Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
Registered sales over the last five years
13,003
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Price Paid Data · July 2026
City guide · City · England
Explore house prices and housing, home energy and crime and safety in Portsmouth. This local area guide brings together 657 published figures for this city in England, with the source and date shown for each.
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£170 below Average across published towns and cities in England
11,060.881 above Average across published towns and cities in England
£32,303 below Average across published towns and cities in England
14.7 percentage points below Average across published towns and cities in England
£113 below Average across published towns and cities in England
£340 below Average across published towns and cities in England
5.7 percentage points below Average across published towns and cities in England
7.7 percentage points below Average across published towns and cities in England
£37,032 above Average across published towns and cities in England
£42,922 above Average across published towns and cities in England
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Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
13,003
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Price Paid Data · July 2026
Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
1,985
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Price Paid Data · July 2026
Home energy certificates · Lower than most
79
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Energy Performance of Buildings data · Lodgements to 2026-08-17
Home energy certificates · Lower than most
47.7%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Energy Performance of Buildings data · Lodgements to 2026-08-17
Home energy certificates · Lower than most
82.2%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Energy Performance of Buildings data · Lodgements to 2026-08-17
Home energy certificates · Lower than most
£70 a year
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Energy Performance of Buildings data · Lodgements to 2026-08-17
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
25
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
Crime & emergency services · Higher than most
256
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Police.uk street-level crime and outcomes · 2026-06
People & households · Lower than most
53.6%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
People & households · Higher than most
31.0%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
People & households · Higher than most
52.3%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
Local energy · Higher than most
21
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Renewable Energy Planning Database · Q2 2026
Local energy · Higher than most
25
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Renewable Energy Planning Database · Q2 2026
Local energy · Higher than most
65.6 MW
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Renewable Energy Planning Database · Q2 2026
Air, land & environment · Lower than most
5 m
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OS Terrain 50 · 2026-07
Air, land & environment · Lower than most
-11 m
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OS Terrain 50 · 2026-07
Schools & childcare · Higher than most
12
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Compare school performance data · 2024/25
Schools & childcare · Higher than most
16
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Ofsted childcare providers and inspections · 2026-03-31
Health & care · Higher than most
24,060
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Quality and Outcomes Framework · 2024-25
Health & care · Higher than most
8
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Care Quality Commission register · 01 September 2026
Health & care · Higher than most
12
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Care Quality Commission register · 01 September 2026
Health & care · Higher than most
97.5%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
GP Patient Survey 2026 · 2026
Transport & getting around · Higher than most
147
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
STATS19 road safety open data · 2021 to 2025
Transport & getting around · Higher than most
36
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
STATS19 road safety open data · 2021 to 2025
Transport & getting around · Higher than most
28
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
STATS19 road safety open data · 2021 to 2025
Transport & getting around · Higher than most
269
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Street Manager roadworks open data · 2026-07
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
11
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
4
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
7
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
5
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
4
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
Shops, food & amenities · Higher than most
15
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
OpenStreetMap · 2026-08-23
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42
Neighbourhood range
Lowest, median and highest across local areas
528
Around the centre
A representative location in the town
87
Wider council area
Named council areas around the town
The small numbers after figure labels refer to this key. They show how a figure was made, not how accurate it is. Open any figure to see its source, date and important limits.
Published council-wide context for councils linked to Portsmouth, not a finding about the whole place or a property.
These records are published for councils linked to known active postcodes in this place. The councils cover a wider area: a listed designation is not a finding that it intersects this town or any property. The list may not be exhaustive. AQMAs are management designations, not measured pollution concentrations, property exposure or clean-air charging zones. Absence of a designation is not evidence of clean air. Great Britain only; Northern Ireland mapping is not included.
Portsmouth · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
An area incorporating a section of road stretching from Fratton Road to London Road.
Official UK-AIR designation recordPortsmouth · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
An area incorporating a network of roads in central Portsmouth including High Street, St Georges Road, Cambridge Road, St Michael Road, King Richard Road, Montgomery Way, and Hampshire Terrace.
Official UK-AIR designation recordPortsmouth · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
An area incorporating a section of road stretching from Milton Road to Eastern Road, Milton.
Official UK-AIR designation recordPortsmouth · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
An area incorporating a network of roads stretching from Marketway to Lake Road to the M275.
Official UK-AIR designation recordPortsmouth · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
An area incorporating a section of road stretching from The Hard to Queen Street, Portsea.
Official UK-AIR designation recordRegister snapshot: 2026-10-20. Imported 25 October 2026.
Named records from the publisher’s mapped dataset intersecting the official Portsmouth settlement outline, including boundary contact.
These are named records in the publisher’s mapped 2021 Nitrate Vulnerable Zones dataset whose polygons intersect this place’s current official mapped settlement outline, including boundary-only contact. This does not mean the whole town or any property is in a zone. NVZ rules concern agricultural land management, not household restrictions or a measurement of nitrate or drinking-water safety. Absence of a listed record is not evidence of clean water. Historical/type and status labels are reproduced without interpreting their current legal force. England only; separate Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish regimes are not represented.
Dataset reference period: 2021. Imported 19 October 2026.
Broadband and mobile connectivity
Ofcom publishes these fixed-broadband, full-fibre take-up and mobile coverage profiles for named local and unitary authorities, rather than for town boundaries. They are shown as wider council-area context for Portsmouth; availability figures are provider predictions, not measurements at every address.
These highlights come from complete all-premises and residential broadband profiles, both published full-fibre take-up measures, the complete 2G, 3G, 4G, voice, 5G and standalone-5G network-count profiles, and the premises and grid-pixel counts used as the mobile basis. View every published broadband, full-fibre and mobile value.
Published source details for this wider council-area context:
657 sourced figures are listed here with the source, period and geography. Open a topic above for comparisons and detailed explanations.