Where gigabit broadband coverage is best
The share of premises that can order a gigabit-capable connection, from Ofcom's coverage data. Availability, not the speed anyone is currently buying — but if you work from home it is the number that decides whether you can.
HU13 (Hessle) tops the list on 99.9%, with LL38 (Fairbourne) at number 50 on 98.1%. 2,258 postcode areas met the thresholds for this ranking.
| # | Area | Gigabit | Avg price | Crime /1k | Schools Good+ | Liveability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HU13 Hessle | 99.9% | £230,711 | 68.9 | 100.0% | 69/100 |
| 2 | HU5 Hull | 99.6% | £133,614 | 115.4 | 100.0% | 82/100 |
| 3 | HU4 Hull | 99.5% | £151,941 | 82.0 | 100.0% | 84/100 |
| 4 | HU6 Hull | 99.5% | £170,269 | 107.6 | 100.0% | 79/100 |
| 5 | S5 Sheffield | 99.4% | £124,680 | 137.3 | 93.8% | 81/100 |
| 6 | S20 Sheffield | 99.4% | £201,829 | 99.8 | 90.9% | 78/100 |
| 7 | HU10 Hull | 99.4% | £262,683 | 56.8 | 100.0% | 75/100 |
| 8 | DE3 Derby | 99.4% | £273,757 | 56.2 | 88.9% | 77/100 |
| 9 | HU8 Hull | 99.3% | £131,856 | 92.6 | 100.0% | 80/100 |
| 10 | DN2 Doncaster | 99.3% | £172,928 | 158.3 | 100.0% | 81/100 |
| 11 | HU16 Cottingham | 99.3% | £240,194 | 72.4 | 100.0% | 79/100 |
| 12 | B34 Birmingham | 99.2% | £173,195 | 116.3 | 100.0% | 72/100 |
| 13 | LS4 Leeds | 99.1% | £196,531 | 140.8 | 100.0% | 76/100 |
| 14 | BH9 Bournemouth | 99.1% | £309,322 | 78.0 | 83.3% | 75/100 |
| 15 | MK7 Milton Keynes | 99.1% | £393,558 | 70.3 | 100.0% | 76/100 |
| 16 | MK5 Milton Keynes | 99.1% | £442,985 | 84.5 | 100.0% | 84/100 |
| 17 | HU9 Hull | 99.0% | £133,308 | 162.2 | 88.2% | 78/100 |
| 18 | HU7 Hull | 99.0% | £169,669 | 115.6 | 94.4% | 84/100 |
| 19 | DN34 Grimsby | 98.8% | £126,111 | 98.5 | 83.3% | 73/100 |
| 20 | LE4 Leicester | 98.8% | £244,615 | 87.3 | 90.9% | 80/100 |
| 21 | HU14 North Ferriby | 98.8% | £367,717 | 43.7 | 100.0% | 78/100 |
| 22 | IG5 Ilford | 98.8% | £479,667 | 68.0 | 100.0% | 77/100 |
| 23 | LS13 Leeds | 98.7% | £170,377 | 119.5 | 91.7% | 78/100 |
| 24 | CV6 Coventry | 98.7% | £211,006 | 88.8 | 90.0% | 81/100 |
| 25 | S13 Sheffield | 98.6% | £163,299 | 113.4 | 90.0% | 82/100 |
| 26 | DN4 Doncaster | 98.6% | £193,073 | 143.3 | 88.9% | 82/100 |
| 27 | NG8 Nottingham | 98.6% | £227,180 | 97.8 | 96.2% | 86/100 |
| 28 | LE5 Leicester | 98.6% | £239,276 | 70.8 | 91.4% | 82/100 |
| 29 | S9 Sheffield | 98.6% | £279,101 | 202.8 | 100.0% | 72/100 |
| 30 | MK4 Milton Keynes | 98.6% | £352,730 | 65.4 | 100.0% | 74/100 |
| 31 | RG6 Reading | 98.6% | £455,520 | 52.7 | 100.0% | 78/100 |
| 32 | M38 Manchester | 98.5% | £131,033 | — | 66.7% | 66/100 |
| 33 | B44 Birmingham | 98.5% | £174,675 | 97.5 | 93.3% | 85/100 |
| 34 | B65 Rowley Regis | 98.5% | £181,055 | 98.4 | 100.0% | 79/100 |
| 35 | B27 Birmingham | 98.5% | £211,574 | 137.7 | 100.0% | 81/100 |
| 36 | BD11 Bradford | 98.5% | £230,087 | 73.9 | — | 61/100 |
| 37 | HU3 Hull | 98.4% | £122,271 | 229.4 | 83.3% | 83/100 |
| 38 | B32 Birmingham | 98.4% | £203,600 | 101.7 | 100.0% | 83/100 |
| 39 | L16 Liverpool | 98.4% | £264,537 | 36.5 | 100.0% | 67/100 |
| 40 | MK13 Milton Keynes | 98.4% | £344,693 | 97.3 | 100.0% | 74/100 |
| 41 | BH3 Bournemouth | 98.4% | £497,453 | 93.2 | — | 51/100 |
| 42 | B68 Oldbury | 98.3% | £186,238 | 78.1 | 78.6% | 80/100 |
| 43 | DN16 Scunthorpe | 98.2% | £143,847 | 125.7 | 82.4% | 82/100 |
| 44 | M27 Manchester | 98.2% | £212,464 | — | 94.4% | 81/100 |
| 45 | LE3 Leicester | 98.2% | £230,845 | 117.8 | 80.0% | 79/100 |
| 46 | BS13 Bristol | 98.2% | £251,059 | 176.5 | 81.8% | 75/100 |
| 47 | DA7 Bexleyheath | 98.2% | £408,022 | 70.7 | 100.0% | 77/100 |
| 48 | TN10 Tonbridge | 98.2% | £476,001 | 49.2 | 75.0% | 70/100 |
| 49 | W1G London | 98.2% | £3,746,676 | 667.5 | — | 46/100 |
| 50 | LL38 Fairbourne | 98.1% | £145,122 | 37.4 | — | 82/100 |
How this ranking is built
Every figure is calculated from official data by postcode area — the outward code, the part of a postcode before the space. Sold prices are what buyers actually paid, as registered with HM Land Registry. Crime is street-level police data matched to postcode areas through the neighbourhoods inside them. School ratings are current Ofsted grades across 26,824 schools. Population, tenure and household figures come from the 2021 Census.
Areas with too few sales or residents to rank meaningfully are excluded, as are non-residential ones — business parks, airports and single-company campuses have sold prices but nobody lives in them. Where a figure is unknown the area is left out of that ranking rather than counted as zero.