BT5 postcode area guide — Belfast
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT5 postcode district in Belfast — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the BT5 postcode district (Belfast) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 833 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 95.2%.
Around 0.2% of premises in BT5 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 BT5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT5 4AA | 100% | 100% |
| BT5 4AF | 100% | 0% |
| BT5 4AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BT5 4AP | 100% | 100% |
| BT5 4AR | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| BT5 4AS | 95.4% | 95.4% |
| BT5 4AU | 100% | 100% |
| BT5 4AW | 100% | 100% |
| BT5 4AZ | 0% | 0% |
| BT5 4BA | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Belfast
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Belfast district (174,763 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
95.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
90.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
95.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BT5
Police recorded 224 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 78 | 34.8% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 52 | 23.2% |
| Shoplifting | 26 | 11.6% |
| Other theft | 21 | 9.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 19 | 8.5% |
| Drugs | 10 | 4.5% |
| Vehicle crime | 9 | 4.0% |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0.9% |
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 BT5
189 rated food businesses operate in BT5. 126 hold the top rating of 5, 26 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A McCord, Abbeyfield Belfast Society, Albertbridge Road Filling Station, Arc Cafe, Ardcarnet Youth Centre.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Belfast
Landlines around BT5 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.