BT19 postcode area guide — Ards and North Down
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT19 postcode district in Ards and North Down — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT19
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
96.7%
Gigabit-capable
96.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the BT19 postcode district (Ards and North Down) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 864 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT19, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 96.7%.
Around 0.1% of premises in BT19 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 BT19
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT19 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT19 1AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Ards and North Down
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Ards And North Down district (79,779 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
89.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
24.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
92.1%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BT19
Police recorded 214 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT19 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 83 | 38.8% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 72 | 33.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 20 | 9.3% |
| Shoplifting | 10 | 4.7% |
| Drugs | 8 | 3.7% |
| Other theft | 7 | 3.3% |
| Other crime | 5 | 2.3% |
| Burglary | 4 | 1.9% |
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 BT19
182 rated food businesses operate in BT19. 132 hold the top rating of 5, 22 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Air-tastic Bangor Limited, ANDBC Com Dev Foodshare, Avenue Nutrition, B&M Retail Ltd, BALLOO HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Ards and North Down
Landlines around BT19 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.