Property market
The five-year median is £232,935 from 3,076 recorded sales in PO2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Portsmouth is £250,999 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.
PO2
UK postcode district
Part of Portsmouth
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,052
- Current units
- 751
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 301
Postcode sectors in PO2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
25,153 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 63, Powerscourt Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7JG | 23 July 2026 | £240,000 |
| 67, Lower Derby Road, Portsmouth, PO2 8EX | 22 July 2026 | £234,000 |
| 86, Strode Road, Stamshaw, Portsmouth, PO2 8PY | 20 July 2026 | £180,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,480
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,064
- Shoplifting 515
- Public order 350
- Anti social behaviour 312
- Criminal damage and arson 271
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- PO2 usual residents
- 42,522
- Age-profile population
- 42,415
Age bands in PO2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.5%
- 8,274 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.3%
- 4,813 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.1%
- 12,776 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- 10,755 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 13.7%
- 5,797 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 743 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 725 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 683 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE
DERBY ROAD SURGERY, 27-29 DERBY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HP
ODS code J82149
PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE
KINGSTON CRESCENT SURGERY, 92 KINGSTON CRESCENT, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8AL
ODS code J82155
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,480 published events cover 12 months, averaging 373 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,064 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.