Southsea Fawcett Road

Portsmouth · South East · population 8,771 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,125 of 6,856 in England
  • #885 of 1,119 in South East
  • #15 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,787
Median age (est.)28
Density15,123per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above35%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 32%25–44 29%45–64 17%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 51%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 8%Private rent 51%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 8%Other: 30%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 8%Other 30%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Elementary13%
Sales & customer service10%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 9%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 80%Asian 9%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 32% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Southsea Fawcett Road is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,125 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 26 in Portsmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (60) and lowest on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 105 sales), in line with the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,859 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 122 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,590
Employment 60 · #2,767
Education 41 · #4,022
Health 35 · #4,433
Crime 14 · #5,921
Housing & access 52 · #3,275
Living environment 11 · #6,099

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +7.2% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,000105+7.2%+23.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£460,0006-28.4%+8.1%
Terraced£267,00082+6.8%+20.5%
Flat£140,75016-9.2%+2.4%
This area£260,000
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)£40,859±£5,866 · #3,153 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,050
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

122 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,068 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #5,497 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences427
Theft252
Burglary31
Vehicle crime76
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons116
Drugs62
Robbery15
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 127 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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