Property market
The five-year median is £225,000 from 1 recorded sale in PO2 8BL. 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 8BL
Nelson · Portsmouth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Portsmouth
- Ward
- Nelson
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Postcode district
- PO2
- Postcode sector
- PO2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PO2 8BL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PO
- Postcode district
- PO2
- Postcode sector
- PO2 8
- Latitude
- 50.819806
- Longitude
- -1.081895
- British National Grid easting
- 464,769
- British National Grid northing
- 102,654
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Portsmouth · E06000044
- Electoral ward
- Nelson · E05002451
- Parish or community
- E43000035
- Westminster constituency
- Portsmouth North · E14001431
- Output area
- E00086389
- Lower layer super output area
- Portsmouth 009D · E01017105
- Middle layer super output area
- Portsmouth 009 · E02003532
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore PO2
Property
26 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 138, Cardiff Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 8BL | 18 June 2024 | £225,000 |
| 118, Cardiff Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 8BL | 30 June 2021 | £235,000 |
| 122, Cardiff Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 8BL | 20 July 2020 | £200,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 78
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 11
- 54 m
Stamshaw Infant Academy
Academy converter
- 145 m
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 472 m
Stamshaw Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,666
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,586
- Shoplifting 664
- Public order 435
- Anti social behaviour 381
- Criminal damage and arson 351
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 54
- Postcode households
- 14
- Residents per household
- 3.9
- PO2 8 residents
- 8,680
27 female, 27 male
Age bands in PO2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.7%
1,711 residents
900 residents
2,716 residents
2,128 residents
1,185 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO2 8 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
13
within 5 km
DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE
DERBY ROAD SURGERY, 27-29 DERBY ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8HP
ODS code J82149
453 m
PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE
KINGSTON CRESCENT SURGERY, 92 KINGSTON CRESCENT, PORTSMOUTH, PO2 8AL
ODS code J82155
775 m
KIRKLANDS SURGERY
111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF
ODS code J82073
1.4 km
ISLAND CITY PRACTICE
NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT
ODS code J82085
1.7 km
THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE
159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA
ODS code J82199
2.1 km
EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP
MILTON PARK SURGERY, ST MARY'S HEALTH CAMPUS, MILTON ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 6DW
ODS code J82194
2.6 km
THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE
SOUTHESEA MEDICAL CENTRE, CARLISLE ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 1AT
ODS code J82060
2.6 km
THE DRAYTON SURGERY
280 HAVANT ROAD, DRAYTON, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 1PA
ODS code J82102
3.9 km
TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE SURGERY, 25 OSBORNE ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHSEA, PO5 3ND
ODS code J82028
3.9 km
CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE
DOCTORS SURGERY, 36 WAVERLEY ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO5 2PW
ODS code J82055
4.1 km
PORTCHESTER PRACTICE
PORTCHESTER HEALTH CENTRE, WEST STREET, PORTCHESTER, FAREHAM, PO16 9TU
ODS code J82012
4.3 km
WESTLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
20B WESTLANDS GROVE, PORTCHESTER, FAREHAM, PO16 9AD
ODS code J82161
4.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
North End Avenue
BCT · North End
- 0.1 miles
North End Avenue
BCT · North End
- 0.1 miles
London Avenue
BCT · Stamshaw
- 0.1 miles
Mother Shipton
BCT · Stamshaw
- 0.2 miles
North End Junction
BCT · North End
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 009D, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,024 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 2
- Low risk addresses
- 2
- 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
78 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 11 secondary schools. Stamshaw Infant Academy is the nearest published school at 54 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,666 published events cover 12 months, averaging 472.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,586 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.