KY16 postcode area guide — Fife
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KY16 postcode district in Fife — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KY16
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
93.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
23.7%
Gigabit-capable
23.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the KY16 postcode district (Fife) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 686 postcodes Ofcom measures in KY16, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 93.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 23.7%.
Around 0.3% of premises in KY16 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 KY16
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KY16 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| KY16 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| KY16 0AE | 96.8% | 0% |
| KY16 0AF | 100% | 0% |
| KY16 0AG | 100% | 0% |
| KY16 0AH | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| KY16 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| KY16 0AL | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| KY16 0AN | 100% | 0% |
| KY16 0AQ | 100% | 66.7% |
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Mobile signal around Fife
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Fife district (197,000 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
55.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
93.4%
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 KY16
346 rated food businesses operate in KY16. 290 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 10 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Acorn Day Nursery, Agnes Blackadder Hall, Aldi, Amberside Guest House, Andrew Melville Hall.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Fife
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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.