5,952
Households
White Brit. · 60%
Ethnicity
No religion · 42%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
120 · 8.3 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£170,145
Median property price
331
Postcodes
Overview of Portswood
Coordinates50.9262, -1.3929
Postcodes
331
Population (Census)
14,447
Households (Census)
5,952
Recorded crime · May '26
120 · 8.3 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Portswood
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 6.00 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.00 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Portswood
Property sales · Portswood
HM Land Registry · Portswood
Average price
£211,599
YoY: -31.2%
Median price: £170,145
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 7 sales · avg £259,715
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£449k£314k£179k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
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 Portswood
Crime trends · Portswood
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1177532
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
36
YoY stable
ASB
22110
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
21
YoY stable
Vehicle Crime
1680
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
8
YoY +14%
Burglary
1050
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
7
YoY +17%
Criminal damage
19100
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
3
YoY -40%
Demographics in Portswood
Ethnicity
White Brit.60.3%
Other White13.3%
Indian4.3%
Chinese4.0%
Pakistani3.1%
+ 6 other groups · 15.1%
Religion
No religion42.4%
Christian37.0%
Muslim7.7%
Not answered7.3%
Hindu2.0%
+ 1 other religions · 3.6%
Age groups
20–2422.5%
35–4916.7%
25–3415.8%
50–6412.8%
65–747.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.1%
Households
Other25.7%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over14.3%
Any member 66+12.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.4%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.1%
+ 7 other households · 29.0%
Schools in Portswood
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Highfield Church of England Primary School
Southampton · SO17 1PX
Good
0.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
St Denys Primary School
Southampton · SO17 2ND
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
The Gregg Preparatory School
Southampton · SO17 1EJ
0.3 mi
PrimaryIndependentMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Portswood
Postcodes in Portswood
SO14 0SLSO14 0SSSO17 1ABSO17 1AESO17 1AFSO17 1AJSO17 1ANSO17 1APSO17 1AQSO17 1AWSO17 1BESO17 1BFSO17 1BJSO17 1BXSO17 1DASO17 1DBSO17 1DDSO17 1DFSO17 1DGSO17 1DHSO17 1DJSO17 1DLSO17 1DNSO17 1DPSO17 1DQSO17 1DRSO17 1DSSO17 1DTSO17 1DUSO17 1DWSO17 1DXSO17 1DYSO17 1DZSO17 1EASO17 1EBSO17 1EDSO17 1EESO17 1EFSO17 1EGSO17 1EHSO17 1EJSO17 1ELSO17 1ENSO17 1EPSO17 1EQSO17 1ERSO17 1ESSO17 1ETSO17 1EUSO17 1EWSO17 1EXSO17 1EZSO17 1GGSO17 1GJSO17 1HDSO17 1HRSO17 1JTSO17 1LASO17 1NFSO17 1NJSO17 1NNSO17 1NPSO17 1NQSO17 1NRSO17 1NSSO17 1NTSO17 1NUSO17 1NWSO17 1NXSO17 1NYSO17 1PASO17 1PBSO17 1PDSO17 1PESO17 1PFSO17 1PGSO17 1PHSO17 1PJSO17 1PLSO17 1PNSO17 1PPSO17 1PQSO17 1PRSO17 1PSSO17 1PTSO17 1PUSO17 1PWSO17 1PXSO17 1PYSO17 1PZSO17 1QASO17 1QBSO17 1QDSO17 1QESO17 1QFSO17 1QGSO17 1QHSO17 1QJSO17 1QLSO17 1QNSO17 1QPSO17 1QQSO17 1QRSO17 1QSSO17 1QTSO17 1QUSO17 1QWSO17 1QXSO17 1QYSO17 1QZSO17 1RASO17 1RBSO17 1RDSO17 1RESO17 1RFSO17 1RGSO17 1RHSO17 1RJSO17 1RLSO17 1RN