PO5 4LT

Charles Dickens · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO5 4NS 27 m
PO5 4LX 42 m
PO5 1AT 46 m
PO5 1DH 47 m
PO5 4LB 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO5 4LT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO5
Postcode sector
PO5 4
Latitude
50.796473
Longitude
-1.081132
British National Grid easting
464,855
British National Grid northing
100,060

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
E00086016
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 018A · E01017035
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 018 · E02003541

Postcode source versions

Explore PO5

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Jubilee Pentecostal Church, Somers Road, Southsea, PO5 4LT 14 November 2023 £1,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
68
Primary
47
Secondary
8
  1. Ark Ayrton Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    132 m
  2. St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    340 m
  3. Priory School

    Academy sponsor led

    347 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13,199
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,426
  • Shoplifting 1,351
  • Public order 1,102
  • Anti social behaviour 1,063
  • Other theft 825

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
0%
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

    46 m

  • THE UNICITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    159-161 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 1EA

    ODS code J82199

    797 m

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    949 m

  • EAST SHORE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82194

    1.4 km

  • TRAFALGAR MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82028

    1.5 km

  • CRANESWATER GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82055

    1.5 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    1.8 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    2.1 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    2.1 km

  • THE WILLOW GROUP

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

    ODS code J82083

    4.4 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH - GOSPORT

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

    ODS code J82084

    4.7 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

  • Bradford Junction

    BCT · Somers Town

    0.1 miles
  • Bradford Junction

    BCT · Somers Town

    0.1 miles
  • Somers Road

    BCT · Somers Town

    0.1 miles
  • Somers Road

    BCT · Somers Town

    0.2 miles
  • Montgomerie Road

    BCT · Southsea

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 018A, 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

89 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,000 from 1 recorded sale in PO5 4LT. 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

68 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 8 secondary schools. Ark Ayrton Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 132 m.

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

Recorded crime

13,199 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,099.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,426 events.

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