Southsea Haslemere Road

Portsmouth · South East · population 8,825 · 5 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,692 of 6,856 in England
  • #643 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 26 in Portsmouth
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,831
Median age (est.)33
Density15,556per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above38%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 22%25–44 31%45–64 21%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 23%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 10%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 7%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 7%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 36% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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 Haslemere Road is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,692 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 26 in Portsmouth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (70) and lowest on Living environment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £265,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 143 sales), in line with the wider Portsmouth median of £258,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,449 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 55 · #3,090
Employment 68 · #2,164
Education 70 · #2,055
Health 56 · #3,021
Crime 41 · #4,015
Housing & access 62 · #2,596
Living environment 18 · #5,640

House prices ?

£265,000median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£265,000143-1.9%+17.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£270,000128-1.8%+17.6%
Flat£152,50012-7.6%-4.7%
This area£265,000
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)£43,449±£6,138 · #2,455 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,847
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 517 offences
Portsmouth112
South East71
England83

Rank #2,767 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences191
Theft171
Burglary10
Vehicle crime60
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons31
Drugs13
Robbery12
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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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