# PO5 1EY: area report for a postcode in Portsmouth

PO5 1EY is a postcode in Portsmouth.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Portsmouth. Open the map at PO5 1EY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) › [PO5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po5) › [PO5 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po5-1)

## Around this postcode

- **173 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 11% on July. Portsmouth 018B: 78 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **Portsmouth and Southsea, 840 m**: About 11 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **8 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **No property in PO5 1EY listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Portsmouth 018B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **£251,220 average price**: For the whole of Portsmouth, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 610 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **12 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **98.1% can get gigabit broadband at PO5 1EY**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **Low road and rail noise at PO5 1EY**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY
- **13.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cottage-grove-primary-school-and-nursery-e148709) | Primary | 200 m (3 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), June 2024 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ark Ayrton Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-ayrton-primary-academy-e139713) | Primary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ark Charter Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-charter-academy-e135965) | Secondary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Priory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priory-school-e141175) | Secondary | 680 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Portsmouth High School GDST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/portsmouth-high-school-gdst-e116581) | Independent | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Southsea Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southsea-infant-school-e116200) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Bramble Infant School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bramble-infant-school-and-nursery-e116182) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | – |
| [St Edmund's Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edmunds-catholic-school-e116505) | Secondary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, June 2022 | Attainment 8 of 56.0 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £315,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2023 | £350,250 | Terraced, established, freehold | 30 m |
| July 2025 | £260,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| March 2025 | £210,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| July 2025 | £134,995 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| February 2023 | £197,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| March 2026 | £227,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| January 2023 | £268,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Portsmouth and Southsea (840 m, 11 minutes on foot); Fratton (920 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE (610 m); TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE (900 m)
- Pharmacies: LALYS PHARMACY (390 m); LALYS PHARMACY (630 m); BOOTS (690 m); LALYS PHARMACY (740 m); GOLDCHEM PHARMACY (890 m)
- Dental practices: VICTORIA DENTAL PRACTICE (260 m); THE DENTAL ANAESTHETIC CLINIC (300 m); SOUTHSEA ORTHODONTIC PRACTICE (360 m); SOMERSTOWN CENTRAL (DENTAL SURGERY) (390 m); SOUTHSIDE DENTAL PRACTICE (670 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Southsea Elm Grove Express (280 m, Tesco); Co-op FR Southsea - Green Road (350 m, The Southern Co-operative); Co-op Southsea - Albert Road (650 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Southsea Express (660 m, Tesco); Waitrose Southsea (680 m, Waitrose)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £251,220** (July 2026). Portsmouth’s average house price was £251,220 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,022** (2025). Full-time workers living in Portsmouth earned a median of £36,022 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 95th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.0×** (2025). A home in Portsmouth costs 7.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 158th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 26.4** (2025). Portsmouth has a deprivation score of 26.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 64th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Portsmouth 018B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 21.9** (2025). Portsmouth 018B has a deprivation score of 21.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,188th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £190,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Portsmouth 018B was £190,000 in 2025. Joint 5,597th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,715** (2021). Portsmouth 018B had 1,715 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 12,885th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Portsmouth 018B, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## PO5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £223,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PO5 was £223,000 in 2025. Joint 558th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 27,119** (2021). PO5 had 27,119 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 1,073rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 3%** (2022). About 3% of people in PO5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In PO5, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth)
- Centre: 50.7919, -1.0850

Council: [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Portsmouth South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/portsmouth-south): Stephen Morgan (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.0850,50.7919,PO51EY

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