PO16 9BD

Portchester Castle · Fareham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Fareham
Postcode district
PO16
Postcode sector
PO16 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO16 9NY 74 m
PO16 9NZ 109 m
PO16 9BG 112 m
PO16 9DS 131 m
PO16 9BQ 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO16 9BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO16
Postcode sector
PO16 9
Latitude
50.842597
Longitude
-1.126784
British National Grid easting
461,577
British National Grid northing
105,150

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Fareham · E07000087
Parish or community
E43000070
Output area
E00115673
Lower layer super output area
Fareham 012C · E01022762
Middle layer super output area
Fareham 012 · E02004738

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
61
Primary
40
Secondary
8
  1. Portchester Community School

    Community school

    0 m
  2. Castle Primary School

    Community school

    405 m
  3. Red Barn Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
916
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 450
  • Shoplifting 91
  • Anti social behaviour 83
  • Criminal damage and arson 68
  • Public order 58

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO16 9 residents
8,774

Age bands in PO16 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,290 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

742 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.1%

1,836 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

2,475 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

2,362 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

8

within 5 km

  • PORTCHESTER PRACTICE

    PORTCHESTER HEALTH CENTRE, WEST STREET, PORTCHESTER, FAREHAM, PO16 9TU

    ODS code J82012

    429 m

  • WESTLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    20B WESTLANDS GROVE, PORTCHESTER, FAREHAM, PO16 9AD

    ODS code J82161

    445 m

  • CENTRE PRACTICE

    FAREHAM HEALTH CENTRE, CIVIC WAY, FAREHAM, PO16 7ER

    ODS code J82026

    3.7 km

  • BRIDGEMARY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2-4 GREGSON AVENUE, BRIDGEMARY, GOSPORT, PO13 0HR

    ODS code J82152

    3.7 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    4.3 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    4.6 km

  • ROWNER HEALTH CENTRE

    143 ROWNER LANE, ROWNER, GOSPORT, PO13 9SP

    ODS code J82669

    4.7 km

  • THE WILLOW GROUP

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

    ODS code J82083

    4.8 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

  • Neville Avenue

    BCT · Portchester

    0.1 miles
  • Neville Avenue

    BCT · Portchester

    0.1 miles
  • Marina Grove

    BCT · Portchester

    0.1 miles
  • Marina Grove

    BCT · Portchester

    0.2 miles
  • White Hart

    BCT · Portchester

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fareham 012C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,040 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
10 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

61 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 8 secondary schools. Portchester Community School is the nearest published school at 0 m.

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

Recorded crime

916 published events cover 12 months, averaging 76.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 450 events.

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