PO3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Portsmouth, Anchorage Park and Baffins, 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 PO3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO3, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO3 at a rate of 115.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 179 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (866), other crime (455) and shoplifting (291).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO3 was 128.4 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 PO3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO3 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth 007C | 1,777 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Portsmouth 008A | 1,544 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.6% |
| Portsmouth 008B | 1,615 | 231.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Portsmouth 008C | 1,657 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 008D | 1,501 | 139.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Portsmouth 008E | 1,403 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 012A | 1,793 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 014A | 1,475 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Portsmouth 014B | 1,588 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Portsmouth 014C | 1,452 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Portsmouth 014D | 1,592 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Portsmouth 014E | 1,782 | 167.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 014F | 2,373 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
MPs for PO3
- Amanda MartinLabourMP for Portsmouth North94% of PO3’s postcodes
- Stephen MorganLabourMP for Portsmouth South5.7% of PO3’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 PO32
Postcode sectors in PO32
Council1
Towns in PO31
Postcode districts next to PO34
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO3 in brief
PO3 is a postcode district covering Portsmouth, Anchorage Park and Baffins, in Portsmouth.
About 20,882 people lived in PO3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £279,000 in 2025 across 305 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 115.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO3 was £279,000 in 2025.
PO3 had 20,392 usual residents at the census.
In PO3, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO3, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.