PO6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Portsmouth, Drayton and Paulsgrove, 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 PO6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO6, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO6 at a rate of 97.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 371 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,841), other crime (780) and shoplifting (526).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO6 was 95.1 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 PO6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO6 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth 001A | 1,857 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 001B | 1,384 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Portsmouth 001C | 1,527 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Portsmouth 001D | 1,681 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 001E | 1,666 | 201.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Portsmouth 002A | 2,157 | 347.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.0% |
| Portsmouth 002B | 1,479 | 105.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Portsmouth 002C | 1,299 | 194.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 002D | 1,505 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 003A | 1,720 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.9% |
| Portsmouth 003B | 1,692 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Portsmouth 003C | 1,560 | 13.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Portsmouth 003D | 1,856 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.6% |
| Portsmouth 004A | 1,423 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Portsmouth 004B | 1,660 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| Portsmouth 004C | 1,468 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.7% |
| Portsmouth 004D | 1,826 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Portsmouth 006A | 1,602 | 216.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 006B | 1,354 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 006C | 1,499 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Portsmouth 006D | 1,911 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.7% |
| Portsmouth 006E | 1,962 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Portsmouth 026A | 1,597 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Portsmouth 026B | 1,667 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Portsmouth 026C | 1,876 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Portsmouth 026D | 1,522 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
MPs for PO6
- Amanda MartinLabourMP for Portsmouth North100% of PO6’s postcodes
- Alan MakConservativeMP for Havant0.2% of PO6’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 PO66
Postcode sectors in PO65
Council1
Towns in PO61
Postcode districts next to PO65
Nearest rail stations4
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PO6 in brief
PO6 is a postcode district covering Portsmouth, Drayton and Paulsgrove, in Portsmouth.
About 43,580 people lived in PO6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 486 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 97.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO6 was £310,000 in 2025.
PO6 had 42,424 usual residents at the census.
In PO6, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO6, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.