BT61 postcode area guide — Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT61 postcode district in Armagh City — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT61
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.7%
Gigabit-capable
83.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the BT61 postcode district (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 459 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT61, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83.7%.
Around 0.3% of premises in BT61 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 BT61
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT61 0TA | 100% | 75% |
| BT61 7AA | 100% | 100% |
| BT61 7AD | 100% | 0% |
| BT61 7AE | 95.8% | 0% |
| BT61 7AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT61 7AG | 100% | 100% |
| BT61 7AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT61 7AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BT61 7AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT61 7AN | 100% | 100% |
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Crime in BT61
Police recorded 2 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT61 in July 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Robbery | 2 | 100.0% |
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 BT61
200 rated food businesses operate in BT61. 150 hold the top rating of 5, 23 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Apache Pizza, Apple Blossom Lodge, ArKe Sure Start, Armagh Care Services - The Meadows, ARMAGH CITY CLUB.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
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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.