ParkAppeal obtained Freedom of Information data from Sheffield City Council revealing the roads with the most council-issued on-street parking Penalty Charge Notices in 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26.
New Freedom of Information data from Sheffield City Council shows that 2,469 on-street parking Penalty Charge Notices were issued on Ecclesall Road between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.
That works out at approximately 6.8 PCNs every day – or one parking ticket roughly every three hours and 33 minutes throughout the year.
Ecclesall Road ranked first in all three annual lists supplied by the council. Its count rose from 1,967 PCNs in 2023/24 to 2,469 in 2025/26, an increase of 25.5%.
Across the council’s three annual top-10 lists, the featured locations accounted for 31,820 PCNs. This is not the total number of parking notices issued across Sheffield: it covers only the 10 highest-ranked on-street locations in each financial year.
Last updated: 22 July 2026
Press-ready summary
- Suggested headline: Nearly 2,500 parking fines issued on one Sheffield road in a year
- Ecclesall Road: 2,469 PCNs in 2025/26 – approximately 6.8 a day
- Latest top 10: 11,291 PCNs across the council’s 10 highest-ranked locations
- Latest annual rise: the top-10 total was 12.1% higher than in 2024/25
- Three-year figure: 31,820 PCNs across the three annual top-10 lists
- Concentration: eight roads appeared in every year and accounted for 87.4% of the supplied total
Key findings from Sheffield City Council’s FOI data
What the figures do – and do not – show
The council’s workbook supplied PCN counts by street and contravention code. It did not include total face value, payment or income figures, so this article does not estimate how much money Sheffield City Council received.
A PCN being issued does not mean it was ultimately paid at its full value. Notices can be paid at a discount, challenged, cancelled, left unpaid or taken through later enforcement stages.
Ecclesall Road recorded one parking ticket about every three and a half hours
Ecclesall Road was Sheffield’s highest-ranked on-street parking ticket location in every financial year supplied:
- 1,967 PCNs in 2023/24
- 2,101 PCNs in 2024/25
- 2,469 PCNs in 2025/26
Its three-year total reached 6,537 PCNs, representing 20.5% of all notices across the three annual top-10 lists. Across the full 1,096-day period, that equates to approximately six PCNs a day.
In 2025/26, the largest category on Ecclesall Road was contravention code 02: parking or loading or unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading restrictions were in force. The council recorded 1,882 code 02 PCNs, accounting for 76.2% of the road’s latest annual total.
Strongest press line: Sheffield City Council issued an average of almost seven parking PCNs a day on Ecclesall Road in 2025/26 – approximately one every three hours and 33 minutes.
Sheffield’s 10 most-ticketed on-street locations in 2025/26
The 10 locations in Sheffield City Council’s latest ranking accounted for 11,291 PCNs, or approximately 30.9 notices a day between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.
| Rank | Street or location | PCNs issued | Approx. per day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesall Road | 2,469 | 6.8 |
| 2 | London Road | 1,757 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Abbeydale Road | 1,272 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Surrey Street | 1,067 | 2.9 |
| 5 | Arundel Street | 1,004 | 2.8 |
| 6 | Norfolk Street | 885 | 2.4 |
| 7 | Rockingham Gate | 773 | 2.1 |
| 8 | Union Street | 690 | 1.9 |
| 9 | Charles Street | 688 | 1.9 |
| 10 | Mushroom Lane | 686 | 1.9 |
Daily averages use 365 days. The ranking covers council-issued on-street parking PCNs only.
Ecclesall Road recorded 712 more PCNs than second-placed London Road. Together, the top three locations – Ecclesall Road, London Road and Abbeydale Road – accounted for 5,498 PCNs, or 48.7% of the latest top-10 total.
Union Street and Mushroom Lane entered the top 10 in 2025/26, replacing Northumberland Road and Carver Street from the previous year’s list.
The latest top-10 total rose by 12.1% in one year
| Financial year | PCNs across top 10 | Approx. per day | Annual change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 10,456 | 28.6 | – |
| 2024/25 | 10,073 | 27.6 | -3.7% |
| 2025/26 | 11,291 | 30.9 | +12.1% |
The latest top-10 count was 1,218 PCNs higher than in 2024/25. Compared with 2023/24, it was up by 835 PCNs, or 8.0%.
These changes relate only to the locations in each year’s top 10. They should not be interpreted as a citywide rise or fall in all parking enforcement because the composition of the ranking changed slightly between years.
Eight roads dominated Sheffield’s lists in every year
Eight locations appeared in the top 10 in all three financial years: Ecclesall Road, London Road, Surrey Street, Abbeydale Road, Norfolk Street, Arundel Street, Charles Street and Rockingham Gate.
