PO2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Portsmouth, North End and Stamshaw, 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 PO2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO2, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO2 at a rate of 102.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 383 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,850), other crime (800) and shoplifting (507).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO2 was 97.3 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 PO2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO2 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth 007A | 1,341 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 007B | 1,602 | 158.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Portsmouth 007D | 1,647 | 108.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Portsmouth 007E | 1,498 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 009A | 1,433 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 009B | 1,415 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 009C | 1,813 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 009D | 1,576 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 009E | 1,636 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Portsmouth 010A | 1,222 | 113.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Portsmouth 010B | 1,519 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Portsmouth 010C | 1,591 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| Portsmouth 010D | 1,453 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Portsmouth 011A | 1,425 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 011B | 1,341 | 120.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 011C | 1,489 | 155.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 011D | 1,533 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 011E | 1,476 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 011F | 1,630 | 276.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Portsmouth 012B | 1,473 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 012C | 1,266 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 012D | 1,601 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Portsmouth 012E | 1,785 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Portsmouth 012F | 1,746 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 013A | 1,546 | 234.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Portsmouth 013D | 1,732 | 321.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Portsmouth 013E | 1,297 | 175.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.3% |
MPs for PO2
- Amanda MartinLabourMP for Portsmouth North86% of PO2’s postcodes
- Stephen MorganLabourMP for Portsmouth South14% of PO2’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 PO26
Postcode sectors in PO24
Council1
Towns in PO21
Postcode districts next to PO23
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO2 in brief
PO2 is a postcode district covering Portsmouth, North End and Stamshaw, in Portsmouth.
About 44,303 people lived in PO2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £240,000 in 2025 across 510 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 102.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO2 was £240,000 in 2025.
PO2 had 42,382 usual residents at the census.
In PO2, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO2, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.