AB16 postcode area guide — Aberdeen City
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the AB16 postcode district in Aberdeen City — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in AB16
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
98.1%
Gigabit-capable
98%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the AB16 postcode district (Aberdeen City) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 687 postcodes Ofcom measures in AB16, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 98%.
Around 0% of premises in AB16 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in AB16
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| AB16 5AF | 100% | 0% |
| AB16 5AG | 100% | 100% |
| AB16 5BB | 100% | 100% |
| AB16 5BD | 100% | 100% |
| AB16 5BL | 100% | 92.9% |
| AB16 5BN | 100% | 100% |
| AB16 5BP | 100% | 100% |
| AB16 5BQ | 100% | 100% |
| AB16 5BR | 100% | 94.4% |
| AB16 5BS | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Aberdeen City
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Aberdeen City district (132,385 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
97.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
82.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in AB16
131 rated food businesses operate in AB16. 77 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 20 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: 1 & 30 DONALD DEWAR COURT, ALDI, ANGELS & CO, ASIA KITCHEN, AUCHMILL GOLF CLUB.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Aberdeen City
Landlines around AB16 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.