Drayton and Farlington
WardNorth east Portsmouth. About 14,266 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Drayton and Farlington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Drayton and Farlington compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Drayton and Farlington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Drayton and Farlington at a rate of 43.0 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, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Drayton and Farlington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (238), other crime (123) and shoplifting (66).
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 ward, so they describe all of Portsmouth and not Drayton and Farlington alone. See Portsmouth
Drayton and Farlington in brief
Drayton and Farlington had 13,733 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Drayton and Farlington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Drayton and Farlington, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Drayton and Farlington, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.