PO5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Portsmouth, Southsea and Somers Town, 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 PO5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO5, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO5 at a rate of 151.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 452 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,634), other crime (800) and anti-social behaviour (547).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO5 was 164.4 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 PO5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO5 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth 018A | 1,753 | 150.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 018B | 1,715 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 018C | 1,908 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Portsmouth 018D | 2,278 | 185.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Portsmouth 018E | 1,622 | 190.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Portsmouth 018F | 1,661 | 198.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Portsmouth 020A | 1,387 | 144.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 020E | 1,629 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Portsmouth 022A | 1,686 | 234.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.4% |
| Portsmouth 022B | 1,637 | 257.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Portsmouth 022C | 1,814 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.3% |
| Portsmouth 022D | 1,613 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.7% |
| Portsmouth 024B | 1,948 | 173.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| Portsmouth 025C | 1,627 | 188.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 025D | 1,704 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
Your MP
- Stephen MorganLabourMP for Portsmouth South
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 PO52
Postcode sectors in PO54
Council1
Towns in PO51
Postcode districts next to PO52
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO5 in brief
PO5 is a postcode district covering Portsmouth, Southsea and Somers Town, in Portsmouth.
About 27,351 people lived in PO5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £223,000 in 2025 across 335 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 151.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO5 was £223,000 in 2025.
PO5 had 27,119 usual residents at the census.
In PO5, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO5, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.