Portsmouth 028C
NeighbourhoodCentral Portsmouth. 1,884 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Portsmouth 028C is in decile 1.
How Portsmouth 028C compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Portsmouth 028C safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Portsmouth 028C at a rate of 126.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 277.8 per 1,000 people across Fratton West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Portsmouth 028C.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (115), other crime (33) and vehicle crime (30).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Portsmouth
These figures are published for the whole of Portsmouth, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Portsmouth and not Portsmouth 028C alone. See Portsmouth
Portsmouth 028C in brief
Portsmouth 028C has a deprivation score of 53.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Portsmouth 028C had 1,856 usual residents at the census.
In Portsmouth 028C, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Portsmouth 028C, 8.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.