49 power cuts since 29 September, 6 of them on Friday 23 October
- 49new cuts since 29 Sept
- 6in one day, 23 Oct
- 29of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/portsmouthOfficial feeds, counted daily
Santa is due in Portsmouth at 00:59, just after midnight on Christmas Eve. See his flight plan
Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in Portsmouth at 06:20.
Power cuts
49
new unplanned cuts in the Portsmouth area, on 29 of 45 days
Busiest day: 23 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. Portsmouth had more cuts a day, for its size, than 52 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut SSEN publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Flood
1 in 9
homes in Portsmouth has some flood risk
2,849 at high risk
Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for London & South East England right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
Portsmouth Water
No hosepipe banHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
20% below averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
If a cut at your home ran past 12 hours, you may be owed money. Check a cut
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Sources: SSEN live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Portsmouth council area, not a single street.
