Portsmouth Area Guide | £279k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Portsmouth

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
208,076
Households
86,134
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 8.0 per 1k
86,134
Households
White Brit. · 78%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£279,405
Median property price
£1,132
Median rent
4,427
Postcodes
86,134
Households
White Brit. · 78%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£279,405
Median property price
£1,132
Median rent
4,427
Postcodes

Sold prices in Portsmouth

England & Wales
Property sales · Portsmouth
HM Land Registry · Portsmouth
Average price
£281,770
YoY: -0.6%
Median price: £279,062
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 95 sales · avg £265,196
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£383k£315k£247k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Portsmouth

England & Wales
Crime trends · Portsmouth

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
700
YoY +34%
1,058791524
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
179
YoY +11%
243175107
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
56
YoY -23%
1026222
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
39
YoY +39%
633813
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
87
YoY stable
1349147
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Robbery
32
YoY +78%
35228
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Other Theft
98
YoY stable
1147740
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · robbery up sharply · burglary rising

1,659
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Portsmouth

Medium flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 2

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 2 is land with between a 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 100 chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Portsmouth.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Portsmouth

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Transport in Portsmouth

Portsmouth International Cruise & Ferry Terminal is a 12-minute walk from the centre

Ferry · 970 m

  • Portsmouth International Cruise & Ferry Terminal

    Ferry

    970 m
  • Fratton

    Rail

    1.6 km
  • Portsmouth & Southsea

    Rail

    1.8 km
  • Hilsea

    Rail

    2.3 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Portsmouth

GPs make up most of the mapped places

25 GPs · 14 Museums · 8 Libraries · 62 in all

  • GPs25
  • Museums14
  • Libraries8
  • Universities8
  • Hospitals7

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Portsmouth

Median private rent

£1,132/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£899
1 bed
£1,132
2 bed
£1,356
3 bed
£1,961
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Portsmouth

Coordinates50.8109, -1.0753
Postcodes
4,427
Population (Census)
208,076
Households (Census)
86,134
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 8.0 per 1k

Demographics in Portsmouth

Ethnicity

Total residents: 208,013
White Brit.77.7%
Other White6.8%
African2.6%
Bangladeshi2.3%
Other Asian1.8%
+ 3 other groups · 8.8%

Religion

Total residents: 208,025
No religion47.1%
Christian39.4%
Not answered6.5%
Muslim4.9%
+ other · 2.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 208,076
35–4919.0%
50–6417.6%
25–3415.1%
20–249.6%
65–748.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.7%

Households

Total households: 86,134
Other19.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.5%
Any member 66+12.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.6%
+ 8 other households · 38.8%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Portsmouth

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.40 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.40 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).