BT43 postcode area guide — Mid and East Antrim
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT43 postcode district in Mid and East Antrim — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT43
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90.8%
Gigabit-capable
90.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the BT43 postcode district (Mid and East Antrim) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 561 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT43, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 90.8%.
Around 0.3% of premises in BT43 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 BT43
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT43 5AA | 100% | 93.8% |
| BT43 5AB | 0% | 0% |
| BT43 5AD | 100% | 50% |
| BT43 5AE | 100% | 77.8% |
| BT43 5AF | 100% | 83.3% |
| BT43 5AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT43 5AJ | 100% | 88.9% |
| BT43 5AL | 100% | 78.3% |
| BT43 5AN | 100% | 100% |
| BT43 5AP | 100% | 44.4% |
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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 BT43
Police recorded 37 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT43 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 12 | 32.4% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 12 | 32.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 4 | 10.8% |
| Other theft | 4 | 10.8% |
| Other crime | 2 | 5.4% |
| Burglary | 1 | 2.7% |
| Drugs | 1 | 2.7% |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 2.7% |
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 BT43
216 rated food businesses operate in BT43. 173 hold the top rating of 5, 9 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbeyfield, Adair Arms Hotel, Andena Residential Home, Asda Express Ballymena - Broughshane Street PFS, Asian Corner.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Mid and East Antrim
Landlines around BT43 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.