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Six tiles of official Portsmouth figures: people 211,475, average house price £251,220, average rent a month £1,368, claiming unemployment benefits 4.5%, adults seeing an NHS dentist 30.2%, crimes per 1,000 people 112.7.

Portsmouth in six numbers

Bar chart of recorded fly-tipping incidents in Portsmouth: 2021/22 525, 2022/23 751, 2023/24 1,092, 2024/25 937.

Fly-tipping in Portsmouth: down, but still well above 2021/22

Bar chart splitting £100 of council service spending: Children, families & education £30.33, Adult social care, wellbeing & health £28.98, Central & corporate services £15.27, Transport £11.08, Environmental services (waste, streets) £7.17, Community safety, leisure & sport £4.48, Housing & tackling homelessness £2.65, Climate change & greening the city £0.04.

Where £100 of Portsmouth City Council service spending goes

Table of 7 Portsmouth projects with stage, money committed and money spent.

Portsmouth projects: money announced is not money spent

List of 7 follow-ups promised after the 2024 Team Portsmouth conference and whether any public evidence shows each happened.

Team Portsmouth: what was promised after the 2024 conference

Two columns comparing what Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority does now with what stays with Portsmouth City Council.

The new regional authority: what it does, and what stays with the city council

Portsmouth had 3,107 records in licensed HMO categories in September 2026. 69.7% of the combined register was in Charles Dickens, Central Southsea and St Thomas. Census 2021 identified HMOs at 2.12% of Portsmouth dwellings, compared with 2.35% in Southampton, 0.70% in England and 0.25% in the Hampshire County Council area. Licence coverage expanded in September 2023, so licence counts are not a continuous measure of HMO stock.

HMOs in Portsmouth: high, concentrated and hard to count with one number

Grid of official bathing water classes by year for Southsea East and Eastney: 2021 Sufficient and Good; 2022 Sufficient and Good; 2023 Poor and Good; 2024 Poor and Good; 2025 Poor and Good.

Southsea bathing water: the official class, year by year

Two-branch chart. Political branch: Residents elect 42 councillors, Full Council: budget and policy, Leader and Cabinet (10): Steve Pitt, Leader, Scrutiny panels question decisions, Planning, licensing and other committees. Officer branch: Chief Executive: Natalie Brahma-Pearl (Head of Paid Service), Section 151 officer: Chris Ward, Monitoring Officer: Peter Baulf, Directorates and service teams deliver services.

How Portsmouth City Council is run: councillors decide, officers deliver

3 tiles for the Thriving economy pillar: Median gross annual pay, full-time residents £36,022, Claimant rate 4.5%, Vacant retail units, city centre 16.4%.

Thriving economy: where Portsmouth stands

3 tiles for the Lifelong learning pillar: Pupils achieving grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE 35.2%, New EHC plans issued within 20 weeks 42.9%, Severe absence — all school types 3.55%.

Lifelong learning: where Portsmouth stands

3 tiles for the Healthy and happy pillar: Adults seen by an NHS dentist in 24 months 30.2%, Under-75 mortality from preventable causes 192.1, Life expectancy at birth, men 77.8.

Healthy and happy: where Portsmouth stands

1 tiles for the Culture and creativity pillar: UK City of Culture 2029 bid Longlisted.

Culture and creativity: where Portsmouth stands

2 tiles for the Easy travel pillar: Local bus passenger journeys 11.9m journeys, Residents in employment cycling to work 5.2%.

Easy travel: where Portsmouth stands

3 tiles for the Green city pillar: Gatcombe Park annual NO₂ 14.93 µg/m³, Bathing water classification Poor, Recorded fly-tipping incidents 937 incidents.

Green city: where Portsmouth stands

Tiles of official figures for Baffins ward: 15,019 residents, 23.7% of children in low income after housing costs, 15.5% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 15 HMO register records.

Baffins ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Central Southsea ward: 15,987 residents, 28.2% of children in low income after housing costs, 15.2% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 720 HMO register records.

Central Southsea ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Charles Dickens ward: 22,323 residents, 51.6% of children in low income after housing costs, 36.2% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 892 HMO register records.

Charles Dickens ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Copnor ward: 13,300 residents, 24.0% of children in low income after housing costs, 14.0% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 85 HMO register records.

Copnor ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Cosham ward: 14,444 residents, 26.1% of children in low income after housing costs, 20.4% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 29 HMO register records.

Cosham ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Drayton and Farlington ward: 13,733 residents, 12.6% of children in low income after housing costs, 10.8% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 5 HMO register records.

Drayton and Farlington ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Eastney and Craneswater ward: 12,579 residents, 22.4% of children in low income after housing costs, 14.6% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 121 HMO register records.

Eastney and Craneswater ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Fratton ward: 15,487 residents, 37.1% of children in low income after housing costs, 20.2% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 162 HMO register records.

Fratton ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Hilsea ward: 13,929 residents, 23.2% of children in low income after housing costs, 17.5% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 59 HMO register records.

Hilsea ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Milton ward: 14,333 residents, 23.9% of children in low income after housing costs, 15.7% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 48 HMO register records.

Milton ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Nelson ward: 15,132 residents, 37.4% of children in low income after housing costs, 24.7% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 101 HMO register records.

Nelson ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for Paulsgrove ward: 14,576 residents, 38.2% of children in low income after housing costs, 25.3% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 18 HMO register records.

Paulsgrove ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for St Jude ward: 12,043 residents, 23.5% of children in low income after housing costs, 13.9% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 271 HMO register records.

St Jude ward, Portsmouth, in numbers

Tiles of official figures for St Thomas ward: 15,119 residents, 42.8% of children in low income after housing costs, 21.2% households deprived in 2+ ways (city 19.4%), 566 HMO register records.

St Thomas ward, Portsmouth, in numbers