St James's Road, Southsea

MyStreetCheck free street report: St James's Road, Southsea · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/southsea-portsmouth/st-jamess-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for PO5 4JA, PO5 4HU, PO5 4HX.

Average price (last 12 months)

£403,750

2 sales

Average price (since 2016)

£363,031

16 sales

Price range

£125k – £505k

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

17 Jul 2026

PO5 4JA

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At a glance

House prices£404k average43% above the Southsea average CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 90% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 2 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station8 min walkPortsmouth & Southsea station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold70% freeholdAcross 23 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

16 property sales on St James's Road, Southsea have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £403,750. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £378,900. That is 43% above the Southsea average of £282,103 over the same period. 4 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 3 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 94% terraced, 6% flat. Recorded sale prices on St James's Road range from £125,000 to £505,000. 70% of homes sold here were freehold and 30% leasehold. Of 151 streets in Southsea with at least two sales in the last year, St James's Road ranks 15th for average price, putting it in the top 10%.

House prices on St James's Road compared

St James's Road£403,750

PO5 postcode area£270,193

Southsea£282,103

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all PO5 house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 70% freehold and 30% leasehold across 23 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Terraced	15	£378,900	17 Jul 2026
Flat	1	£125,000	18 Dec 2020

Sold prices on St James's Road

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
96, St James's Road PO5 4JA	17 Jul 2026	£387,500	Terraced	Freehold
116, St James's Road PO5 4JA	18 May 2026	£420,000	Terraced	Freehold
102, St James's Road PO5 4JA	24 Jan 2025	£445,000	Terraced	Freehold
120, St James's Road PO5 4JA	22 Nov 2024	£470,000	Terraced	Freehold
116, St James's Road PO5 4JA	16 Dec 2022	£505,000	Terraced	Freehold
110, St James's Road PO5 4JA	23 Sep 2022	£325,000	Terraced	Freehold
108, St James's Road PO5 4JA	24 Jun 2021	£378,000	Terraced	Freehold
96, St James's Road PO5 4JA	31 Mar 2021	£352,500	Terraced	Freehold
96, St James's Road PO5 4JA	31 Mar 2021	£350,000	Terraced	Freehold
Flat 2, Ponsonby House, St James's Road PO5 4JB	18 Dec 2020	£125,000	Flat	Leasehold
127, St James's Road PO5 4HX	9 Nov 2020	£140,000	Other	Leasehold
41, St James's Road PO5 4HU	5 Oct 2020	£110,000	Flat	Leasehold
104, St James's Road PO5 4JA	21 Aug 2020	£265,000	Terraced	Freehold
Flat 4, Ponsonby House, St James's Road PO5 4JB	12 Jun 2020	£98,500	Flat	Leasehold
117, St James's Road PO5 4HX	31 Oct 2019	£93,000	Flat	Leasehold
120, St James's Road PO5 4JA	27 Jun 2019	£393,000	Terraced	Freehold
122, St James's Road PO5 4JA	31 Jan 2019	£360,000	Terraced	Freehold
75, St James's Road PO5 4HU	30 Nov 2018	£190,000	Flat	Leasehold
106, St James's Road PO5 4JA	26 Nov 2018	£332,500	Terraced	Freehold
122, St James's Road PO5 4JA	12 Sep 2018	£375,000	Terraced	Freehold
112, St James's Road PO5 4JA	20 Oct 2017	£385,000	Terraced	Freehold
Flat 17, Picton House, St James's Road PO5 4JD	19 Jan 2017	£180,000	Flat	Leasehold
116, St James's Road PO5 4JA	6 May 2016	£315,000	Terraced	Freehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

Address	Sales	Change
96, St James's Road	£352,500 (Mar 2021) → £387,500 (Jul 2026)	+10% over 5 yrs
116, St James's Road	£315,000 (May 2016) → £505,000 (Dec 2022) → £420,000 (May 2026)	+33% over 10 yrs
120, St James's Road	£393,000 (Jun 2019) → £470,000 (Nov 2024)	+20% over 5 yrs
122, St James's Road	£375,000 (Sep 2018) → £360,000 (Jan 2019)	-4% over under a year

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Schools near St James's Road

