BT56 postcode area guide — Causeway Coast and Glens
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT56 postcode district in Causeway Coast and Glens — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT56
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
91.2%
Gigabit-capable
91.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BT56 postcode district (Causeway Coast and Glens) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 236 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT56, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91.2%.
Around 0% of premises in BT56 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 BT56
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT56 8AB | 100% | 79.3% |
| BT56 8AD | 100% | 87.3% |
| BT56 8AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT56 8AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT56 8AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT56 8AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT56 8AJ | 100% | 53.8% |
| BT56 8AN | 100% | 63.6% |
| BT56 8AP | 100% | 100% |
| BT56 8AR | 100% | 90.9% |
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Mobile signal around Causeway Coast and Glens
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Causeway Coast And Glens district (71,654 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
71.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
3.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
75.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BT56
Police recorded 74 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT56 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 24 | 32.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 23 | 31.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 13 | 17.6% |
| Drugs | 5 | 6.8% |
| Other theft | 3 | 4.1% |
| Burglary | 2 | 2.7% |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 2.7% |
| Public order | 1 | 1.4% |
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 BT56
125 rated food businesses operate in BT56. 99 hold the top rating of 5, 12 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 1 at Causeway Street Cafe, 1 at Causeway Street Restaurant, Aaranmore Lodge, Abercorn Court, Albany Lodge.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Causeway Coast and Glens
Landlines around BT56 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.