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PO12 1HW

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 1EY 43 m
PO12 1EZ 51 m
PO12 1HL 62 m
PO12 1HN 77 m
PO12 1EX 106 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO12 1HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO12
Postcode sector
PO12 1
Latitude
50.793378
Longitude
-1.119445
British National Grid easting
462,159
British National Grid northing
99,683

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
E00116080
Lower layer super output area
Gosport 008G · E01032879
Middle layer super output area
Gosport 008 · E02004748

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
70
Primary
52
Secondary
7

  1. Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km

  2. St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km

  3. Haselworth Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,006
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,247
  • Shoplifting 370
  • Anti social behaviour 301
  • Public order 253
  • Other theft 205

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

8 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO12 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

12

within 5 km

  • THE WILLOW GROUP

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

    ODS code J82083

    1.8 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH - GOSPORT

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

    ODS code J82084

    2.0 km

  • TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82028

    2.1 km

  • THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA

    ODS code J82199

    2.4 km

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82060

    2.8 km

  • CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82055

    3.1 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    3.2 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    3.5 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    3.6 km

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82194

    4.1 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    4.4 km

  • ROWNER HEALTH CENTRE

    143 ROWNER LANE, ROWNER, GOSPORT, PO13 9SP

    ODS code J82669

    4.4 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

  • Gosport Ferry Terminal

    FER · Gosport

    0.1 miles

  • Gosport Interchange

    BCS · Gosport

    0.1 miles

  • Gosport Ferry Terminal

    FTD · Gosport

    0.1 miles

  • Gosport Interchange

    BCS · Gosport

    0.1 miles

  • Gosport Interchange

    BCS · Gosport

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gosport 008G, 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

2,407 of 33,755

Income
2 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
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

70 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 7 secondary schools. Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3,006 published events cover 12 months, averaging 250.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,247 events.

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