// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Portsmouth?
Portsmouth, United Kingdom, scores 67.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #52 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
67.1%
Rank
#52 / 386
Criteria present
40 / 86
Evidence coverage
89.5%
Portsmouth's smart city score by area
9 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
4 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
3 present · 10 partial · 0 absent
3 present · 7 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
10 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
4 present · 4 partial · 0 absent
7 present · 7 partial · 0 absent
Where Portsmouth is strong
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The planning.data.gov.uk portal provides machine-readable JSON data for the "Portsmouth International Cruise & Ferry Terminal" as part of a "transport-access-node" dataset, indicating an official open data portal publishing datasets relevant to Portsmouth.
https://planning.data.gov.uk/entity/50282272.jsonOpen Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
A transport dataset for the "Portsmouth International Cruise & Ferry Terminal" is available in machine-readable JSON format, categorized as a "transport-access-node" dataset.
https://planning.data.gov.uk/entity/50282272.jsonOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
Data for the Portsmouth International Cruise & Ferry Terminal is accessible programmatically via a direct URL returning JSON, indicating API access for this dataset.
https://planning.data.gov.uk/entity/50282272.jsonDigital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Portsmouth City Council offers "My Portsmouth," an online customer account that serves as a unified portal to access council services and keep track of submitted forms.
https://my.portsmouth.gov.uk/About this assessment
Portsmouth was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.