Baffins

Portsmouth · South East · population 10,333 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,741 of 6,856 in England
  • #826 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,259
Median age (est.)40
Density6,794per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 13%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 9%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Baffins sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,741 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 26 in Portsmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (56) and lowest on Crime (28). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 133 sales), 14% above the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,502 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 84 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 44 · #3,823
Employment 50 · #3,432
Education 34 · #4,502
Health 55 · #3,083
Crime 28 · #4,941
Housing & access 56 · #3,014
Living environment 35 · #4,454

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · +8.3% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,000133+8.3%+22.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£330,00017+1.2%+17.6%
Terraced£304,00087+8.6%+24.1%
Flat£168,00029+1.2%+15.9%
This area£295,000
Portsmouth£258,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,502±£5,641 · #3,273 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,181
Price-to-income ?7.3×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

84 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 869 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #4,283 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences469
Theft148
Burglary24
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons63
Drugs23
Robbery8
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 90 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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