Schools
67 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 8 secondary schools. Ark Charter Academy is the nearest published school at 163 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PO1 2PJ
Charles Dickens · Portsmouth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Charles Dickens
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Postcode district
- PO1
- Postcode sector
- PO1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PO1 2PJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PO
- Postcode district
- PO1
- Postcode sector
- PO1 2
- Latitude
- 50.795790
- Longitude
- -1.090368
- British National Grid easting
- 464,205
- British National Grid northing
- 99,976
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Portsmouth · E06000044
- Electoral ward
- Charles Dickens · E05002443
- Parish or community
- E43000035
- Westminster constituency
- Portsmouth South · E14001432
- Output area
- E00179963
- Lower layer super output area
- Portsmouth 027C · E01017032
- Middle layer super output area
- Portsmouth 027 · E02006975
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore PO1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 67
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 8
- 163 m
Ark Charter Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 388 m
University of Portsmouth
Higher education institutions
- 461 m
St Edmund's Catholic School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 11,762
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,754
- Shoplifting 1,261
- Public order 1,003
- Anti social behaviour 998
- Other theft 715
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PO1 2 residents
- 4,956
Age bands in PO1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 9.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 22.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.6%
309 residents
743 residents
706 residents
714 residents
806 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
11
within 5 km
THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE
159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA
ODS code J82199
671 m
THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE
SOUTHESEA MEDICAL CENTRE, CARLISLE ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 1AT
ODS code J82060
701 m
TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE SURGERY, 25 OSBORNE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHSEA, PO5 3ND
ODS code J82028
1.2 km
ISLAND CITY PRACTICE
NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT
ODS code J82085
1.3 km
CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE
DOCTORS SURGERY, 36 WAVERLEY ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2PW
ODS code J82055
1.7 km
PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE
KINGSTON CRESCENT SURGERY, 92 KINGSTON CRESCENT, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8AL
ODS code J82155
2.0 km
EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP
MILTON PARK SURGERY, ST MARY'S HEALTH CAMPUS, MILTON ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 6DW
ODS code J82194
2.0 km
DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE
DERBY ROAD SURGERY, 27-29 DERBY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HP
ODS code J82149
2.3 km
KIRKLANDS SURGERY
111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF
ODS code J82073
2.6 km
THE WILLOW GROUP
FORTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITES PLACE, GOSPORT, PO12 3JP
ODS code J82083
3.8 km
BLOSSOM HEALTH - GOSPORT
GOSPORT WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BURY ROAD, GOSPORT, PO12 3PW
ODS code J82084
4.1 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
University House
BCT · Somers Town
- 0.1 miles
St. Lukes Church
BCT · Guildhall
- 0.1 miles
University House
BCT · Somers Town
- 0.1 miles
St. Lukes Church
BCT · Guildhall
- 0.1 miles
Highbury Centre
BCT · Somers Town
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 027C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,310 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
11,762 published events cover 12 months, averaging 980.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,754 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.