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery 462 pupils	Primary	2–11	Requires improvement Report	0.2 mi
Ark Charter Academy 883 pupils	Secondary Church of England	11–16	Report	0.3 mi
Portsmouth High School GDST 436 pupils	Other independent school	2–19	Report	0.4 mi
The Portsmouth Grammar School 973 pupils	Other independent school	2–19	Report	0.4 mi
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy 495 pupils	Primary	2–11	Report	0.4 mi
St Edmund's Catholic School 1,157 pupils	Secondary Roman Catholic	11–16	Report	0.5 mi
St Jude's CofE Primary School 407 pupils	Primary Church of England	4–11	Report	0.5 mi
St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School 237 pupils	Primary Roman Catholic	3–11	Good Report	0.6 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

Portsmouth & Southsea station 0.4 mi · 8 min walk
Southsea Hoverport station 0.7 mi · 13 min walk
Fratton station 0.8 mi · 15 min walk

Nearest bus stops

Green Road (W-bound, King's Road) 3 min walk
Green Road (E-bound, Elm Grove) 3 min walk
University House (W-bound, Winston Churchill Avenue) 4 min walk
Isambard Brunel Road (W-bound, Winston Churchill Avenue) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

The Lighthouse Group Practice
Southesea Medical Centre, Carlisle Road, Southsea · 0.5 mi
Trafalgar Medical Group Practice
The Surgery, 25 Osborne Road, Southsea · 0.5 mi
The Unicity Medical Centre
159-161 Commercial Road, Portsmouth · 0.6 mi
Craneswater Group Practice
Doctors Surgery, 36 Waverley Road, Southsea · 0.9 mi

Supermarkets

The Co-operative Food PFS Co-op FR Southsea - Green Road · 0.1 mi
Tesco Express Tesco Southsea Elm Grove Express · 0.2 mi
Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Portsmouth Guildhall Walk Local · 0.3 mi
Tesco Express Tesco Portsmouth Brunel Rd Express · 0.4 mi

Pharmacies

Lalys Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
Lalys Pharmacy · 0.4 mi
Boots · 0.5 mi

Dentists

Hampshire Terrace Dental Care · 0.2 mi
Somerstown Central (dental Surgery) · 0.3 mi
University Of Portsmouth Dental Academy · 0.3 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income	2 of 10
Employment	2 of 10
Education and skills	3 of 10
Health and disability	2 of 10
Crime	1 of 10
Access to housing and services	4 of 10
Living environment	5 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	35.1%	62.5%
Private rented	33.5%	20.3%
Social rented	30.7%	17.1%
Households	820

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	13.4%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	65.7%	64.1%
Aged 65+	20.8%	18.6%
Residents	1,655

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	100%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	100%	80%
Gigabit-capable	100%	80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	100%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	100%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	100%	92%

Share of homes across Portsmouth with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around St James's Road

Ethnic group

	Here	Portsmouth
White	76.3%	85.2%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	12.7%	6.9%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	4.6%	3.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.6%	2.6%
Other ethnic group	2.7%	1.8%

Religion

	Here	Portsmouth
No religion	41%	47.1%
Christian	38.9%	39.4%
Muslim	10.9%	4.9%
Not answered	5.7%	6.5%
Hindu	1.7%	0.8%
Buddhist	0.7%	0.5%
Other religion	0.7%	0.6%
Sikh	0.3%	0.2%

Country of birth

	Here	Portsmouth
Born in the UK	76.2%	83.1%
Born outside the UK	23.8%	16.9%

Highest qualification

	Here	Portsmouth
Level 4 qualifications and above	28.4%	30%
Level 3 qualifications	25.6%	21.8%
No qualifications	20.2%	17.4%
Level 2 qualifications	9.4%	13.1%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	7.6%	9.6%
Apprenticeship	4.8%	5.3%
Other qualifications	4.1%	2.7%

General health

	Here	Portsmouth
Very good health	41.5%	47.4%
Good health	33.4%	34.8%
Fair health	17.5%	12.9%
Bad health	5.7%	3.9%
Very bad health	2%	1.1%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Portsmouth
No cars or vans in household	54.9%	30.3%
1 car or van in household	34.2%	43.5%
2 cars or vans in household	8.6%	20.8%
3 or more cars or vans in household	2.3%	5.4%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Portsmouth.

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