BT36 postcode area guide — Antrim and Newtownabbey
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT36 postcode district in Antrim and Newtownabbey — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT36
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
95.9%
Gigabit-capable
95.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BT36 postcode district (Antrim and Newtownabbey) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,016 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT36, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 95.9%.
Around 0% of premises in BT36 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 BT36
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT36 4AA | 100% | 62.5% |
| BT36 4AB | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AN | 100% | 100% |
| BT36 4AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Antrim and Newtownabbey
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Antrim And Newtownabbey district (66,869 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
85.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.3%
5G outdoors — all networks
62%
Voice indoors — all networks
88.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BT36
Police recorded 89 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT36 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 33 | 37.1% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 25 | 28.1% |
| Other theft | 9 | 10.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 8 | 9.0% |
| Shoplifting | 5 | 5.6% |
| Other crime | 3 | 3.4% |
| Drugs | 2 | 2.2% |
| Weapons possession | 2 | 2.2% |
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 BT36
262 rated food businesses operate in BT36. 188 hold the top rating of 5, 36 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 9Grains, A C Meats Ltd, Academy lunches, Academy Sports Club, Airtastic Entertainment Centre Newtownabbey.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Antrim and Newtownabbey
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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.