Charles Dickens · Portsmouth · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
Ark Dickens Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
The Flying Bull Academy
Academy converter
Manor Infant and Nursery School
Community school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
12 female, 11 male
2,604 residents
1,459 residents
3,752 residents
2,937 residents
1,334 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO2 7 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
12
within 5 km
NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT
ODS code J82085
363 m
KINGSTON CRESCENT SURGERY, 92 KINGSTON CRESCENT, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8AL
ODS code J82155
589 m
159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA
ODS code J82199
846 m
DERBY ROAD SURGERY, 27-29 DERBY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HP
ODS code J82149
910 m
SOUTHESEA MEDICAL CENTRE, CARLISLE ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 1AT
ODS code J82060
1.2 km
111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF
ODS code J82073
1.3 km
MILTON PARK SURGERY, ST MARY'S HEALTH CAMPUS, MILTON ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 6DW
ODS code J82194
1.6 km
THE SURGERY, 25 OSBORNE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHSEA, PO5 3ND
ODS code J82028
2.6 km
DOCTORS SURGERY, 36 WAVERLEY ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2PW
ODS code J82055
2.7 km
FORTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITES PLACE, GOSPORT, PO12 3JP
ODS code J82083
4.4 km
280 HAVANT ROAD, DRAYTON, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 1PA
ODS code J82102
5.0 km
GOSPORT WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BURY ROAD, GOSPORT, PO12 3PW
ODS code J82084
5.0 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.
Hanway Road
BCT · Kingston
Hanway Road
BCT · Kingston
Queen's Road
BCT · Kingston
New Road
BCT · Kingston
Fratton Road
BCT · Kingston
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 013B, 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
153 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
75 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 9 secondary schools. Ark Dickens Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 315 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
10,749 published events cover 12 months, averaging 895.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,609 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.