PO5 4FA

St Thomas · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South
Postcode district
PO5
Postcode sector
PO5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO1 2QZ 34 m
PO1 2QY 35 m
PO5 4AB 38 m
PO5 4AH 45 m
PO1 2QF 52 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO5 4FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO5
Postcode sector
PO5 4
Latitude
50.793884
Longitude
-1.095073
British National Grid easting
463,876
British National Grid northing
99,760

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Portsmouth · E06000044
Electoral ward
St Thomas · E05002454
Parish or community
E43000035
Westminster constituency
Portsmouth South · E14001432
Output area
E00179945
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 024C · E01017131
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 024 · E02003547

Postcode source versions

Explore PO5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
69
Primary
48
Secondary
10
  1. University of Portsmouth

    Higher education institutions

    108 m
  2. The Portsmouth Grammar School

    Other independent school

    407 m
  3. St Jude's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    517 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10,180
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,073
  • Shoplifting 1,112
  • Anti social behaviour 908
  • Public order 891
  • Other theft 607

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO5 4 residents
7,868

Age bands in PO5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.4%

1,442 residents

Age 15 to 24
24.8%

1,599 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

1,533 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.6%

1,135 residents

Age 65 and over
11.5%

742 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

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82028

    970 m

  • THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA

    ODS code J82199

    979 m

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82060

    1.1 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    1.7 km

  • CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82055

    1.7 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    2.3 km

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82194

    2.4 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    2.6 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    3.0 km

  • THE WILLOW GROUP

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

    ODS code J82083

    3.5 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH - GOSPORT

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

    ODS code J82084

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Hampshire Terrace

    BCT · Southsea

    0.0 miles
  • University of Portsmouth

    BCT · Old Portsmouth

    0.1 miles
  • University of Portsmouth

    BCT · Old Portsmouth

    0.1 miles
  • University House

    BCT · Somers Town

    0.2 miles
  • Highbury Centre

    BCT · Somers Town

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 024C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,639 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

69 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 10 secondary schools. University of Portsmouth is the nearest published school at 108 m.

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

Recorded crime

10,180 published events cover 12 months, averaging 848.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,073 events.

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