PO19
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chichester, The Close and Portfield, in Chichester.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PO19 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in PO19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PO19 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO19 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO19 at a rate of 153.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 528 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO19.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,515), anti-social behaviour (1,328) and other crime (978).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO19 was 137.0 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in PO19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO19 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO19
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chichester 006B | 1,513 | 23.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.2% |
| Chichester 006C | 1,524 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Chichester 008A | 1,539 | 223.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Chichester 008B | 2,383 | 235.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Chichester 008C | 1,843 | 287.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 62.0% |
| Chichester 008E | 1,672 | 157.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Chichester 008F | 1,477 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| Chichester 008G | 1,585 | 148.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.1% |
| Chichester 008H | 1,802 | 106.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.2% |
| Chichester 010A | 1,316 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Chichester 010B | 1,551 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Chichester 010C | 1,828 | 133.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.7% |
| Chichester 010D | 2,370 | 749.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 45.0% |
| Chichester 010E | 1,842 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| Chichester 011B | 1,807 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% |
| Chichester 011C | 2,653 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.7% |
| Chichester 011D | 2,666 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| Chichester 012A | 1,519 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Chichester 012B | 1,837 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
Your MP
- Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratMP for Chichester
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PO193
Postcode sectors in PO197
Council1
Towns in PO191
Postcode districts next to PO192
Nearest rail stations3
More in the PO postcode area2
PO19 in brief
PO19 is a postcode district covering Chichester, The Close and Portfield, in Chichester.
About 36,159 people lived in PO19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £386,250 in 2025 across 506 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 153.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO19 was £386,250 in 2025.
PO19 had 33,483 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PO19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO19, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.