BT40 postcode area guide — Mid and East Antrim
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT40 postcode district in Mid and East Antrim — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT40
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
91.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.8%
Gigabit-capable
83.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the BT40 postcode district (Mid and East Antrim) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 720 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT40, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83.8%.
Around 0.4% of premises in BT40 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 BT40
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT40 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| BT40 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| BT40 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT40 1AE | 100% | 66.7% |
| BT40 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT40 1AS | 100% | 100% |
| BT40 1AU | 100% | 96.2% |
| BT40 1AW | 100% | 0% |
| BT40 1AX | 100% | 0% |
| BT40 1AY | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Mid and East Antrim
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Mid And East Antrim district (66,775 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
78.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
13.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
81.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BT40
Police recorded 86 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT40 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 29 | 33.7% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 24 | 27.9% |
| Shoplifting | 13 | 15.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 6 | 7.0% |
| Other theft | 5 | 5.8% |
| Drugs | 4 | 4.7% |
| Burglary | 3 | 3.5% |
| Other crime | 2 | 2.3% |
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 BT40
177 rated food businesses operate in BT40. 144 hold the top rating of 5, 14 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Ann's Pantry, Aramark, Aroma Coffee House, Arran View B&B, Asap Cargo Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Mid and East Antrim
Landlines around BT40 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.