Premises below the broadband universal service minimum, every council ranked
Homes that cannot get 10Mbit/s down and 1Mbit/s up, the minimum anyone can ask a provider to bring them. Figures for July 2025, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 203 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Wakefield, 0%. Highest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 2.6%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | AdurSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnetLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BasildonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BedfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | BexleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | BoltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BridgendWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BristolSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BuryNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CaerphillyWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CamdenLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | CardiffWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | City of LondonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | CroydonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | DartfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | DoverSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | EalingLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastleighSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EnfieldLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ExeterSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | FalkirkScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | FarehamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | FyldeNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GosportSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | GreenwichLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HackneyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaringeyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarlowEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarrowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HavantSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaveringLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HillingdonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HounslowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | InverclydeScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | IpswichEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | IslingtonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | LambethLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LancasterNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LewishamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 0% |
| 1 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | LutonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MedwaySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | MertonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | NewhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | NewportWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | NorwichEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | OldhamNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | PrestonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ReadingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SalfordNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | SloughSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | StockportNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | StroudSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SuttonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | SwanseaWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | SwindonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamesideNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | TendringEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThanetSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorbaySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorfaenWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | TraffordNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WandsworthLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | West LothianScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WestminsterLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WiganNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WirralNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorthingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WyreNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 204 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | ArunSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | BaberghEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | CanterburySouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | CherwellSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | CrawleySouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | DacorumEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | FifeScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | FlintshireWales | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | LewesSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | MaldonEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | MidlothianScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | OxfordSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | PendleNorth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | RotherSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | SeftonNorth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | SwaleSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 0.1% |
| 204 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 0.1% |
| 276 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | DorsetSouth West | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | East LothianScotland | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | FenlandEast of England | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | HorshamSouth East | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | New ForestSouth East | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | SomersetSouth West | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | WaverleySouth East | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | WealdenSouth East | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 0.2% |
| 276 joint | WrexhamWales | 0.2% |
| 301 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | AshfordSouth East | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | CornwallSouth West | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | DenbighshireWales | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | East DevonSouth West | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 0.3% |
| 301 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 0.3% |
| 320 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | North DevonSouth West | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | StirlingScotland | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 0.4% |
| 320 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 0.4% |
| 332 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 0.5% |
| 332 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 0.5% |
| 332 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 0.5% |
| 332 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 0.5% |
| 332 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 0.5% |
| 337 joint | ConwyWales | 0.6% |
| 337 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 0.6% |
| 337 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 0.6% |
| 337 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 0.6% |
| 341 joint | GwyneddWales | 0.7% |
| 341 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 0.7% |
| 343 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 0.8% |
| 343 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 0.8% |
| 343 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 0.8% |
| 343 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 0.8% |
| 343 joint | South HamsSouth West | 0.8% |
| 348 | AngusScotland | 1% |
| 349 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 1.1% |
| 349 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 1.1% |
| 351 | MorayScotland | 1.3% |
| 352 joint | HighlandScotland | 1.4% |
| 352 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 1.4% |
| 352 joint | West DevonSouth West | 1.4% |
| 355 | AberdeenshireScotland | 1.5% |
| 356 | Argyll and ButeScotland | 1.6% |
| 357 | CeredigionWales | 1.7% |
| 358 joint | PowysWales | 2.1% |
| 358 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 2.1% |
| 360 | Orkney IslandsScotland | 2.5% |
| 361 | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 2.6% |
Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband residential coverage by local authority · July 2025 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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