South Portslade
WardWest Brighton and Hove. About 10,134 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in South Portslade live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Portslade compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Portslade safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Portslade at a rate of 119.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 125.0 per 1,000 people across Brighton and Hove.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Portslade.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (369), anti-social behaviour (275) and other crime (211).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Brighton and Hove
These figures are published for the whole of Brighton and Hove, not for each ward, so they describe all of Brighton and Hove and not South Portslade alone. See Brighton and Hove
South Portslade in brief
South Portslade had 9,896 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in South Portslade live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Portslade, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Portslade, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.