Portsmouth

20°CSunny

• Today: 21° / 17° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:29

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

532 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences239
• Shoplifting60
• Public order51
• Anti-social behaviour44

41 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Charles Dickens and Nelson · Hampshire

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

449 reported road collisions (2024)

89 killed or seriously injured · 519 casualties · 21.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 350 rated 4–5 ★ (264 top)
• 44 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

£250,999 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Portsmouth · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,367 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £900
• 2 bed £1,134
• 3 bed £1,359

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (7.2 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 57 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Portsmouth

185 CQC-registered services

• Care homes31
• GP practices27
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 85% 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)

162 applications decided

85.8% granted · 139 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

7,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,650 jobs advertised · £42,572 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Principal Naval Architect, Superflex Roadside Patrol

Source: Adzuna

£701 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% 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

34% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Solar 21% · Imports 17% · Biomass 6%

208 gCO₂/kWh · 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 cases412 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership406 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s357 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance355 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  North End, Hampshire · 0.2 km

  North End is a district in the city of Portsmouth, located on Portsea Island in Hampshire. The area developed rapidly as a part of the city after a horse-drawn tram route was opened between Portsmouth and Cosham. The…

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  Stamshaw · 0.2 km

  Stamshaw is a residential district of Portsmouth, located on the north western corner of Portsea Island in southern England.

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  Tipner · 0.5 km

  Tipner is a residential district of Portsmouth, located on the north western corner of Portsea Island in southern England. It includes a housing estate, built during the 1930s, that used to function as married quarter…

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  Rudmore · 0.6 km

  Rudmore is a district located on the western shore of Portsea Island and is part of the city of Portsmouth, England.

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  Mountbatten Centre · 0.6 km

  The Mountbatten Centre is a leisure centre in Portsmouth, England, which opened in 1979, and was extended with a pool under a waveform roof in 2009. The "Mountbatten Centre" is located in Hilsea, an area in Portsmouth…

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  Mayfield School, Portsmouth · 0.7 km

  Mayfield School is a mixed all-through school for pupils ages 4 to 16 located in North End, Portsmouth.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)