BT38 postcode area guide — Antrim and Newtownabbey
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT38 postcode district in Antrim and Newtownabbey — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT38
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
94.2%
Gigabit-capable
94.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the BT38 postcode district (Antrim and Newtownabbey) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 896 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT38, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 94.2%.
Around 0.1% of premises in BT38 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 BT38
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT38 7AB | 100% | 84.6% |
| BT38 7AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT38 7AF | 100% | 87.5% |
| BT38 7AG | 100% | 95.7% |
| BT38 7AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT38 7AN | 100% | 75% |
| BT38 7AQ | 100% | 88.4% |
| BT38 7AR | 100% | 68.4% |
| BT38 7AW | 100% | 65.6% |
| BT38 7AX | 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 BT38
Police recorded 68 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT38 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 34 | 50.0% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 23 | 33.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 6 | 8.8% |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 2.9% |
| Other theft | 1 | 1.5% |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1.5% |
| Other crime | 1 | 1.5% |
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).
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Food hygiene ratings in BT38
226 rated food businesses operate in BT38. 179 hold the top rating of 5, 20 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbeyfield Society Limited, Acorn Integrated Primary School Kitchen, Alphabet Playgroup, Greenisland Community Centre, B90 Farm Shop, Bairds Turkeys.
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.