EH3 postcode area guide — City of Edinburgh
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH3 postcode district in City of Edinburgh — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH3
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
84.8%
Gigabit-capable
84.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the EH3 postcode district (City of Edinburgh) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 681 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH3, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 84.2%.
Around 0% of premises in EH3 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 EH3
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH3 5AA | 100% | 100% |
| EH3 5AB | 100% | 95.6% |
| EH3 5AD | 100% | 100% |
| EH3 5AE | 100% | 60.7% |
| EH3 5AF | 100% | 85.5% |
| EH3 5AG | 100% | 94.3% |
| EH3 5AH | 100% | 95.5% |
| EH3 5AJ | 100% | 69.1% |
| EH3 5AL | 100% | 38.9% |
| EH3 5AN | 100% | 95.7% |
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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 EH3
472 rated food businesses operate in EH3. 385 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 59 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: 509 Ramen, A Pinch of Salt - Tollcross, A Wee Taste, Absolute Thai Restaurant, AGA Rangemaster.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for City of Edinburgh
Landlines around EH3 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.