EH53 postcode area guide — City of Edinburgh
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH53 postcode district in City of Edinburgh — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH53
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
82.1%
Gigabit-capable
80.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the EH53 postcode district (City of Edinburgh) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 302 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH53, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.4%.
Around 0.1% of premises in EH53 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 EH53
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH53 0AA | 100% | 0% |
| EH53 0AB | 100% | 0% |
| EH53 0AD | 100% | 0% |
| EH53 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| EH53 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| EH53 0AG | 100% | 0% |
| EH53 0AH | 100% | 0% |
| EH53 0AJ | 100% | 50% |
| EH53 0AL | 100% | 0% |
| EH53 0AN | 100% | 0% |
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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 EH53
53 rated food businesses operate in EH53. 42 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 2 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Bay Leaf Indian Restaurant, Black Bull Inn, Calder Villa, Calderwood Cafe, Calderwood Primary School.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for City of Edinburgh
Landlines around EH53 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.