Together, those recurring locations accounted for 27,810 PCNs – 87.4% of all notices across the three annual rankings.
| Street or location | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Three-year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecclesall Road | 1,967 | 2,101 | 2,469 | 6,537 |
| London Road | 1,446 | 1,387 | 1,757 | 4,590 |
| Surrey Street | 1,615 | 1,160 | 1,067 | 3,842 |
| Abbeydale Road | 889 | 1,014 | 1,272 | 3,175 |
| Norfolk Street | 999 | 796 | 885 | 2,680 |
| Arundel Street | 738 | 883 | 1,004 | 2,625 |
| Charles Street | 920 | 739 | 688 | 2,347 |
| Rockingham Gate | 605 | 636 | 773 | 2,014 |
The figures show different patterns within the recurring group. Abbeydale Road’s annual count rose by 43.1% between the first and latest years, while Arundel Street rose by 36.0%. Surrey Street fell by 33.9% over the same comparison.
Restricted-street parking was the largest latest-year contravention
Sheffield City Council supplied the individual contravention-code counts for each location. Across the 2025/26 top-10 list, code 02 was by far the largest category.
| Code | Council-supplied description | PCNs | Share of latest top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading / unloading restrictions are in force | 4,826 | 42.7% |
| 25 | Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading | 1,227 | 10.9% |
| 11 | Parked without payment of the parking charge | 1,102 | 9.8% |
| 40 | Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner | 1,091 | 9.7% |
| 47 | Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand | 996 | 8.8% |
| 01 | Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours | 872 | 7.7% |
Code 02 alone accounted for 42.7% of all PCNs across the latest top-10 locations. The six largest contravention categories together accounted for 10,114 PCNs, or 89.6% of the latest supplied total.
Full annual Sheffield parking ticket rankings
The latest ranking is shown above. The earlier council-supplied top-10 lists are available below for reference without interrupting the main story.
View Sheffield’s 2023/24 top 10 on-street PCN locations
| Rank | Street or location | PCNs issued |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesall Road | 1,967 |
| 2 | Surrey Street | 1,615 |
| 3 | London Road | 1,446 |
| 4 | Norfolk Street | 999 |
| 5 | Charles Street | 920 |
| 6 | Abbeydale Road | 889 |
| 7 | Arundel Street | 738 |
| 8 | Whitham Road | 659 |
| 9 | Northumberland Road | 618 |
| 10 | Rockingham Gate | 605 |
View Sheffield’s 2024/25 top 10 on-street PCN locations
| Rank | Street or location | PCNs issued |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesall Road | 2,101 |
| 2 | London Road | 1,387 |
| 3 | Surrey Street | 1,160 |
| 4 | Abbeydale Road | 1,014 |
| 5 | Arundel Street | 883 |
| 6 | Norfolk Street | 796 |
| 7 | Northumberland Road | 773 |
| 8 | Charles Street | 739 |
| 9 | Rockingham Gate | 636 |
| 10 | Carver Street | 584 |
Drivers should check a PCN carefully before paying
A high number of PCNs at a location does not show that the notices were issued incorrectly. Traffic levels, loading restrictions, parking bays, bus stops, disabled bays, signs, road markings and the intensity of enforcement can all affect a street’s total.
Drivers who receive a council PCN should check the contravention code, location, date and time, signs and road markings, payment or permit records, photographs and any evidence supporting an exemption before deciding whether to pay or challenge it.
Comment from ParkAppeal
A ParkAppeal spokesperson said: “A parking ticket was issued on Ecclesall Road roughly every three and a half hours throughout the latest financial year. The road has topped Sheffield’s list for three years in a row, and its annual count has risen by more than a quarter since 2023/24.
“The figures are also highly concentrated. Eight familiar roads accounted for more than 87% of every PCN across the three annual top-10 lists, showing that Sheffield’s busiest parking enforcement locations changed relatively little from year to year.”
For journalists and media enquiries
This report can be referenced as a ParkAppeal Freedom of Information analysis of Sheffield City Council’s highest-ranked on-street parking PCN locations.
- Primary headline: Nearly 2,500 parking fines issued on one Sheffield road in a year
- Named location: Ecclesall Road
- Latest figure: 2,469 PCNs in 2025/26
- Frequency: approximately 6.8 PCNs a day, or one every three hours and 33 minutes
- Three-year Ecclesall Road total: 6,537 PCNs
- Latest top-10 total: 11,291 PCNs
- Latest annual change: up 12.1% from 2024/25
- Full supplied total: 31,820 PCNs across the three annual top-10 lists
- Important scope note: the figures cover annual top-10 locations only, not all PCNs issued across Sheffield
- Value note: the council workbook did not supply total face value or income figures
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Whether a parking appeal is accepted depends on the facts, evidence, the relevant authority or operator, and the process used. The figures in this article are based on Sheffield City Council’s Freedom of Information response and cover only the annual top-10 on-street locations supplied.