EH2 postcode area guide — City of Edinburgh
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH2 postcode district in City of Edinburgh — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH2
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
80.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
77.4%
Gigabit-capable
77.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the EH2 postcode district (City of Edinburgh) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 177 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH2, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 80.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 77.4%.
Around 0% of premises in EH2 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 EH2
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH2 1AF | 75% | 75% |
| EH2 1AU | 0% | 0% |
| EH2 1AW | 100% | 100% |
| EH2 1BB | 100% | 100% |
| EH2 1BY | 100% | 100% |
| EH2 1DA | 100% | 100% |
| EH2 1DD | 100% | 100% |
| EH2 1DF | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| EH2 1DJ | 57.6% | 57.6% |
| EH2 1DR | 63% | 63% |
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Mobile signal around City of Edinburgh
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider City Of Edinburgh district (290,710 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
96.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in EH2
321 rated food businesses operate in EH2. 276 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 35 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: (Dark Kitchen Trading menu) Hanover Tap (Mandu Guys, Hansik & Bibigo), 14Forty, 7 Days, 92 Degrees, Adam & Company.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for City of Edinburgh
Landlines around EH2 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.