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PO12 1BU

Harbourside & Town · Gosport · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Harbourside & Town
Local authority
Gosport
Constituency
Gosport
Postcode district
PO12
Postcode sector
PO12 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO12 1NS 30 m
PO12 1FG 56 m
PO12 1NG 62 m
PO12 1DH 64 m
PO12 1GE 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO12 1BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO12
Postcode sector
PO12 1
Latitude
50.795320
Longitude
-1.125368
British National Grid easting
461,739
British National Grid northing
99,894

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Gosport · E07000088
Electoral ward
Harbourside & Town · E05014145
Parish or community
E43000071
Westminster constituency
Gosport · E14001252
Output area
E00168127
Lower layer super output area
Gosport 008F · E01032878
Middle layer super output area
Gosport 008 · E02004748

Postcode source versions

Explore PO12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
71
Primary
53
Secondary
8

  1. Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    721 m

  2. Oarsome Chance

    Special post 16 institution

    944 m

  3. St Vincent College

    Academy 16-19 converter

    944 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,061
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,313
  • Shoplifting 369
  • Anti social behaviour 300
  • Public order 244
  • Other theft 218

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO12 1 residents
8,403

Age bands in PO12 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

1,270 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

897 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.3%

2,310 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,289 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

1,691 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.

GP practices

12

within 5 km

  • THE WILLOW GROUP

    FORTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITES PLACE, GOSPORT, PO12 3JP

    ODS code J82083

    1.4 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH - GOSPORT

    GOSPORT WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BURY ROAD, GOSPORT, PO12 3PW

    ODS code J82084

    1.6 km

  • TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, 25 OSBORNE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHSEA, PO5 3ND

    ODS code J82028

    2.6 km

  • THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA

    ODS code J82199

    2.7 km

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

    SOUTHESEA MEDICAL CENTRE, CARLISLE ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 1AT

    ODS code J82060

    3.2 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    3.5 km

  • CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 36 WAVERLEY ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2PW

    ODS code J82055

    3.6 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

    KINGSTON CRESCENT SURGERY, 92 KINGSTON CRESCENT, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8AL

    ODS code J82155

    3.7 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    DERBY ROAD SURGERY, 27-29 DERBY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HP

    ODS code J82149

    3.8 km

  • ROWNER HEALTH CENTRE

    143 ROWNER LANE, ROWNER, GOSPORT, PO13 9SP

    ODS code J82669

    4.0 km

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

    MILTON PARK SURGERY, ST MARY'S HEALTH CAMPUS, MILTON ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 6DW

    ODS code J82194

    4.5 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    4.7 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

  • Walpole Park

    BCT · Newtown

    0.1 miles

  • Walpole Park

    BCT · Newtown

    0.1 miles

  • North Cross Street

    BCT · Gosport

    0.1 miles

  • South Cross Street

    BCT · Gosport

    0.1 miles

  • South Cross Street

    BCT · Gosport

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gosport 008F, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,943 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

71 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 8 secondary schools. Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 721 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,061 published events cover 12 months, averaging 255.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,313 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.