Portsmouth

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:34

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

503 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences199
• Shoplifting53
• Anti-social behaviour50
• Criminal damage & arson39

38 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Charles Dickens and Nelson · Hampshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

457 reported road collisions (2025)

93 killed or seriously injured · 510 casualties · 22 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 353 rated 4–5 ★ (274 top)
• 43 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Hilsea (1.9 km)
• 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£245,954 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Portsmouth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,368 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £901
• 2 bed £1,135
• 3 bed £1,360

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,270 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (2.9 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Chargepoint Adair Rd 53 (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Sports pitches44
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

208,003 residents in Portsmouth · 5,150/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,168
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK17,402
• Net moves−3,234

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 73 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,292 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (34% of 94,110)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

67 schools · 29,581 pupils

45 primary · 10 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

61 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Portsmouth

184 CQC-registered services

• Care homes30
• GP practices27
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies60
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Portsmouth

• Not in the Green Belt
• 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

165 applications decided

83.6% granted · 138 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Amanda Martin

Labour

Portsmouth North

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 3
• LD 23
• Ref 12
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools23
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés76

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,733 jobs advertised · £45,675 avg

e.g. Principal Psychologist, CNC Programmer, Senior Building Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

£701 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,709 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 118,116 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 66% · Wind 19% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

270 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.6 women · 57.5 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in PO2

• Excellent Medical Centre
• Derby Road Group Practice
• Portsdown Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Portsmouth North:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases414 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth296 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks183 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND166 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK151 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Rudmore · 0.6 km

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  Mountbatten Centre · 0.6 km

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  Mayfield School, Portsmouth · 0.7 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)