EH38 postcode area guide — Scottish Borders
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH38 postcode district in Scottish Borders — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH38
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
93.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
67.8%
Gigabit-capable
67.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
1%
Broadband availability in the EH38 postcode district (Scottish Borders) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 11 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH38, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 93.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 67.8%.
Around 1% of premises in EH38 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 EH38
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH38 5YA | 100% | 100% |
| EH38 5YB | 100% | 0% |
| EH38 5YD | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| EH38 5YE | 85% | 80% |
| EH38 5YF | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| EH38 5YG | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| EH38 5YN | 100% | 0% |
| EH38 5YP | 100% | 80% |
| EH38 5YR | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| EH38 5YS | 83.8% | 83.8% |
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Mobile signal around Scottish Borders
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Scottish Borders district (66,258 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
87.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
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Voice indoors — all networks
88.6%
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 EH38
4 rated food businesses operate in EH38. 3 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, and none currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Crookston House B & B, Heriot Primary School, Macfie Sunday Cafe.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Scottish Borders
Landlines around EH38 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.