BT24 postcode area guide — Ards and North Down
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT24 postcode district in Ards and North Down — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT24
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
86.1%
Gigabit-capable
86.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the BT24 postcode district (Ards and North Down) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 496 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT24, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86.1%.
Around 0.2% of premises in BT24 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 BT24
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT24 7AA | 100% | 94.9% |
| BT24 7AB | 100% | 100% |
| BT24 7AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT24 7AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT24 7AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT24 7AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT24 7AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT24 7AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT24 7AN | 100% | 0% |
| BT24 7AP | 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 BT24
Police recorded 2 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT24 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 2 | 100.0% |
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 BT24
127 rated food businesses operate in BT24. 113 hold the top rating of 5, 5 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abundant Coffee and Treats, ACADEMY PRIMARY SCHOOL, ALEXANDERS FARM SHOP, Apache Pizza, ASSUMPTION GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Ards and North Down
Landlines around BT24 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.