FK5 postcode area guide — Falkirk
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the FK5 postcode district in Falkirk — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in FK5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
91.2%
Gigabit-capable
91.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the FK5 postcode district (Falkirk) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 452 postcodes Ofcom measures in FK5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91.2%.
Around 0.1% of premises in FK5 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 FK5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| FK5 3AA | 100% | 100% |
| FK5 3AB | 100% | 40% |
| FK5 3AD | 100% | 100% |
| FK5 3AE | 100% | 100% |
| FK5 3AF | 100% | 100% |
| FK5 3AG | 100% | 100% |
| FK5 3AH | 100% | 93.3% |
| FK5 3AJ | 100% | 100% |
| FK5 3AL | 100% | 100% |
| FK5 3AN | 100% | 94.4% |
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Mobile signal around Falkirk
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Falkirk district (79,131 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
65.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
92.5%
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 FK5
129 rated food businesses operate in FK5. 109 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 7 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Remo Serapiglia, Ace Snax, Age Concern Larbert, Alanmart Day Centre, Alzheimer Scotland.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Falkirk
Landlines around FK5 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.