BT28 postcode area guide — Lisburn and Castlereagh
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT28 postcode district in Lisburn and Castlereagh — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT28
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.5%
Gigabit-capable
92.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the BT28 postcode district (Lisburn and Castlereagh) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 987 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT28, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 92.5%.
Around 0.2% of premises in BT28 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 BT28
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT28 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| BT28 1AB | 100% | 83.3% |
| BT28 1AD | 100% | 53.8% |
| BT28 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT28 1AF | 100% | 50% |
| BT28 1AG | 100% | 71.4% |
| BT28 1AL | 100% | 0% |
| BT28 1AN | 100% | 63.6% |
| BT28 1AQ | 100% | 60% |
| BT28 1AU | 100% | 76.5% |
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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 BT28
Police recorded 84 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT28 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 45 | 53.6% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 17 | 20.2% |
| Other theft | 7 | 8.3% |
| Drugs | 4 | 4.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 3 | 3.6% |
| Shoplifting | 3 | 3.6% |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 2.4% |
| Other crime | 2 | 2.4% |
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 BT28
259 rated food businesses operate in BT28. 212 hold the top rating of 5, 20 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: AGOTA INTERNATIONAL LTD, Air-tastic Belfast Ltd (NY Urban Pizza), AOH CLUB, Atlas Womens Centre, B&C Family Butchers.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Lisburn and Castlereagh
Landlines around BT28 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.