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PO6 1SH

Drayton and Farlington · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Drayton and Farlington
Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth North
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO6 1RG 0 m
PO6 1RU 63 m
PO6 1RS 68 m
PO6 1EF 69 m
PO6 1RN 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO6 1SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 1
Latitude
50.842557
Longitude
-1.033768
British National Grid easting
468,126
British National Grid northing
105,227

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Portsmouth · E06000044
Electoral ward
Drayton and Farlington · E05002446
Parish or community
E43000035
Westminster constituency
Portsmouth North · E14001431
Output area
E00086156
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 026A · E01017059
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 026 · E02006821

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
68
Primary
47
Secondary
9

  1. Solent Infant School

    Academy converter

    737 m

  2. Solent Junior School

    Academy converter

    774 m

  3. Springfield School

    Academy converter

    957 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
591
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 264
  • Shoplifting 72
  • Vehicle crime 47
  • Public order 40
  • Criminal damage and arson 39

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO6 1 residents
8,289

Age bands in PO6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,628 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

886 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

2,199 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,369 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

1,945 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

8

within 5 km

  • THE DRAYTON SURGERY

    280 HAVANT ROAD, DRAYTON, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 1PA

    ODS code J82102

    1.0 km

  • THE BOSMERE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SOLENT ROAD, HAVANT, PO9 1DQ

    ODS code J82010

    3.2 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH

    82 PARK LANE, BEDHAMPTON, HAVANT, PO9 3HN

    ODS code J82646

    3.3 km

  • VINE MEDICAL GROUP

    FOREST END SITE, FOREST END, WATERLOOVILLE, PO7 7AH

    ODS code J82134

    4.0 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    4.0 km

  • HOMEWELL CURLEW PRACTICE

    HAVANT HEALTH CENTRE, CIVIC CENTRE ROAD, HAVANT, PO9 2AQ

    ODS code J82196

    4.0 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    4.5 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    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

  • Marshlands Road

    BCT · Farlington

    0.1 miles

  • The Fairways

    BCT · Farlington

    0.1 miles

  • First Avenue

    BCT · Farlington

    0.3 miles

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Farlington

    0.3 miles

  • Fitzherbert Road

    BCT · Farlington

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 026A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,499 of 33,755

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

68 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 9 secondary schools. Solent Infant School is the nearest published school at 737 m.

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

Recorded crime

591 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 264 events.

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