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St Thomas

Ward

South west Portsmouth. About 15,230 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in St Thomas live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,126
Joint 785th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Thomas compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St ThomasMiddle
Population14 wards, Portsmouth · 2021
Population: every ward in Portsmouth14 areas from 12,036 to 22,323. The middle area is 14,513. St Thomas is 15,126.
15,1265th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 wards, Portsmouth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Portsmouth14 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. St Thomas is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage14 wards, Portsmouth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Portsmouth14 areas from 91.2% to 99.7%. The middle area is 98.2%. St Thomas is 91.2%.
91.2%lowest
Claimant rate14 wards, Portsmouth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Portsmouth14 areas from 1.5% to 7.2%. The middle area is 4.0%. St Thomas is 5.8%.
5.8%2nd highest

Is St Thomas safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Thomas at a rate of 162.8 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, 263 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Thomas.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (978), other crime (486) and anti-social behaviour (312).

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 St Thomas alone. See Portsmouth

Average house price
£251,220
Up 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,022
95th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.0×
Joint 158th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.4
64th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Thomas in brief

St Thomas had 15,126 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in St Thomas live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Thomas, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Thomas, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.