BT9 postcode area guide — Belfast
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BT9 postcode district in Belfast — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BT9
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BT9 postcode district (Belfast) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 576 postcodes Ofcom measures in BT9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 95.2%.
Around 0% of premises in BT9 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 BT9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BT9 5AA | 100% | 100% |
| BT9 5AB | 100% | 50% |
| BT9 5AD | 100% | 96.2% |
| BT9 5AE | 100% | 100% |
| BT9 5AF | 100% | 93.9% |
| BT9 5AG | 100% | 0% |
| BT9 5AH | 100% | 100% |
| BT9 5AJ | 100% | 97.5% |
| BT9 5AL | 100% | 100% |
| BT9 5AN | 100% | 100% |
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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 BT9
Police recorded 213 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BT9 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 77 | 36.2% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 54 | 25.4% |
| Other theft | 21 | 9.9% |
| Shoplifting | 18 | 8.5% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 13 | 6.1% |
| Drugs | 8 | 3.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 3.3% |
| Burglary | 5 | 2.3% |
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 BT9
220 rated food businesses operate in BT9. 153 hold the top rating of 5, 32 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 5A, A Nice Sip, Abbeyfield Belfast Society, Abbotts Meats, Acute Mental Health Unit.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Belfast
Landlines around BT9 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.