BT2 postcode area guide — Belfast
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT2 postcode district in Belfast — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT2
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90%
Gigabit-capable
90%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BT2 postcode district (Belfast) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 95 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT2, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 90%.
Around 0% of premises in BT2 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 BT2
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT2 7AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT2 7AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT2 7AG | 100% | 97% |
| BT2 7AH | 100% | 72.2% |
| BT2 7AP | 100% | 100% |
| BT2 7AQ | 100% | 100% |
| BT2 7BA | 100% | 100% |
| BT2 7BB | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| BT2 7BD | 100% | 100% |
| BT2 7BE | 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 BT2
Police recorded 1,498 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT2 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 494 | 33.0% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 408 | 27.2% |
| Shoplifting | 152 | 10.1% |
| Drugs | 130 | 8.7% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 107 | 7.1% |
| Other theft | 89 | 5.9% |
| Vehicle crime | 25 | 1.7% |
| Burglary | 20 | 1.3% |
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 BT2
105 rated food businesses operate in BT2. 66 hold the top rating of 5, 17 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: ACCA Longevity Clinic, Apache Pizza, Archana, Baxter Storey @ BBC Broadcasting House, Belfast Citadel Corps.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Belfast
Landlines around BT2 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.