BT23 postcode area guide — Ards and North Down
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT23 postcode district in Ards and North Down — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT23
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.4%
Gigabit-capable
92.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the BT23 postcode district (Ards and North Down) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,408 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT23, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 92.4%.
Around 0.1% of premises in BT23 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 BT23
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT23 4AA | 100% | 0% |
| BT23 4AB | 100% | 26.7% |
| BT23 4AD | 100% | 3.2% |
| BT23 4AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT23 4AF | 100% | 97.3% |
| BT23 4AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT23 4AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT23 4AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BT23 4AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT23 4AN | 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 BT23
Police recorded 16 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT23 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 9 | 56.3% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 | 31.3% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 1 | 6.3% |
| Other crime | 1 | 6.3% |
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 BT23
348 rated food businesses operate in BT23. 245 hold the top rating of 5, 48 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Radius Housing Association Limited, 7th Heaven cafe, ABBEY PRIMARY SCHOOL - KITCHEN, AKASH INDIAN TAKEAWAY, Albert Boal Quality Butchers.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Ards and North Down
Landlines around BT23 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.