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1,630 recorded sales · median £135,570 · Southampton
Southampton Council · Labour minority — no overall control 24/51 seats · 47% · OCD 2026
62/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£136k
median price
12.3
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£136k
median sold price
6.6 yrs
of local pay to buy
67 min
London — fastest
7
rail stations
2
grammar schools
86
schools total
12.3
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
1,129
Violence — most
12.7
NO₂ · WHO 10
4%
in a flood zone
253
green spaces
6.7
PM2.5 · WHO 5
703
eat & drink
224
shops
92.1%
gigabit
30
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
£136,000 in 2014 → £171,500 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Southampton, 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 £135,570. That's about 6.6× local earnings — around the 7× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 12 sales
Median sold price · median of all 1,630 sales£135,570
Full history since 1995
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.6× · five-year average 7×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership48%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,381
Southampton City Council£1,998
Police & Crime Commissioner£290
Fire & Rescue£93
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,588
Band B£1,852
Band C£2,117
Band D (baseline)£2,381
Band E£2,911
Band F£3,440
Band G£3,969
Band H£4,763
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 Southampton how Portswood Road compares · from Southampton
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Redbridge +69.2%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge | £240,000 | +69.2% | 51 |
| Glen Eyre | £350,000 | +54.3% | 101 |
| Newtown | £216,000 | +34.2% | 29 |
| Old Shirley | £252,000 | +33.3% | 48 |
| Hampton Park | £295,000 | +31.5% | 87 |
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 Portswood Road — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 4 Lowmans House 78, Portswood Road | Flat | — | — | £127,500 | Mar 2026 |
| Flat 2 256-258, Portswood Road | Flat | — | — | £125,000 | Feb 2026 |
| FLAT 29 WILLIAM BRICKNELL PAVILION 81 PORTSWOOD ROAD | Flat | — | — | £210,000 | Jan 2026 |
| FLAT 27 WILLIAM BRICKNELL PAVILION 81 PORTSWOOD ROAD | Flat | — | — | £210,000 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 1 256-258, Portswood Road | Flat | — | — | £168,000 | Dec 2025 |
| 254 Portswood Road | Detached | — | — | £283,000 | Nov 2025 |
| Flat 3 Roxan Mews 450 Portswood Road | Flat | — | — | £175,000 | Oct 2025 |
| FLAT 18 WILLIAM BRICKNELL PAVILION 81 PORTSWOOD ROAD | Flat | — | — | £126,392 | Aug 2025 |
| Flat 19 Roxan Mews 450, Portswood Road | Flat | — | — | £150,000 | Aug 2025 |
| FLAT 32 WILLIAM BRICKNELL PAVILION 81 PORTSWOOD ROAD | Flat | — | — | £104,273 | Aug 2025 |
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 Southampton
Crime runs at 12.3 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 / month12.3
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Southampton
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Southampton 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 Southampton
Population248,922
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 5/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% 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 — has improved 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
4.8/10
Employment
5.2/10
Education & skills
4.6/10
Health & disability
3.6/10
Crime
2.8/10
Housing & services
7.5/10
Living environment
4.9/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Southampton — 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+58%
Unemployment · economically active residents6.6%
Degree-level (Level 4+)32%
Good or very good health83%
Own their home48%
Median age34.7
Born outside the UK24%
See the full Southampton report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% 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
7 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 nearest inspected schools
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portswood Primary School | Primary | Good ('22) | 0.4 km |
| Sticky Fingers Pre-School Portswood | Nursery | — | 0.4 km |
| St Denys Primary School | Primary | — | 0.5 km |
| Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.8 km |
| Hopscotch Day Nurseries (Portswood) Ltd | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.8 km |
| Southampton University Early Years Centre | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.9 km |
| The Gregg Preparatory School | Primary | — | 0.9 km |
| Bright Horizons Portswood Day Nursery and Preschool | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.9 km |
| Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | Primary | Inspected '25 — see report | 0.9 km |
| Highfield Church of England Primary School | Primary | Good ('22) | 1.0 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
10 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.4 km |
| Pharmacy Direct | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Highfield Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.8 km |
| University Health Service Southampton | GP | — | 0.9 km |
| O'Callaghan Dental Surgeon | Dentist | — | 0.9 km |
| Alma Road Surgery | GP | — | 1.0 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 1.2 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 Southampton
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 67 min from Southampton Airport Parkway Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Denys Rail Station | 0.4 mi | London Waterloo | 107 min |
| Bitterne Rail Station | 0.8 mi | — | no direct train |
| Swaythling Rail Station | 1.1 mi | London Waterloo | 104 min |
| Southampton Central Rail Station | 1.8 mi | London Waterloo | 75 min |
| Southampton Airport Parkway Rail Station | 2.0 mi | London Waterloo | 67 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Southampton Airport Parkway Rail Station (67 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging8 points
Per 10,000 residents0.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Southampton
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1000.8%
Flood zone4% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 3–5%)
Historic landfill77 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 buildings314
Conservation areas20
Green belt0%
Green spaces253
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Southampton
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 703 | 87% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 224 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 30 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 253 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Southampton
Figures for the wider Southampton — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate6.6%
In work (employment rate)57.9%
Companies registered here14,401
New incorporations (12m)2,202
Property companies (SPVs)1,498
See the full Southampton report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district