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Portsmouth’s official figures, with sources, dates and definitions you can check.

Where the numbers come from

This independent site combines a retained UK Stat Pack baseline with separately verified official updates. Figures carry their source and reporting period. The evidence explorer adds definitions, check dates, comparisons and downloads. Release checks match displayed values to the evidence register and check retained source files.

This version: snapshot d01916df3dd2, using the UK Stat Pack baseline at fd78c5a plus verified standalone updates. Download it.

Live status (flood warnings, bathing forecasts) comes from the Environment Agency hourly and is labelled live.

Missing data shows as “not published”, never zero.

Labels: Official Official target Stat Pack analysis Strategic opportunity (proposal) Not published

Publishers

DCMS / Portsmouth Creates · DWP · Defra · Department for Education · DfE · DfT · Environment Agency · HM Land Registry · MHCLG · NHS BSA · NHS Business Services Authority · OHID · ONS · ONS / DWP · ONS / Portsmouth City Council LCWIP · ONS ASHE · ONS BRES · ONS Police Force Area data tables, year ending March 2026 (Tables C3, C4) · Office for Health Improvement and Disparities · Ofsted · Portsmouth City Council · Portsmouth City Council / Home Office · Portsmouth City Council budget reports · UK Parliament

Photographs and maps

  • House of Commons chamber, Palace of Westminster: Photo: UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — source, CC BY 3.0
  • Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square: Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons — source, CC0 1.0
  • Portsmouth Civic Offices, Guildhall Square: Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons — source, CC0 1.0
  • M275 at Tipner Interchange, with Portsmouth Harbour beyond: Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — source, CC BY 2.0
  • Southsea seafront from the Pyramids to South Parade Pier: Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — source, CC BY 2.0
  • Eastney beach, Portsmouth: Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — source, CC BY 2.0
  • Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.

What this site is not

Not a council, government or party website. It doesn't campaign. Ideas of its own are labelled as analysis or a proposal. Visit UK Facts for further details.