PO5 1SB

Central Southsea · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southsea
Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South
Postcode district
PO5
Postcode sector
PO5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO5 1RQ 35 m
PO5 1PZ 56 m
PO5 1SN 64 m
PO5 1RU 66 m
PO5 1QA 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO5 1SB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO5
Postcode sector
PO5 1
Latitude
50.792075
Longitude
-1.079998
British National Grid easting
464,941
British National Grid northing
99,572

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
E00085991
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 020A · E01017022
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 020 · E02003543

Postcode source versions

Explore PO5

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
113, Stansted Road, Southsea, PO5 1SB 12 September 2025 £450,000
101, Stansted Road, Southsea, PO5 1SB 3 November 2023 £285,000
97, Stansted Road, Southsea, PO5 1SB 3 February 2023 £272,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
62
Primary
43
Secondary
8
  1. Bramble Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    402 m
  2. Priory School

    Academy sponsor led

    405 m
  3. Ark Ayrton Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    451 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,149
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,835
  • Shoplifting 1,317
  • Public order 1,058
  • Anti social behaviour 1,041
  • Other theft 753

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

28 female, 31 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.6
PO5 1 residents
9,066

Age bands in PO5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.4%

888 residents

Age 15 to 24
32.9%

2,812 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

2,412 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.6%

1,502 residents

Age 65 and over
11%

941 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO5 1 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

11

within 5 km

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82060

    498 m

  • CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82055

    999 m

  • TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82028

    1.2 km

  • THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA

    ODS code J82199

    1.2 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    1.4 km

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82194

    1.5 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    2.3 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    2.5 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    2.6 km

  • THE WILLOW GROUP

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

    ODS code J82083

    4.5 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH - GOSPORT

    GOSPORT WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BURY ROAD, GOSPORT, PO12 3PW

    ODS code J82084

    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

  • Outram Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles
  • Outram Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles
  • Montgomerie Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles
  • Montgomerie Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles
  • Lorne Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 020A, 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

11,260 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 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
2
Medium risk addresses
4
Low risk addresses
9
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

Property market

The five-year median is £285,000 from 3 recorded sales in PO5 1SB. 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.

Schools

62 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 8 secondary schools. Bramble Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 402 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,149 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,012.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,835 events.

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