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City assessment

How smart is Portsmouth?

Portsmouth, United Kingdom, scores 81.7% against the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework in 2026, ranked #80 of 386 by smart reach and #36 on the evidence alone, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Each criterion counts in full where the evidence shows it present, half where partial and nothing where absent, weighted by its category. Last assessed 24 Oct 2026.

Smart reach rank

#80 / 386

Smart score

81.7%

Evidenced rank

#36 / 387

Criteria present

56 / 86

Evidence coverage

98.8%

Portsmouth's smart city score by area

Data, Digital & Smart Foundation93%

13 present · 2 partial · 0 absent

Mobility & Transport76%

7 present · 4 partial · 1 absent

Environment, Energy & Climate72%

6 present · 7 partial · 0 absent

Infrastructure, Water & Waste78%

6 present · 5 partial · 0 absent

Health, Education, Safety & Inclusion88%

10 present · 3 partial · 0 absent

Economy, Innovation & Employment85%

6 present · 2 partial · 0 absent

Governance, Resilience & Operating Model78%

8 present · 6 partial · 0 absent

Where Portsmouth is strong

  • ▸Open Data & Transparency
  • ▸Digital Government Services
  • ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
  • ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
  • ▸Green Space & Biodiversity

Where the evidence shows gaps

  • ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles · 1 absent, 2 partial
  • ▸Energy & Smart Grid · 4 partial
  • ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model · 3 partial
  • ▸Climate Action & Emissions · 2 partial
  • ▸Housing & Urban Planning · 2 partial

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.json

Open 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.json

Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard

Portsmouth City Council uses Traffweb, an application that provides regularly updated information on traffic orders, parking restrictions, and collision reports for the city.

https://portsmouth.traffweb.app/

Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · 3D digital twin / city model

Portsmouth is listed as one of the cities where VU.CITY's 3D digital twin platform, used for visualizing, modeling, and understanding urban change with spatial data, is available.

https://www.vu.city/

Funding Portsmouth can bid for

63 open calls: grants, tenders and innovation competitions Portsmouth is eligible for, including UK-wide schemes any place can apply to. Every entry links to its source.

Showing 12 of 63; see them all in the explorer.

About this assessment

Portsmouth was assessed against the 86 criteria of the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework on 24 Oct 2026 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, or left not yet assessed, and every finding links to where it was found. Cities are re-assessed in runs, not continuously: the latest finished on 24 Oct 2026.

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