BT26 postcode area guide — Lisburn and Castlereagh
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT26 postcode district in Lisburn and Castlereagh — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT26
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90.2%
Gigabit-capable
90.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the BT26 postcode district (Lisburn and Castlereagh) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 260 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT26, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 90.2%.
Around 0.2% of premises in BT26 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 BT26
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT26 6AA | 100% | 100% |
| BT26 6AB | 100% | 91.5% |
| BT26 6AE | 100% | 72.2% |
| BT26 6AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT26 6AG | 100% | 82.6% |
| BT26 6AJ | 100% | 70% |
| BT26 6AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT26 6AN | 100% | 100% |
| BT26 6AP | 100% | 100% |
| BT26 6AQ | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Lisburn and Castlereagh
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Lisburn And Castlereagh district (67,974 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
83.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.4%
5G outdoors — all networks
59%
Voice indoors — all networks
85.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BT26
Police recorded 12 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT26 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 | 41.7% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 4 | 33.3% |
| Burglary | 1 | 8.3% |
| Other theft | 1 | 8.3% |
| Other crime | 1 | 8.3% |
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 BT26
55 rated food businesses operate in BT26. 50 hold the top rating of 5, 1 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Anahilt Preschool, ANAHILT PRIMARY SCHOOL, Applegreen Hillsborough, Arthur’s, Bay Tree Cottage.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Lisburn and Castlereagh
Landlines around BT26 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.