PO4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Portsmouth, Milton and Southsea, 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 PO4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO4, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO4 at a rate of 92.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 404 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,501), other crime (739) and shoplifting (528).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO4 was 86.4 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 PO4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO4 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth 017A | 1,419 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 017B | 1,114 | 122.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Portsmouth 017C | 1,387 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 017D | 2,637 | 223.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Portsmouth 017E | 1,369 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.7% |
| Portsmouth 017F | 1,507 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Portsmouth 019A | 1,636 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 019B | 1,983 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Portsmouth 019C | 1,727 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 019D | 1,657 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 019E | 1,828 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Portsmouth 020B | 1,883 | 120.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 020C | 1,693 | 318.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Portsmouth 020D | 2,193 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Portsmouth 021A | 1,481 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 021B | 1,801 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Portsmouth 021C | 1,565 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Portsmouth 021D | 1,472 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Portsmouth 023A | 1,435 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Portsmouth 023B | 1,691 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Portsmouth 023C | 1,510 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 023D | 1,475 | 96.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Portsmouth 023E | 1,816 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.3% |
| Portsmouth 024A | 1,817 | 139.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 025A | 1,421 | 160.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 025B | 1,413 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
MPs for PO4
- Stephen MorganLabourMP for Portsmouth South92% of PO4’s postcodes
- Amanda MartinLabourMP for Portsmouth North7.6% of PO4’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 PO46
Postcode sectors in PO43
Council1
Towns in PO41
Postcode districts next to PO44
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO4 in brief
PO4 is a postcode district covering Portsmouth, Milton and Southsea, in Portsmouth.
About 42,945 people lived in PO4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £266,800 in 2025 across 630 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO4 was £266,800 in 2025.
PO4 had 42,373 usual residents at the census.
In PO4, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO4, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.