Somers Town
Middle areaSouth west Portsmouth. 11,010 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 6% of people in Somers Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Somers Town
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Somers Town at a rate of 152.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.7 per 1,000 people across Portsmouth.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 725 |
| Other crime | 360 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 176 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 104 |
| Drug offences | 104 |
| Vehicle crime | 74 |
| Burglary | 49 |
| Shoplifting | 47 |
| Robbery | 27 |
| Theft from the person | 14 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Somers Town compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Somers Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Somers Town at a rate of 152.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.7 per 1,000 people across Portsmouth.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 173 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Somers Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (725), other crime (360) and anti-social behaviour (176).
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 middle area, so they describe all of Portsmouth and not Somers Town alone. See Portsmouth
Somers Town in brief
The median price paid for a home in Somers Town was £181,250 in 2025.
Somers Town had 10,937 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in Somers Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Somers Town, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.