BT7 postcode area guide — Belfast
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT7 postcode district in Belfast — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT7
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
91.9%
Gigabit-capable
91.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BT7 postcode district (Belfast) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 388 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT7, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91.9%.
Around 0% of premises in BT7 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 BT7
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT7 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AQ | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AU | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AX | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1AZ | 100% | 100% |
| BT7 1BA | 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 BT7
Police recorded 773 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT7 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 275 | 35.6% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 206 | 26.6% |
| Drugs | 63 | 8.2% |
| Shoplifting | 56 | 7.2% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 47 | 6.1% |
| Other theft | 47 | 6.1% |
| Vehicle crime | 22 | 2.8% |
| Burglary | 12 | 1.6% |
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 BT7
235 rated food businesses operate in BT7. 136 hold the top rating of 5, 43 are rated 4, and 18 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Adult Residential Unit, Al Gelato, Alibi, Alif Supermarket, An Droicheád Day Care.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Belfast
Landlines around BT7 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.