PO4 9RF

Eastney and Craneswater · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South
Postcode district
PO4
Postcode sector
PO4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO4 9RU 90 m
PO4 9RA 100 m
PO4 9RT 104 m
PO4 0DD 145 m
PO4 9RG 147 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO4 9RF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO4
Postcode sector
PO4 9
Latitude
50.781724
Longitude
-1.068668
British National Grid easting
465,754
British National Grid northing
98,431

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Portsmouth · E06000044
Parish or community
E43000035
Westminster constituency
Portsmouth South · E14001432
Output area
E00086204
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 023D · E01017070
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 023 · E02003546

Postcode source versions

Explore PO4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
34
Secondary
6
  1. Craneswater Junior School

    Community school

    506 m
  2. Mayville High School

    Other independent school

    768 m
  3. St Swithun's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    792 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,996
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,890
  • Shoplifting 662
  • Anti social behaviour 454
  • Public order 388
  • Vehicle crime 330

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO4 9 residents
14,403

Age bands in PO4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

2,198 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

1,533 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.2%

4,403 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

3,731 residents

Age 65 and over
15.9%

2,243 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+
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

9

within 5 km

  • CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82055

    672 m

  • TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82028

    1.7 km

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82060

    1.8 km

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82194

    2.1 km

  • THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA

    ODS code J82199

    2.6 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    2.7 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    3.4 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    3.6 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    3.9 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

  • Cumberland House

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles
  • Cumberland House

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles
  • Craneswater Park

    BCT · Craneswater

    0.2 miles
  • Craneswater Park

    BCT · Craneswater

    0.2 miles
  • South Parade Pier

    BCT · Southsea

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 023D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,294 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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

49 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 6 secondary schools. Craneswater Junior School is the nearest published school at 506 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,996 published events cover 12 months, averaging 416.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,890 events.

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