PA12 postcode area guide — Renfrewshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PA12 postcode district in Renfrewshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PA12
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
89.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
76.6%
Gigabit-capable
76.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.9%
Broadband availability in the PA12 postcode district (Renfrewshire) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 115 postcodes Ofcom measures in PA12, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 89.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 76.6%.
Around 0.9% of premises in PA12 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 PA12
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PA12 4AA | 100% | 85.4% |
| PA12 4AB | 100% | 91.4% |
| PA12 4AD | 100% | 92.3% |
| PA12 4AE | 100% | 100% |
| PA12 4AF | 100% | 88.9% |
| PA12 4AG | 100% | 0% |
| PA12 4AH | 100% | 80% |
| PA12 4AJ | 100% | 45.5% |
| PA12 4AL | 100% | 100% |
| PA12 4AN | 100% | 14.3% |
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Mobile signal around Renfrewshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Renfrewshire district (98,804 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
81.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.1%
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 PA12
30 rated food businesses operate in PA12. 26 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, and none currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: 21 Grains, Boat Yard, Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Chung Lee House, Colete’s Cairn.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Renfrewshire
Landlines around PA12 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.