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PO6 2AF

Drayton and Farlington · Portsmouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Drayton and Farlington
Local authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth North
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO6 2JQ 32 m
PO6 2AH 65 m
PO6 2DQ 70 m
PO6 2JA 85 m
PO6 2BF 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO6 2AF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO6
Postcode sector
PO6 2
Latitude
50.846065
Longitude
-1.052531
British National Grid easting
466,800
British National Grid northing
105,600

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
E00086174
Lower layer super output area
Portsmouth 003D · E01017064
Middle layer super output area
Portsmouth 003 · E02003526

Postcode source versions

Explore PO6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
65
Primary
42
Secondary
10

  1. Springfield School

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    508 m

  2. Court Lane Infant Academy

    Academy converter

    527 m

  3. Court Lane Junior Academy

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    527 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,215
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 969
  • Shoplifting 336
  • Public order 190
  • Anti social behaviour 134
  • Other theft 133

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO6 2 residents
13,090

Age bands in PO6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

2,153 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,315 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

2,917 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

3,088 residents

Age 65 and over
19.8%

2,336 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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE DRAYTON SURGERY

    280 HAVANT ROAD, DRAYTON, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 1PA

    ODS code J82102

    422 m

  • VINE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code J82134

    3.8 km

  • KIRKLANDS SURGERY

    111 COPNOR ROAD, COPNOR, PORTSMOUTH, PO3 5AF

    ODS code J82073

    3.8 km

  • DERBY ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82149

    4.0 km

  • PORTSDOWN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82155

    4.2 km

  • BLOSSOM HEALTH

    82 PARK LANE, BEDHAMPTON, HAVANT, PO9 3HN

    ODS code J82646

    4.2 km

  • THE BOSMERE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SOLENT ROAD, HAVANT, PO9 1DQ

    ODS code J82010

    4.4 km

  • ISLAND CITY PRACTICE

    NUTFIELD PLACE, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 4JT

    ODS code J82085

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Carshalton Avenue

    BCT · Cosham

    0.0 miles

  • Penarth Avenue

    BCT · Cosham

    0.0 miles

  • Court Lane

    BCT · Cosham

    0.1 miles

  • Court Lane

    BCT · Cosham

    0.1 miles

  • Lower Drayton Lane

    BCT · Drayton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Portsmouth 003D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,717 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

65 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 10 secondary schools. Springfield School is the nearest published school at 508 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 184.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 969 events.

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