KY9 postcode area guide — Fife
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the KY9 postcode district in Fife — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in KY9
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
92.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
51.5%
Gigabit-capable
51.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the KY9 postcode district (Fife) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 119 postcodes Ofcom measures in KY9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 92.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 51.5%.
Around 0.4% of premises in KY9 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 KY9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| KY9 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| KY9 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| KY9 1AD | 100% | 53.3% |
| KY9 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| KY9 1AF | 100% | 29% |
| KY9 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| KY9 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| KY9 1AJ | 100% | 75% |
| KY9 1AL | 100% | 0% |
| KY9 1AN | 100% | 0% |
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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 KY9
39 rated food businesses operate in KY9. 34 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 2 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Ardross Farm Shop, Charleton Golf Club, Chip Ahoy, Colinsburgh Filling Station, Colinsburgh Galloway Library.
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.