggest. Picture: Pixabay.

The dating website IllicitEncounters.com has used its data to show how many people are having affairs around the country.

Its statistics, published annually in the form of an ‘infidelity index’, indicate 23,738 individuals in Sheffield – 1.31 per cent of the local population – are cheating on their partners, up from 22,208 in 2019.

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And the figures have been broken down for city neighbourhoods – see below to find out more.

IllicitEncounters.com bills itself as the UK's leading service of its kind for married people, with more than one million members.

"Our members have one thing in common - they are all looking for a little romance outside their current relationship,” its website says. “Whether that's the occasional bit of flirtatious chat, a regular coffee date, or a full-blown affair, that's up to them.”

Spokeswoman Jessica Leoni said ‘a big rise in cheating’ has been recorded over the last year, even in the last six months since the pandemic struck.

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“This is due to lockdown cabin fever – increasing numbers of people have become fed up with their partners after being stuck together at home for most of this year and even denied a summer holiday in many cases,” she said.

“The Covid fear factor largely went at the start of the summer when the pubs reopened and people realised that the virus was only a big health threat if you are elderly or in a high risk group.

People started dating again and cheating numbers surged as lots of new relationships were forged.”

The website suggests the figure for Sheffield is likely to be the tip of the iceberg, explaining: “As the overall data is only three per cent of the total adult population having relationships... well, you can do the maths.”

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S1 – 939 are having an affair in central Sheffield in 2020, compared to 844 last year.

S2 – 857 are having an affair here in 2020, compared to 819 last year.

S3 – 316 people are having an affair here in 2020, up from 303 last year.

S4 – 346 are having an affair here in 2020, compared to 332 last year.

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S5 – 988 are having an affair here in 2020, up from 952 last year.

S6 – 997 are having an affair here in 2020, an increase from 925 last year.

S7 – 300 people are having an affair here in 2020, compared to 280 last year.

S8 – 781 are having an affair here in 2020, up from 751 last year.

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S9 – 501 are having an affair here in 2020, up from 470 last year.

S10 – 733 are having an affair in this district in 2020, up from 691 last year.

S11 – 587 people are having an affair here in 2020, an increase on 539 last year.

S12 – 526 people are having an affair here in 2020, compared to 485 last year.

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S13 – 535 are having an affair in this area in 2020, up from 515 last year.

S14 – 282 are having an affair here in 2020, an increase from 231 last year.

S17 – 199 are having an affair here in 2020, compared to 194 last year.

S20 – 377 people are having an affair here in 2020, compared to 346 last year.

S35 – 614 are having an affair here in 2020, compared to 573 last year.

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