BT17 postcode area guide — Belfast
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT17 postcode district in Belfast — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT17
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
93.4%
Gigabit-capable
93.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BT17 postcode district (Belfast) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 556 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 93.4%.
Around 0% of premises in BT17 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 BT17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT17 0AA | 100% | 91.9% |
| BT17 0AB | 100% | 95% |
| BT17 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT17 0AE | 100% | 85.7% |
| BT17 0AF | 100% | 98.1% |
| BT17 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT17 0AH | 100% | 12.5% |
| BT17 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BT17 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| BT17 0AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Belfast
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Belfast district (174,763 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
95.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
90.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
95.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BT17
Police recorded 172 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT17 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 54 | 31.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 48 | 27.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 27 | 15.7% |
| Other theft | 11 | 6.4% |
| Drugs | 9 | 5.2% |
| Shoplifting | 6 | 3.5% |
| Burglary | 4 | 2.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 2.3% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
Food hygiene ratings in BT17
137 rated food businesses operate in BT17. 86 hold the top rating of 5, 23 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Aisling Day Care, Applejacks Cafe, BARDAN COTTAGE DUNMURRY, Based Food, Baxterstorey at Survitec.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Belfast
Landlines around BT17 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.