PO1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Portsmouth, Fratton and Portsea, in Portsmouth.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PO1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO1, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO1 at a rate of 213.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 722 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,737), other crime (1,447) and anti-social behaviour (913).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO1 was 215.2 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in PO1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO1 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth 013B | 1,667 | 189.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Portsmouth 013C | 1,769 | 370.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.8% |
| Portsmouth 015A | 1,734 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Portsmouth 015B | 1,789 | 187.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| Portsmouth 015C | 1,569 | 137.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Portsmouth 015D | 1,563 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 015E | 2,052 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Portsmouth 015F | 1,648 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 024C | 1,839 | 223.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.6% |
| Portsmouth 024E | 1,144 | 270.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.3% |
| Portsmouth 024F | 1,339 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.9% |
| Portsmouth 027A | 2,593 | 255.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.5% |
| Portsmouth 027B | 1,291 | 139.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 78.1% |
| Portsmouth 027C | 4,913 | 336.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.5% |
| Portsmouth 027D | 1,478 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.6% |
| Portsmouth 028A | 1,959 | 278.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Portsmouth 028B | 1,497 | 458.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Portsmouth 028C | 1,856 | 126.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
MPs for PO1
- Stephen MorganLabourMP for Portsmouth South100% of PO1’s postcodes
- Amanda MartinLabourMP for Portsmouth North0.1% of PO1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PO14
Postcode sectors in PO16
Council1
Towns in PO11
Postcode districts next to PO15
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO1 in brief
PO1 is a postcode district covering Portsmouth, Fratton and Portsea, in Portsmouth.
About 34,925 people lived in PO1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £222,500 in 2025 across 235 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 213.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO1 was £222,500 in 2025.
PO1 had 32,992 usual residents at the census.
In PO1, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO1, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.