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Hobby Close

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48 recorded sales · median £148,248 · Portsmouth

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Portsmouth Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 22/42 seats · 52% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

67/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£148k

median price

11.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£148k

median sold price

6.7 yrs

of local pay to buy

77 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

11.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

972

Violence — most

12.7

NO₂ · WHO 10

11.2%

in a flood zone

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

650

eat & drink

194

shops

89.8%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£80,000 in 1999 → £285,000 in 2022

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Portsmouth, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £148,248. That's about 6.7× local earnings — around the 7.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2022 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 48 sales£148,248

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.7× · five-year average 7.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership52%

Owned outright

26%

With a mortgage

27%

Private rented

29%

Social rented

18%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,292

Your band:

Portsmouth City Council£1,908

Police & Crime Commissioner£290

Fire & Rescue£93

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,528

Band B£1,782

Band C£2,037

Band D (baseline)£2,292

Band E£2,801

Band F£3,310

Band G£3,820

Band H£4,583

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Portsmouth how Hobby Close compares · from Portsmouth

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Baffins +30.4%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Baffins	£300,000	+30.4%	228
North End	£275,000	+26.1%	374
Paulsgrove	£238,000	+24.7%	98
Stamshaw	£215,000	+23.5%	196
Eastney	£266,600	+22.5%	280
Copnor	£263,500	+22.4%	212
Milton	£271,000	+21.6%	612
Fratton	£230,000	+21%	330
Somers Town	£250,000	+17.1%	164
Buckland	£215,000	+15.9%	278
Wymering	£265,000	+15.1%	82
Kingston	£217,000	+15%	218
Cosham	£335,000	+14.8%	268
Drayton	£356,000	+11.1%	184
Portchester	£265,000	+10.9%	70
Farlington	£355,000	+9.8%	114
Anchorage Park	£285,000	+8.3%	116
Hilsea	£254,000	+7.5%	216
Portsea	£240,500	+4%	72
Southsea	£227,500	+3.3%	744
Old Portsmouth	£297,000	-1.6%	106
Portsmouth	£94,500	-20.6%	26

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Hobby Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
10 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£220,000	Aug 2025
17, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£250,000	Dec 2024
18, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£350,000	Dec 2023
14, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£282,000	Jun 2022
20 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£375,000	Apr 2022
12 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£285,000	Jan 2022
32, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£205,000	Nov 2020
24, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£180,000	Nov 2020
1, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£230,000	Jan 2020
14, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£215,000	Jan 2017
34 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£207,000	Oct 2015
32, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£156,000	Oct 2015
14, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£171,000	Nov 2014
6 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£165,000	Oct 2014
35 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£160,000	Jun 2014
34 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£185,000	Jan 2014
27, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£182,000	Feb 2013
6 Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£135,000	Aug 2012
7 HOBBY CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£146,500	Sep 2009
17, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£155,000	Mar 2009
3 HOBBY CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£197,500	Oct 2007
24, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£149,995	Jul 2006
1, Hobby Close	Terraced	—	—	£165,000	Jul 2006
30, Hobby Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£150,000	Aug 2005

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Portsmouth

Crime runs at 11.2 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month11.2

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Portsmouth

Violence & sexual offences

972

Anti-social behaviour

256

Shoplifting

250

Public order

192

Other theft

136

Criminal damage & arson

126

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Portsmouth district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Portsmouth

Population208,003

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

4.7/10

Employment

4.9/10

Education & skills

3.9/10

Health & disability

4.1/10

Crime

3.2/10

Housing & services

4.9/10

Living environment

3.6/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Portsmouth — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+57%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.2%

Degree-level (Level 4+)30%

Good or very good health82%

Own their home52%

Median age36

Born outside the UK17%

See the full Portsmouth report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

86% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

6 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Gatcombe Park Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.3 km
Little Lambs Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
Apple Tree Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.5 km
Trafalgar School	Secondary	Good ('23)	0.5 km
UTC Portsmouth	Secondary	Outstanding ('21)	0.5 km
Tops Copnor	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.6 km
King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)	Primary	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Parade Community Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
City of Portsmouth College	16 plus	—	0.9 km
Honeypot Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.9 km
King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.9 km
Highbury Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	0.9 km
Highbury Nursery & Day Care	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.9 km
Cherry Tree Day Nursery (Portsmouth) Limited	Nursery	—	1.0 km
Mayfield School	All-through	Inadequate ('22)	1.1 km
Little Sunbeams Pre School	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.1 km
Puffin Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.1 km
Get Set Play	Nursery	Good ('17)	1.2 km
Little Creators Pre School	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.2 km
King's Academy College Park (Infant)	Primary	Good ('23)	1.4 km
King's Academy College Park (Junior)	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	1.4 km
Top Tots Day Nursery MLC Limited	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.4 km
St Nicholas Preschool	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.5 km
Dream Catchers Play School North End	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.5 km
Admiral Lord Nelson School	Secondary	—	1.5 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS

6 of 6 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Taheri Limited	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Coast Dental Health And Beauty Limited	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Copnor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Hilsea Dentalcare Limited	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Millan Pharmacy London Road	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Copnor Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Victory Internet Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Maple House Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Cosham Community Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
93A High Street [Dental Practice]	Dentist	—	1.6 km
H J Everett	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Stubbington Ave Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.7 km
The Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Lalys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Lalys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Kirklands Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	1.9 km
Derby Road Group Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.0 km
Bupa Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Northern Dental	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Lalys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Portsdown Group Practice	GP	—	2.2 km
Rowlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
The Drayton Surgery	GP	—	2.2 km
Drayton Prime Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Poswillow Unit	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Bobat Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Laly'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Hanway Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Excellent Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Lalys Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Rj Berry	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Island City Practice	GP	—	2.9 km
Unit 7 (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Lake Road Health Centre	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Farlington Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Allied Pharmacy Paulsgrove	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
East Shore Partnership	GP	—	3.3 km
Lalys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Allied Pharmacy Fratton Road	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
The Unicity Medical Centre	GP	—	3.6 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
The Lighthouse Group Practice	GP	—	3.8 km
Nelson Dental Centre	Dentist	—	3.9 km
One Smile Dental Portsmouth	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Lalys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Somerstown Central (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.1 km
H Merali Dispensing Chemist	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Lalys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Portchester Practice	GP	Good ('16)	4.8 km
Westlands Medical Centre	GP	—	5.1 km
Craneswater Group Practice	GP	Good ('17)	5.2 km
Trafalgar Medical Group Practice	GP	—	5.3 km
The Bosmere Medical Practice	GP	Good ('15)	5.6 km
Vine Medical Group	GP	Good ('20)	5.8 km
Blossom Health	GP	—	5.9 km
The Willow Group	GP	—	6.4 km
Blossom Health - Gosport	GP	—	7.2 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Portsmouth

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 87 min from Fratton Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Hilsea Rail Station	0.2 mi	London Waterloo	99 min
Cosham Rail Station	0.9 mi	London Waterloo	101 min
Fratton Rail Station	2.3 mi	London Waterloo	87 min
Portsmouth & Southsea Rail Station	2.4 mi	London Waterloo	92 min
Portchester Rail Station	3.0 mi	London Waterloo	106 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Fratton Rail Station (87 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

47%

Work from home

25%

Walk or cycle

18%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging14 points

Per 10,000 residents0.7

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Portsmouth

Air quality

NO₂

12.7

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.3%

Flood zone11.2% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 3–5%)

Historic landfill41 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings455

Conservation areas25

Green belt0%

Green spaces97

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Portsmouth

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	650	84% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	194	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	29	—
Green spaces & parks	97	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

89.8%

Superfast

95.9%

Ultrafast

91%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Portsmouth

Figures for the wider Portsmouth — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate7.2%

In work (employment rate)57.2%

Companies registered here14,064

New incorporations (12m)1,943

Property companies (SPVs)1,726

See the full Portsmouth report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district