BT20 postcode area guide — Ards and North Down
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT20 postcode district in Ards and North Down — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT20
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
100%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.8%
Gigabit-capable
92.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BT20 postcode district (Ards and North Down) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 665 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT20, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 100% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 92.8%.
Around 0% of premises in BT20 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 BT20
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT20 3AA | 100% | 80% |
| BT20 3AB | 100% | 98.4% |
| BT20 3AD | 100% | 97.1% |
| BT20 3AE | 100% | 98.3% |
| BT20 3AF | 97.6% | 97.6% |
| BT20 3AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT20 3AH | 100% | 98% |
| BT20 3AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT20 3AQ | 100% | 100% |
| BT20 3AS | 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 BT20
Police recorded 175 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT20 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 75 | 42.9% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 55 | 31.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 17 | 9.7% |
| Drugs | 8 | 4.6% |
| Burglary | 5 | 2.9% |
| Shoplifting | 5 | 2.9% |
| Other theft | 4 | 2.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 1.1% |
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 BT20
229 rated food businesses operate in BT20. 166 hold the top rating of 5, 30 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A cake for all seasons, Abbey View Care Home, Abbeyfield and Wesley Housing Association, ABBEYFIELD UK (NI), ABBEYFIELD UK (NI).
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Ards and North Down
Landlines around BT20 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.