Sunday email
Street reports

Street reports in Portsmouth by area

In the last month people reported 28 street problems on FixMyStreet across the areas we cover, and other Road Issues came up most (5). 1 was marked fixed. Here is every area ranked.

Share this
28problems reportedin the last month
Other Road Issuesmost reported5 reports, 18%
1marked fixed4% of this month’s reports so far
0neighbours askedfor street improvements

Darker means more street reports. Tap an area for its page.

Check your own street

See street reports and everything else that’s changing right round your home. Free, no sign-in.

Most reports this month: Waterlooville (19), Purbrook (13) and Portsmouth (7). The middle Portsmouth area had 1, and 9 areas had none. Most fixes marked: Waterlooville (1).

Every area, ranked

1WaterloovillePO7195%1–Car parking
2PurbrookPO7130%––Pothole
3PortsmouthPO170%––Car parking
4PortchesterPO1660%––Other Road Issues
5North EndPO240%––Car parking
6BucklandPO230%––Car parking
7Somers TownPO530%––Trees
8CopnorPO320%––Car parking
9HilseaPO210%––Pavements/footpaths
10MiltonPO410%––Pavements/footpaths
11Old PortsmouthPO110%––Trees
12PaulsgrovePO610%––Traffic lights
13Port SolentPO610%––Traffic lights
14PortseaPO110%––Trees
15SouthseaPO510%––Trees
16StamshawPO210%––Car parking

Reports made on FixMyStreet in the last month within each area’s circle. “Already fixed” is the share of those reports now marked fixed; “Fixes marked” counts every report marked fixed in that time, whenever it was made. Bigger and busier areas get more reports, and areas overlap, so one report can count in more than one area. Tap a column to sort.

What gets reported most

Other Road Issues518%Portchester (4)
Car parking414%Waterlooville (4)
Pothole414%Purbrook (3)
Pavements/Cycleway311%Waterlooville (3)
Pavements/footpaths311%Portsmouth (2)
Fly Tipping27%Purbrook (2)
Other (non-highways)27%Purbrook (2)
Trees27%Portsmouth (2)
Non-highway trees14%Purbrook (1)
Parks/landscapes14%Purbrook (1)
Traffic lights14%Paulsgrove (1)

Every kind of problem reported in the last month, in the councils’ own words. Councils name some problems differently, so a few appear more than once.

Recently fixed

Damaged pavement in WecockWaterlooville12 Oct

The latest 1 of 1 report marked fixed on FixMyStreet in the last month, by the council or by the person who reported it.

Spotted a problem? Report it

Fly-tipping, a pothole, a broken street light or an overflowing bin: the quickest way to get it sorted is to report it on FixMyStreet. It’s free, you don’t need to know which council looks after the street, and you can see what your neighbours have already reported so you don’t report it twice. More reports in an area often means people there are good at speaking up, not that it is worse kept.

Where the figures come from

Street reports and fixes come from FixMyStreet, run by the charity mySociety, through its public Open311 feed. We keep only the kind of problem, where and when it was reported, and whether it has been fixed, and link to the report itself. We never store the name of the person who reported it, their words or their photos. Street names come from OpenStreetMap. Our figures start on 17 Sept, so “the last month” may be a little shorter for now.

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. See our sources and their licences.

Street reports in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Portsmouth have the most street problems reported?

In the last month the most problems were reported on FixMyStreet in Waterlooville (19), Purbrook (13), Portsmouth (7), Portchester (6) and North End (4). The middle Portsmouth area had 1. Bigger and busier areas usually get more reports, so these are counts, not rates.

What is the most reported street problem in Portsmouth?

Other Road Issues, with 5 of the 28 reports in the last month (18%), followed by car parking (4) and pothole (4).

How many street problems get fixed in Portsmouth?

1 report was marked as fixed on FixMyStreet in the last month. Of the 28 reports made in that time, 1 (4%) are already marked fixed. Councils don’t always mark reports as fixed, so the real number may be higher.

How do I report a problem on my street in Portsmouth?

Use FixMyStreet (fixmystreet.com), a free service run by the charity mySociety. Put in your postcode, drop a pin on the problem and say what it is; it goes straight to the right council, and it shows up on MeBabber within a day.